Friday, June 11, 2010

Sprocket fun!

So the other night I was out on my bike for a while since it was a friend of mine's birthday. Headed out to the baseball game to hang out for a bit and have a beer. The ride out was uneventful, as was the game. The Roadrunners (I think that is what our local team is) actually did rather well and almost came back from a 7-0 deficit, but no dice.
After words my friend JJ wanted to go sing karaoke, I told him I'd join him but I don't do karaoke cuz I can't carry a tune in a bucket, much less in public. Haha!
So... where are you going with this Marcos, you may be asking. Well, it turns out that as I was doing a u-turn and got into some gravel and the back end came out from under me. I was about to lose it and drop the bike, but my right hand turned the throttle and it spun the back tire until it caught and it popped me over the tank and I saved it. I got very lucky and I'm certain I looked like a retard as I was almost falling off of my bike, but I was happy.
Went inside and had some beers and watched JJ do his thing. I had to work the next day and was going to meet a friend at Taco Palenque for some unhealthy food and I had to leave. As I got on the bike and got going down the road, I felt like the bike was sputtering and stalling on me and I couldn't figure out what it was. I stopped at a light and got off and checked. Couldn't see anything and that may have something to do with not having my glasses on. When I got to Taco Palenque I finally started feeling around and for some reason I put my hand on the sprocket and the teeth were all ground down. WTF!? Yeah, I was riding around with a sprocket that had no teeth.

Anyway, I got home and put the bike away. I'm without a functioning bike and really want my damned bikes working. I have to order parts now and wait for my other bike to be ready, hopefully it will be ready today. I will post pictures as soon as I get it out of the shop. It's been almost 2 years. Here's hoping.
Here are some pictures of the sprocket.






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