My round-towner (not the same as the bike with the busted derailleur) >starting making a faint rattle from the back somewhere just when
cranking on the right. No play in the cranks... my $12 pedals, maybe? My >cheap-ass wire baskets somehow?
I pulled the back wheel off and immediately suspected something was
amiss when the entire rear derailleur came off in my hand. The hanger
bolt to the frame had apparently just worked its way out at some point.
Maybe that gave just enough play to cause the rattle.
LBS to the rescue and we're back in fighting trim. And I'll have to have
more regular bolt tightness checks. :)
I do an equipment check before every ride before I even top off the
tires. Some of it evn before I unload it from the truck.
In article <[email protected]>,
Catrike Ryder <[email protected]> wrote:
I do an equipment check before every ride before I even top off the
tires. Some of it evn before I unload it from the truck.
Yeah, I'm not so thorough. :)
Once a week I fill the tires, which seems to be enough. And I check and
lube the chain every 2-4 weeks. I'll probably add more inspection on
that timeframe.
The bike doesn't take nearly the same beating as the MTB, but I do ride
it down a bumpy unpaved bit at the end of every commute. Also the
commute is only 5-6 miles per day, so I'm not putting tons of mileage
on. (The hanger bolt fell out after 3 years, for example.)
But, yes, more attention would have saved me the trouble.
My round-towner (not the same as the bike with the busted derailleur) starting making a faint rattle from the back somewhere just when
cranking on the right. No play in the cranks... my $12 pedals, maybe? My cheap-ass wire baskets somehow?
I pulled the back wheel off and immediately suspected something was
amiss when the entire rear derailleur came off in my hand. The hanger
bolt to the frame had apparently just worked its way out at some point.
Maybe that gave just enough play to cause the rattle.
LBS to the rescue and we're back in fighting trim. And I'll have to have
more regular bolt tightness checks. :)
In article <[email protected]>,
Catrike Ryder <[email protected]> wrote:
I do an equipment check before every ride before I even top off the
tires. Some of it evn before I unload it from the truck.
Yeah, I'm not so thorough. :)
Once a week I fill the tires, which seems to be enough. And I check and
lube the chain every 2-4 weeks. I'll probably add more inspection on
that timeframe.
The bike doesn't take nearly the same beating as the MTB, but I do ride
it down a bumpy unpaved bit at the end of every commute. Also the
commute is only 5-6 miles per day, so I'm not putting tons of mileage
on. (The hanger bolt fell out after 3 years, for example.)
But, yes, more attention would have saved me the trouble.
On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:29:12 -0000 (UTC), Beej Jorgensen
<[email protected]> wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
Catrike Ryder <[email protected]> wrote:
I do an equipment check before every ride before I even top off the
tires. Some of it evn before I unload it from the truck.
Yeah, I'm not so thorough. :)
Once a week I fill the tires, which seems to be enough. And I check and
lube the chain every 2-4 weeks. I'll probably add more inspection on
that timeframe.
The bike doesn't take nearly the same beating as the MTB, but I do ride
it down a bumpy unpaved bit at the end of every commute. Also the
commute is only 5-6 miles per day, so I'm not putting tons of mileage
on. (The hanger bolt fell out after 3 years, for example.)
But, yes, more attention would have saved me the trouble.
I've learned by experience...
--
C'est bon
Soloman
On 6/11/2025 5:29 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:29:12 -0000 (UTC), Beej Jorgensen
<[email protected]> wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
Catrike Ryder <[email protected]> wrote:
I do an equipment check before every ride before I even top off the
tires. Some of it evn before I unload it from the truck.
Yeah, I'm not so thorough. :)
Once a week I fill the tires, which seems to be enough. And I check and
lube the chain every 2-4 weeks. I'll probably add more inspection on
that timeframe.
The bike doesn't take nearly the same beating as the MTB, but I do ride
it down a bumpy unpaved bit at the end of every commute. Also the
commute is only 5-6 miles per day, so I'm not putting tons of mileage
on. (The hanger bolt fell out after 3 years, for example.)
