Andy in Tokyo
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- Dec 16, 2012
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Grim. Worst part of these kind of accidents is that miserable ride home. At least you had the chance to flash a bloody grin at the nodders as you made your way home. Heal up soon comrade!Been off the bike for a week and a bit, due to the far more important task of turning myself into a titan of 3D sculpting, modelling, lighting, rendering, and animating.
Went out yesterday for a high speed 60km flat river blast, and got taken out hard by an extremely slippery wooden section on the bridge just the other side of Sekiyado castle. Front wheel slipped out from under me, and despite managing to unclip, my foot also slipped under me on the ice-like mossy wet wood, and down I went. Landed on the side of my face / jaw, and bit my tongue really hard, which then started bleeding. Face hurts a lot today, but my bike is alright, due to it landing on the wet grass next to the bridge.
0/10.
Like your coffee tableGrim. Worst part of these kind of accidents is that miserable ride home. At least you had the chance to flash a bloody grin at the nodders as you made your way home. Heal up soon comrade!
On the plus side, thanks to your advice I now have this sat in front of me:
Yeah it's the front wheel and yeah it's laced radially so it's the easiest possible build, but I'm pretty chuffed nonetheless. It's currently at 80kgf - I'll finish cranking up the tension later. Took it slow and it's all gone fairly well. Only headache was of my own incompetence - I corrected a slight dishing error by tensioning the wrong side, making it a hundred times worse.
Was a very slow month for me last month. I've been making the change over to running recently so I only managed just over 400km on the bike. I hope to better that this month (even though I'll be away from Dec 22nd on holiday).
Fairly happy with my running, average just shy of 20km per run (although on my last run I felt a twinge from near my Achilles so I'll have to keep an eye out on that).
Grim. Worst part of these kind of accidents is that miserable ride home. At least you had the chance to flash a bloody grin at the nodders as you made your way home. Heal up soon comrade!
On the plus side, thanks to your advice I now have this sat in front of me:
Yeah it's the front wheel and yeah it's laced radially so it's the easiest possible build, but I'm pretty chuffed nonetheless. It's currently at 80kgf - I'll finish cranking up the tension later. Took it slow and it's all gone fairly well. Only headache was of my own incompetence - I corrected a slight dishing error by tensioning the wrong side, making it a hundred times worse.
Dammit. That would have been cool to meet up in Saddleworth. Unfortunately (although also fortunately) I'm going to Nepal for Xmas and the new year. Definitely up for some snowshoeing this winter though if you fancy it.You're not heading home are you? I hope to do a bit of riding / running around Saddleworth over Chrismas and the new year!
Andy
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Yeah, it was annoying having to spit out blood all the way home. My tongue was well swollen by the end it, so yelling at the endless ****s getting in my way was nasty.
Sweet, so you got going on the building. Nice one. Good idea to start with a radial front wheel for sure. So have you managed to get all the spokes at about the same tension, and the wheel true and straight as well?
About dishing; the ultimate method is to not bugger about with large unwieldy dishing tools, but to get a wheel that you know is good, put it in your bike, then dial your brakes so they are spot on with that wheel. Swap the good wheel out for the one you are builing and dial a single point on it to be absolutely perfect, and put a bit of bright electrical tape on the exact spot. Take the wheel out, and put it back in your truing stand, and true it with that spot as the reference point. Check it again once you are done, and then start with the tensions again. Repeat this a load of times, until you are happy with it.
Really good that you got into this. It is not exactly that difficult is it?
I have this idea that it would be good to show everyone in the whole of the club how to do this, so everyone can service and build their own wheels from the comfort of their own homes. Now that you are a fully fledged builder, you can join me in spreading the knowledge, if you like.
And good one on getting the tension metre. Now that you have done a build, do you agree that it is pretty much the most vital bit of kit next to the spoke key, right? I can't imagine ever building without one.