Summernight wrote:RonK wrote:Summernight wrote:
Snapped the chain I think...
Bit harsh to throw the whole bike when it was the $40 chain's fault... Although am I right in thinking this bicycle might not actually be his but rather a sponsor provided bike?
I threw my bike (not my carbon roadie) in a very similar fashion the other day.
Got hit by a car (pretty badly), peeled myself up off the road, channeled my anger into a furious sprint to work, then it started raining a bit (it was a 30ish degree morning) then I got a flat tyre.
I chucked a wobbly and threw my bike a short distance from the road to the adjacent parkland. Then, as you inevitably have to do, I had to do the walk. Over to said bike, fiddle with patches and crappy hand pump to get it working again.
That bike happens to be a whole lot more robust than my road bike... and the stuff I do on it is a veritable tonne more frustrating than riding a light bike up and down hills... but even then, I will very rarely throw it. Sometimes I let go of it and let it wander off into the distance.
A few of my friends regularly throw their bike. It's a sign of a weak character. Hahahaha.