Westside Classic

June 20, 2006, 5:12 p.m.

Posts: 3607

Joined: Sept. 27, 2004

How on earth did that happen?

Good question. It happened so fast. The derailleur might have gone into the spokes (doubt it cause it was tuned properly), The chain might have broke, and got wrapped up in the spokes. The thing is I don't really know, I was coming onto tenth and cornering hard and upshifting at the same time… then Blammo… race over. I first words I said (other than profanitys) were, "this isn't mountain biking. This can't be happening"

"X is for x-ray. If you've been bikin' and you haven't had an x-ray, you ain't goin' hard enough." - Bob Roll

June 20, 2006, 5:38 p.m.

sanrensho

Posts: 7543

Joined: June 17, 2003

^^^That is some crazy sh*t. Do you remember what gears (front and back) you were in?

Were you using a SRAM PowerLink? Those things have been known to fail if the link is old. Although you don't hear much about broken chains going into spokes. Were you leaning left or right?

At least you didn't injure yourself seriously (?).

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June 20, 2006, 5:55 p.m.

Ninja

Posts: 3607

Joined: Sept. 27, 2004

Hard right hand turn, lower front, near the top back ( two, or three from the top)

"X is for x-ray. If you've been bikin' and you haven't had an x-ray, you ain't goin' hard enough." - Bob Roll