But, yes, more attention would have saved me the trouble.
I've learned by experience...
--
C'est bon
Soloman
Mr Jorgensen brings up a real and valid concern, something
for which I have no snappy solution.
Let's say we're looking for Juan Valdez who has a prior
deportation order and a felony conviction. How do you know
the guy in front of you, named Juan Valdez, is the same
person? You don't.
I linked earlier to one of the several dozen per year US
citizens who spent days or weeks jailed just because their
own valid ID matches the name of a wanted person. No easy
answer to that either. Expecting competence from government
employees, MVD clerks to police, is more hope than plan.
And for people not wanting to be deported, there's a rich
selection of fake ID now, muddling an already murky situation.
I did some three-day sentences under a fake name (wanted
elsewhere) back in the pre computer days. You'd think modern
technology would clear up details, what with iris scans and
facial recognition. We're not there yet. Being _not_
recognized as a citizen or lawful visitor or lawful resident
alien is not yet certain enough.
Which leaves us yet within the judgement of the LE in the
moment. Errors will be made, both ways, regardless of policy.
On 6/11/2025 2:48 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
Beej Jorgensen <[email protected]> wrote:For small fasteners - things like fender or rack mounting screws - I'm a
In article <[email protected]>,
Catrike Ryder <[email protected]> wrote:
I do an equipment check before every ride before I even top off the
tires. Some of it evn before I unload it from the truck.
Yeah, I'm not so thorough. :)
Once a week I fill the tires, which seems to be enough. And I check and
lube the chain every 2-4 weeks. I'll probably add more inspection on
that timeframe.
The bike doesn't take nearly the same beating as the MTB, but I do ride
it down a bumpy unpaved bit at the end of every commute. Also the
commute is only 5-6 miles per day, so I'm not putting tons of mileage
on. (The hanger bolt fell out after 3 years, for example.)
But, yes, more attention would have saved me the trouble.
My old MTB that I converted into the commute beast, did go though a stage
of old bolts and similar slowly failing aka not staying tight!
Which with the seat clam could be rather tedious! Which wasn’t a huge
mileage either, but fairly rattling and the bike was 10+ years old and had >> been used properly as a MTB I guess.
New bolts/clamps etc seem to solve it!
fan of blue Loctite. But I never seem to need it for most other fasteners.
On 6/11/2025 5:29 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:29:12 -0000 (UTC), Beej Jorgensen
<[email protected]> wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
Catrike Ryder <[email protected]> wrote:
I do an equipment check before every ride before I even top off the
tires. Some of it evn before I unload it from the truck.
Yeah, I'm not so thorough. :)
Once a week I fill the tires, which seems to be enough. And I check and
lube the chain every 2-4 weeks. I'll probably add more inspection on
that timeframe.
The bike doesn't take nearly the same beating as the MTB, but I do ride
it down a bumpy unpaved bit at the end of every commute. Also the
commute is only 5-6 miles per day, so I'm not putting tons of mileage
on. (The hanger bolt fell out after 3 years, for example.)
But, yes, more attention would have saved me the trouble.
I've learned by experience...
--
C'est bon
Soloman
Mr Jorgensen brings up a real and valid concern, something for which I
have no snappy solution.
Let's say we're looking for Juan Valdez who has a prior deportation
order and a felony conviction. How do you know the guy in front of you, named Juan Valdez, is the same person? You don't.
I linked earlier to one of the several dozen per year US citizens who
spent days or weeks jailed just because their own valid ID matches the
name of a wanted person. No easy answer to that either. Expecting competence from government employees, MVD clerks to police, is more hope
than plan.
And for people not wanting to be deported, there's a rich selection of
fake ID now, muddling an already murky situation.
I did some three-day sentences under a fake name (wanted elsewhere) back
in the pre computer days. You'd think modern technology would clear up details, what with iris scans and facial recognition. We're not there yet. Being _not_ recognized as a citizen or lawful visitor or lawful resident alien is not yet certain enough.
Which leaves us yet within the judgement of the LE in the moment. Errors
will be made, both ways, regardless of policy.
