Small lesson for you guys
03-09-13, 06:01 PM
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Small lesson for you guys
I was cleaning my bike yesterday and part of this involved me taking my brake pads apart to make it easier to remove my wheel. Well after I got my bike all put back together, I forgot about this and tried to ride the bike down the drive way.Well at the end of my driveway is a carport that is elevated about 3-4 feet off the ground towards the back of the house. Well I tried to stop and realized I had no brakes so to prevent from going over the edge or to prevent any other serious injury, I had to crash stop into a bush. My arm has some minor scratches on it but other then that I'm fine. Had I of not crashed into the bush, or worse yet, try to take my bike out into traffic I would have had a really bad situation. So just remember that if you remove your brake pads for any reason, please remember to put them back on.
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if you are in this situation the best thing you can do is to dismount or lay down before you pick up speed. you can also brake by rubbing your heel against the rear tire/brake track. its also possible to do this on the front tire (where its far more effective) but if you do it wrong you will endo.
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I think the "best" thing to do is anytime you do ANY work on your bike, a brake check should be the first thing on your preflight inspection list! 
Anything misadjusted that causes you not NOT pick up speed,.....not a major health risk usually, and that shows up as soon as you start out. But starting out (and brakeless),... you can get some serious speed up before you realize that fact.
Glad you got out of this OK,......that drop sounds like it would not have gone well.
Anything misadjusted that causes you not NOT pick up speed,.....not a major health risk usually, and that shows up as soon as you start out. But starting out (and brakeless),... you can get some serious speed up before you realize that fact.
Glad you got out of this OK,......that drop sounds like it would not have gone well.
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I try to remember to check the brakes after working on a bike, but it doesn't always work that way. I don't have anything too dramatic at the end of my driveway, fortunately
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if you are in this situation the best thing you can do is to dismount or lay down before you pick up speed. you can also brake by rubbing your heel against the rear tire/brake track. its also possible to do this on the front tire (where its far more effective) but if you do it wrong you will endo.
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I think the "best" thing to do is anytime you do ANY work on your bike, a brake check should be the first thing on your preflight inspection list!
Anything misadjusted that causes you not NOT pick up speed,.....not a major health risk usually, and that shows up as soon as you start out. But starting out (and brakeless),... you can get some serious speed up before you realize that fact.
Glad you got out of this OK,......that drop sounds like it would not have gone well.
Anything misadjusted that causes you not NOT pick up speed,.....not a major health risk usually, and that shows up as soon as you start out. But starting out (and brakeless),... you can get some serious speed up before you realize that fact.
Glad you got out of this OK,......that drop sounds like it would not have gone well.
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Riding brakeless is righteous, brah . . .
You feel so much more connected.
Really though, glad it wasnt worse.
You feel so much more connected.
Really though, glad it wasnt worse.
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