Monday, November 13, 2006

Close call !...

I changed the fork on my bike on saturday and set off for a test ride on sunday, paying lots of attention for anything dodgy coming from the front of the bike. So when the rear derailleur snapped in two, i was quite surprised:




Then i realised that for once i was lucky! This happened as i was cycling slowly uphill, not racing downhill on rough ground. And i was only 5 minutes driving away from home, so i was rescued in a matter of minutes.

On a less happy note: I am waiting to hear from the job, rush to change the rear mech before wednesday, receive the rear shocks for the mystery machine, succeed in removing the rear brake drum on the mystery machine, hear the outcome from last week's walk, find the time to finish up the kitchen and gaz fire surround (both major must do before end of year goal), finalise my x-mas trip to France (pending on item 1 above), and i'm not even touching on the pile of admin papers to do...

Wish me luck! Advice on getting enough quality sleep when stressed most welcome...

3 comments:

Harley said...

hot chocolate with rum in it, a good book, exercise, scented candles???

or if that fails I can lend you some research methods text books that always work for me!

Anonymous said...

waouw! tu dois le martyriser ton vélo pour en arriver à ce résultat! :o
Et puis faut éviter les côtes à plus de 90 degrés! ^^

Remi said...

harley > yes to chocolate and exercise, but no to a boring, tedious book. They send me to sleep but it's not "quality"...

axelis > je suis tres gentil avec mon velo, je l'entretiens bien. d'ailleur il n'y a plus que le cadre, la selle, le guidon, le frein arriere et le derailleur avant qui soient d'origine!