On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:05:42 -0500, AMuzi <[email protected]> wrote:
On 6/11/2025 5:29 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:29:12 -0000 (UTC), Beej Jorgensen
<[email protected]> wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
Catrike Ryder <[email protected]> wrote:
I do an equipment check before every ride before I even top off the
tires. Some of it evn before I unload it from the truck.
Yeah, I'm not so thorough. :)
Once a week I fill the tires, which seems to be enough. And I check and >>>> lube the chain every 2-4 weeks. I'll probably add more inspection on
that timeframe.
The bike doesn't take nearly the same beating as the MTB, but I do ride >>>> it down a bumpy unpaved bit at the end of every commute. Also the
commute is only 5-6 miles per day, so I'm not putting tons of mileage
on. (The hanger bolt fell out after 3 years, for example.)
But, yes, more attention would have saved me the trouble.
I've learned by experience...
--
C'est bon
Soloman
Mr Jorgensen brings up a real and valid concern, something
for which I have no snappy solution.
Let's say we're looking for Juan Valdez who has a prior
deportation order and a felony conviction. How do you know
the guy in front of you, named Juan Valdez, is the same
person? You don't.
I linked earlier to one of the several dozen per year US
citizens who spent days or weeks jailed just because their
own valid ID matches the name of a wanted person. No easy
answer to that either. Expecting competence from government
employees, MVD clerks to police, is more hope than plan.
And for people not wanting to be deported, there's a rich
selection of fake ID now, muddling an already murky situation.
I did some three-day sentences under a fake name (wanted
elsewhere) back in the pre computer days. You'd think modern
technology would clear up details, what with iris scans and
facial recognition. We're not there yet. Being _not_
recognized as a citizen or lawful visitor or lawful resident
alien is not yet certain enough.
Which leaves us yet within the judgement of the LE in the
moment. Errors will be made, both ways, regardless of policy.
No system is perfect, but a hearing before a judge for each
deportation is not an acceptable solution. I know there are efforts to
do that, but that's mostly just a ruse to slow down the deportations.
Perhaps the outcry from the wrongly arrested person's friends and
relations is the answer. That seems to work sometimes for wrongly
arrested and convicted citizens.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
On 6/11/2025 7:05 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 6/11/2025 5:29 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:29:12 -0000 (UTC), Beej Jorgensen
<[email protected]> wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
Catrike Ryder <[email protected]> wrote:
I do an equipment check before every ride before I even
top off the
tires. Some of it evn before I unload it from the truck.
Yeah, I'm not so thorough. :)
Once a week I fill the tires, which seems to be enough.
And I check and
lube the chain every 2-4 weeks. I'll probably add more
inspection on
that timeframe.
The bike doesn't take nearly the same beating as the
MTB, but I do ride
it down a bumpy unpaved bit at the end of every commute.
Also the
commute is only 5-6 miles per day, so I'm not putting
tons of mileage
on. (The hanger bolt fell out after 3 years, for example.)
But, yes, more attention would have saved me the trouble.
I've learned by experience...
--
C'est bon
Soloman
Mr Jorgensen brings up a real and valid concern, something
for which I have no snappy solution.
Let's say we're looking for Juan Valdez who has a prior
deportation order and a felony conviction. How do you
know the guy in front of you, named Juan Valdez, is the
same person? You don't.
I linked earlier to one of the several dozen per year US
citizens who spent days or weeks jailed just because their
own valid ID matches the name of a wanted person. No easy
answer to that either. Expecting competence from
government employees, MVD clerks to police, is more hope
than plan.
And for people not wanting to be deported, there's a rich
selection of fake ID now, muddling an already murky
situation.
I did some three-day sentences under a fake name (wanted
elsewhere) back in the pre computer days. You'd think
modern technology would clear up details, what with iris
scans and facial recognition. We're not there yet. Being
_not_ recognized as a citizen or lawful visitor or lawful
resident alien is not yet certain enough.
Which leaves us yet within the judgement of the LE in the
moment. Errors will be made, both ways, regardless of policy.
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