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[02:12] It's Official - Touching Wood Does SOD ALL
Date: 9/18/05 at 10:12AM
I mentioned last week that my new bike was going great guns and that "Touch Wood" everything was going to be OK now. So on Wednesday I notice that something is wrong. It feels like I've buckled the wheel and that the wheel is rubbing on the frame but when I watch the wheel it ISN'T rubbing on the frame - I've had enough buckled wheels to know exactly what that feels like too. I finally located the problem on Saturday when I accompanied Shona and Sam on a walk home. I was trundling the bike along in front of me with the front wheel up in the air, giving me an new and exciting perspective on the undercarriage of my bike. I could see that the innermost gear wheel was what was rubbing on the frame! Basically the whole pedal assembly was trying to exit stage left and was dragging the cluster into the frame - given time it could have sawed its way out!
So there you have it folks, I've done it again. Somehow I managed to break the bottom bracket which is basically the bit that holds the pedal crankshafts in the frame and lets them spin so you can get that exciting pedalling action going. Once again, I've not been involved in any hardcore adventure mountain biking and I've not even had a prang. My spider-senses are tingling and they tell me.....cheap bikes are constructed from cheap parts! On the bright side, I rocked up at Decathlon bright and early and was second in line for repairs - they fixed me up with a new one (£45 parts and labour) for free in an hour and as an extra bonus I seem to have had a break and gear checkup too! I think I see why the workshop is ALWAYS packed when I go there - they must get hundreds of returns a week.