Master E had mechanical troubles yesterday/injuries yesterday March 10 2013

Real Cyclists

Angono, Rizal   PHL  |  March 11, 2013

I dropped by Gerry Cataps watch repair stand which is near our office where I learned that Master E and they rode to Teresa.  Unfortunately Master E had a mechanical failure:   his spokes  at the rear broke,  went the derailleur space and the rest of the rear wheel, caused him to stop suddenly and he fell.  His derailleur and bike were broken so were his shoes, and he had injuries at the knee. 

We just have to be careful and check our bikes often;  my bike sprocket yesterday was loose, fortunately for me I was able to get home without trouble.

I hope he recuperates from his injuries and get back his bike functioning again.

All that it needed was reinstallation and an additional quarter turn.

Gerry complained that they were not informed to the Manay ride.  They are non FB users and they should have been texted.

Mechanical problems along the way.

Biking and health

Angono to Baguio, Luzon PHL.   January 25 and 26, 2013

A number of mechanical problems were encountered by some Recyclists during this journey/ride.

A.  Flat tire:

l.   Wesluk  -  At Tarlac province just before Moncada January 25, 2013

2.  Armin -   630 Am near Ayala Hts Gate

3.  Archie had two flats:

     one near Camp 6 and

     some meters away from Lion's head.

3.  Secx Noe -  in the evening of January 25, 2013 at the 5 star apartelle

     and on January 26, 2013 at the Pines Breeze hotel

B.  Broken chain  -  Jaybee at Rosario La  Union in front of Pepsi Cola gate.  Because there was a missing link repair kit, Wesluk repaired the same in less than 1 minute.

C.  Broken fork -   Jess discovered in Angeles City that his fork was broken.  No replacement could be found;   so he rode on the team vehicle took pictures instead and rode the spare bike brought for this situation for the Baguio ascent.

D.  Broken derailleur cable  -  also happenned to Jaybee.  He had a spare cable with him and thanks to Jeff ,  the cable was replaced in a jiffy.  This occurred at the same time Armin had a flat in front of Ayala Hts in QC.

Timo who is the pilot of the team truck:   got two flat tires - one yesterday and one today.  He got a ticket last January 25, 2013 from MMDA friends allegedly for violating the permanent truck ban on the street where he passed.


But these were few and manageable and we were all prepared for this because we had spares and tools