I wish I had done mine!
It's the icing on the cake of my disasterous Whistler trip the other day...
In my haste to get going, I did a very superficial bolt check at best before I set out from the parking lot. I neglected to check my caliper bolts. How I manged to do that, I've no idea.
So anyway, separate from the shredded spokes, exploded derailleur, twisted chain, and dead cassette, The lowers on my fork are no more.
My mechanic buddy just dropped the bike off here for me, looking very sheepish. While he had my bike, he was trying something with it. I think he mounted a different fork on it to verify something. I never have a problem with him doing that kind of stuff. I trust him implicitly with my bike.
So anyway, while putting my fork back on, one of the brake mount bosses snapped off the lowers.
Now, I must back up. The other day at Whistler when my bike crapped out, I tossed it into the jeep. When I took my front wheel off, I noticed that my caliper bolts were loose. I didn't think much of it at the time. But I must have stressed them pretty good and got a crack started. It just happened to fail while it iwas in the care of my mechanic!
So he feels awful. I told him that he shouldn't because really it was my own fault. But he's going to try to track down some lowers for me. What sucks is that the ones I just put on were brand new...
Anyhoo.... for the time being, ...ok...well no...for the time being I'm not going to do anything. But once I get back to Montreal, I'll re-install my old lowers.
(maybe the guy that sold them to me gave me defective parts!!...I'll have to kick his ass).
So remember kids! Do thorough bolt checks!
It's the icing on the cake of my disasterous Whistler trip the other day...
In my haste to get going, I did a very superficial bolt check at best before I set out from the parking lot. I neglected to check my caliper bolts. How I manged to do that, I've no idea.
So anyway, separate from the shredded spokes, exploded derailleur, twisted chain, and dead cassette, The lowers on my fork are no more.
My mechanic buddy just dropped the bike off here for me, looking very sheepish. While he had my bike, he was trying something with it. I think he mounted a different fork on it to verify something. I never have a problem with him doing that kind of stuff. I trust him implicitly with my bike.
So anyway, while putting my fork back on, one of the brake mount bosses snapped off the lowers.
Now, I must back up. The other day at Whistler when my bike crapped out, I tossed it into the jeep. When I took my front wheel off, I noticed that my caliper bolts were loose. I didn't think much of it at the time. But I must have stressed them pretty good and got a crack started. It just happened to fail while it iwas in the care of my mechanic!
So he feels awful. I told him that he shouldn't because really it was my own fault. But he's going to try to track down some lowers for me. What sucks is that the ones I just put on were brand new...
Anyhoo.... for the time being, ...ok...well no...for the time being I'm not going to do anything. But once I get back to Montreal, I'll re-install my old lowers.
(maybe the guy that sold them to me gave me defective parts!!...I'll have to kick his ass).
So remember kids! Do thorough bolt checks!
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