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I broke the front shifter cable about 25 miles into a ride, had to ride back in the small ring. I put on an old one I had at home as a temporary fix until the new cables came in. That has to be more than a year ago and the new cables are still sitting on my toolbox.
Twice the rear one frayed and strands started poking me in the hand. It felt like a bee was stinging me when I gripped the hood to stand.
With my Shimano bikes the rear shifting gets all wonky when the cable frays.
Once we were out in the mountains and a guy broke his rear cable so he was stuck in the small cog, not ideal for climbing out of there. I pulled the cable from the shifter end until it was in the second biggest cog and tied it in a knot around the cable stop. He was able to climb like that.
Twice the rear one frayed and strands started poking me in the hand. It felt like a bee was stinging me when I gripped the hood to stand.
With my Shimano bikes the rear shifting gets all wonky when the cable frays.
Once we were out in the mountains and a guy broke his rear cable so he was stuck in the small cog, not ideal for climbing out of there. I pulled the cable from the shifter end until it was in the second biggest cog and tied it in a knot around the cable stop. He was able to climb like that.
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#6262
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Our house did have fuses, the old screw-in kind. Amazingly, we didn't blow that many.
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I had a couple of days of bad air. Yesterday I dropped down into a valley and could smell smoke. My throat got a little sore. I think it was the stuff you now see in NJ. A couple of morning sunrises were also strange. I’m in York, PA. Everything seems to have blown east now.
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I remembered I had one break on my touring bike someplace in Kentucky. I had a spare with me but it was some kind of universal wire that had a ferrule on each end, (different sizes) so I had to cut one off to use it. The only thing I had was a nail clipper and I hacked through it with that. I think I still have those clippers around here somewhere, they're damaged from cutting the cable.
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I remembered I had one break on my touring bike someplace in Kentucky. I had a spare with me but it was some kind of universal wire that had a ferrule on each end, (different sizes) so I had to cut one off to use it. The only thing I had was a nail clipper and I hacked through it with that. I think I still have those clippers around here somewhere, they're damaged from cutting the cable.
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Motorcycling in the desert and one of the guys broke his throttle cable at the top end. I read somewhere about making the front brake into a finger throttle, so I tied the broken end to his brake lever and it worked except every time he brushed against a bush he got unwanted acceleration. And he had no front brake.
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I remembered I had one break on my touring bike someplace in Kentucky. I had a spare with me but it was some kind of universal wire that had a ferrule on each end, (different sizes) so I had to cut one off to use it. The only thing I had was a nail clipper and I hacked through it with that. I think I still have those clippers around here somewhere, they're damaged from cutting the cable.
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I went to college the next county north, and my wife grew up in Erie County PA and Chautauqua County NY, right across the state line.
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I had the throttle cable on my 1966 MGB break. Accelerator just suddenly dropped to the floor. I ended up getting home (a couple miles) by clamping the ends together with a tygon hose clamp I just happened to have in the car. Then I walked the 4.5 miles to the Auto Parts store, bought a cable, and walked 4.5 miles back. Replacing the cable was a cinch after that!
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It was an MG. You keep all sorts of things in the boot, just in case. For example, I was heading North on the Northeast Extension of the PA Turnpike, and going through a tunnel, when I heard a scraping noise. I thought, "HA! Some poor bugger just dropped his exhaust pipe!" Then the sound didn't get closer or farther away, so I looked in the mirror and saw the sparks coming out the back. I was 'some poor bugger'.
Once out of the tunnel, I pulled over onto the verge. Rear hanger broken. I had two of those screw-type radiator hose clamps, so I jury rigged a hanger and hooked it over the bumper support. That actually lasted me quite some time!
Once out of the tunnel, I pulled over onto the verge. Rear hanger broken. I had two of those screw-type radiator hose clamps, so I jury rigged a hanger and hooked it over the bumper support. That actually lasted me quite some time!
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It was an MG. You keep all sorts of things in the boot, just in case. For example, I was heading North on the Northeast Extension of the PA Turnpike, and going through a tunnel, when I heard a scraping noise. I thought, "HA! Some poor bugger just dropped his exhaust pipe!" Then the sound didn't get closer or farther away, so I looked in the mirror and saw the sparks coming out the back. I was 'some poor bugger'.
Once out of the tunnel, I pulled over onto the verge. Rear hanger broken. I had two of those screw-type radiator hose clamps, so I jury rigged a hanger and hooked it over the bumper support. That actually lasted me quite some time!
Once out of the tunnel, I pulled over onto the verge. Rear hanger broken. I had two of those screw-type radiator hose clamps, so I jury rigged a hanger and hooked it over the bumper support. That actually lasted me quite some time!
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Can't wait to see if Velo Vol is still a road cyclist.