I'm pretty much learning everything I need to lean about cycling these days from the New York Times. It's going to put a lot of bloggers out of business if this keeps up. I did mention a while two specific stories a couple of posts ago, but the regular blog The Climb rates as one of the most hilarious things I've read for a long time. It's full of good advice, like this from the comments section:
Be sure to reattach your brakes after any repair or maintenance. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s found him(her)self hurtling down a hill looking for an escape route after this mistake.
— Posted by Robert Bott
Natural selection at work folks.
2,987km so far this year.
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Thanks, dude.
Remember, it was addressed to a guy who at that point hadn't fixed a flat on his fancy Cervelo. I've done some fairly big (2,000+ km) self-supported tours and cycle year-round in Calgary, but I still occasionally do dumb things like this.
Bob Bott
Hey Bob,
Thanks for the note. I always keep in mind nobody's immune to the dumb mistake - particularly someone's who has blogged about feeding his own foot into the back wheel of his bike,
http://aboutthebike.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html
Ride on,
Dave.
I haven't done the foot-in-wheel thing yet, but I'm only 63 and hopefully will be at this for a while longer.
I got a chuckle from your "ice bike" post. You ought to try riding in a blizzard at minus-25 C -- studded tires on an old hybrid.
I just stuck some pictures in an album at
http://picasaweb.google.com/robert.d.bott/WinterBike
I get my new full carbon Specialized Roubaix tomorrow -- the most expensive thing I have ever purchased for myself (apart from my education but it will contribute to it!)
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