So on the ride home tonight my bike started riding a funk. What ever could be wrong? I limped, scraped, and burnt myself and the bike home, only to find out my front derailleur cable had went slack.
Oh bloody hell what to do!
SHELDON BROWN TO THE RESCUE!
Lest to say, I know *how* to fix it, but I don't exactly have people around me that can assist in the actual crap I have to do to do such things(limited by things that will seem petty, and well one sadly being too short, even though knowing what I was getting at doing). The cable stop on it had actually come loose, releasing the cage to it's own devices. I got it tightened down enough to ride weak ass gears long enough to get it to the shop and yip at them, and ripped off the cable end in the process, c'est la vie or something.
I'll hobble it to the bike shop tomorrow, express my frustration with various problems I've had with this bike (improper original adjustment preventing riding in either the granny gear, or the hardest gear properly) and the fact I've already got a nice little knock in the bottom bracket with the bike being less than a year old and very little in the pouring rain riding going on.
The bike itself is a great bike, I might not like it being pure aluminum, but it's a pretty decent frame, and rides pretty good, but shit like this can just ruin your day ya know.
Oh well, it will get fixed, and I will ride again, even if I have to buy a repair/service stand, and all the other goodies I want to actually do this kind of work.
Now I'll continue wondering if globe is actually gonna get up ons this project they started, cause for reals, even though I want the bike primarily for my wife, this would be an excellent time to have an extra spare hanging around, especially with training a newbie who is riding my beater to beat all beaters (ok it's not that bad, but it's pretty bad, but it rides, and has a decent set of tires on it).
Ok, I'm out, need a beer or two or three to soothe my nerves.
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