Killed a bike today
Raleigh
Most of this stuff I had
Or was free from a friend (thanks Joe)
The only thing I spent money on was the spokes.
Galvanized ones to hubs and rims salvaged from the trash.
Who cares, it's a winter bike
as long as it works well
And well it did, this bike was extreamly solid. No parts to break. . .
This has been my greatest winter bike ever. I loved the setup with risers so much its sucks to see it go. I was riding to work in the morning with a strong spring wind at my back. The front fender was rubbing on the tire just enough to bother me, so I tapped it over a bit with my foot. This is something I have had to do before so I thought nothing of it, until I was in mid flight. So of coarse the fender had somehow caught the smooth tire and wrap up into my fork. Instantly locking up the wheel and well throwing my ass off into the air only to land some number of feet in front of the bike. The distance I flew is what save me from major injury. I flipped almost completely around with all that hang time and rolled down onto my heals. It's hard to explain, I was shooken up a lot but came out just fine a day or two later. After I walked it off a bit I had to flip the bars around to let the wheel clear the D-tube. I rode it like that with a flat a few more miles in a daze until help came for me.
This sucked (Sorry Joe)