When Mods go mountain biking.....

adrianshanahan

I'll let the "Captain " give details of what happened...... lol


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Captain Havoc

Is this what being "outed" feels like?

adrianshanahan

Ha ha ha, should I have included the rest of the details?

Beasty

adrianshanahan wrote: »

Ha ha ha, should I have included the rest of the details?

Please do ....

adrianshanahan

I'm not sure I should, it wouldn't be fair of me.... BUT

Trills , Spills, Pain , powerlinks and exploding derailleur would give you a reasonable idea.

That and we may have another MTB convert.

Captain Havoc

Beasty

Starting to get a bit of a reputation for "mechanicals" Captain ....

Captain Havoc

Beasty wrote: »

Starting to get a bit of a reputation for "mechanicals" Captain ....

In fairness, I do spend a lot of time on bikes, it's natural I should get mechanicals here and there.

Hermy

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Was that caused by a collision or did the derailleur just give up?

Captain Havoc

Derailleur gave up. Not worth replacing, gonna have to live off rice and water for the next while. Might turn it into a fixie or something.

adrianshanahan

Ah come on Captain, the derailleur was a bit of misfortune and on its way out before we even set off.

It's the wee "over the bars" incident that I found the funniest

Captain Havoc

adrianshanahan wrote: »

Ah come on Captain, the derailleur was a bit of misfortune and on its way out before we even set off.

It's the wee "over the bars" incident that I found the funniest

I thought it was the sound-effects you liked?

adrianshanahan

Well it's all kinda funny but the sound effects were pretty good.

Then of course there was this bit...... Just replace the ball with bar stem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV1LWhNpTJU

I do of course realize I will die a death once we head out on the road bikes.

Beasty

adrianshanahan wrote: »

It's the "wee over the bars" incident that I found the funniest

... he didn't, did he?:D

(is that what he's doing in the picture?)

adrianshanahan

Beasty wrote: »

... he didn't, did he?:D

Maybe once or twice...lol

The photo is after the tumble(s) but before the exploding rear mech.

We did two spins the first one was intended to be more leisurely where we just took our time and shot the breeze where the second we hooked up with the guy I usually cycle with and had intended on taking things a bit quicker until the wee mechanical the Captain had.

So after a quick bit of chain breaking and conversion to single speed the Captain headed for home, thankfully we weren't far out and we headed on.

I'll have to hold my hands up and say only moments after we got going again I suffered from a moment "sticky spd peddle" and had a slow motion falling to the side incident.


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zil

hmm, wonder if there'd be much interest in a boards mtb spin?

adrianshanahan

zil wrote: »

hmm, wonder if there'd be much interest in a boards mtb spin?

Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps

Are there enough MTBers knocking around here and where are most folks biased?

Dublin / Wicklow or Ballyhoura would be ideal and try go somewhere where we wouldn't tear up the trails if it's wet.

Somewhere like Ballyhoura would be ideal if any of the boards.ie roadies wanted to try their hand on two wheels of a different sort.


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Hermy

adrianshanahan wrote: »

...where are most folks biased?

I think most people here are biased towards road bikes.:o

Chips Lovell

There were a few boards mtb spins last winter if I recall. Perhaps fire up a post and try to organise one?

Chips Lovell

adrianshanahan wrote: »

Ah come on Captain, the derailleur was a bit of misfortune and on its way out before we even set off.

It's the wee "over the bars" incident that I found the funniest

Captain Havoc lives up to his username;)