Well, my bicycle! I have a bike that I have been riding around for a couple weeks till I get to come home and get back on my real bike. I figured its been a good workout, well yesteray I'm riding down the road and the front tire FALLS off just fell off It didnt have a nut holding it on. It had a little handle that sticks out and it tightens it down. Apparently it came loose! Got some pretty cool road rash but I cant upload any pics oh well! A week and a half and

 

Sabotage!!! Quit doing wheelies. No, seriously, the wheel came off? someone must have loosend it up for ya. Nothing worse than a cement nose dive

 

absolutely! Got a free trip to another base where there are women though! About to get home so I can start posting some times!

 

Ok, got a picture up!

 

ouch. take care of that and don't let it get infected and it'll be alright.

 

those things are called quick releases and as foolproof as they appear the little bastards will come loose and when your front tire gets more than an 1/8" of space the tire will fall out. its worse with cantilever brakes because the little bastard wont let the wheel completely out, talk about cluster ****. most downhill guys use a spindle type suspension like the cannondale lefty which wont come loose. i used to work at an REI in the bike shop and i'd get 2-3 bikes a week with broken quick releases.

The lefty (on a scalpel Team replica)

 

David, I thought you were going to Dallas this week end? Eric is home and I'm off to work till 10 pm.

Lisa

 

I'm in dallas Tuesday with samuel and then again the weekend of the 3rd-5th. I'll give eric a call when i get off work and i'll bring the spindles

 

Yep, those are it, quick release. Let me tell ya what, they release REAL quick!

 

"The wheel fell off....it fell the Fck off!!...guess someone was absent of lug nut day!!" - Ron White
LOL

Ouch, nice road rash ...get that cleaned up and your good to go!