Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Missile vs Shimano.....FAIL!!!


Riders: Labrico, 3-decis, mini 3 decis aka pepette, Beau Jo Lais, Husky, Papy, Limoncello, Marco, Missile, Ja Beast
Time: 1hr 17
Distance: 13km
Up: 300m or less

Hosting & Eats: Missile
Ride Lead: Missile, 3-Decis, JaBeast
Mechanicals: Yes....!!!

What a disaster for a ride last night......but, on the bright side, no flats, and no-one got lost!!

The Shimano/Fail Award: Missile -0.5 
The "Tools" Award: Marco, Labrico, 0.5 each for wrenching (anyone else....??)
The Flintstone Award: Missile +1 for getting home before everyone else
Dessert Only Award: Nascar +0.5

Bonus Quiz: Why the Flintstone Award ?? 1 point up for grabs

Items Broken by Missile in <2 seconds....="" span="">
- Rear derailleur: Forcibly dis-assembled into X pieces
- Rear Triangle: Bent ! Not sure how but it is now "spread" by at least 5mm at the back
- Derailleur Hanger: Dead as a doornail....
- 2 spokes "doing the amoeba": i.e. now 4 x 1/2 spokes
- multiple other spokes: 'bent' beyond use
- Cassette: mangled
- Chain: D.O.A.

4 comments:

  1. Flintstone award ... for using a rock (like a cavern man) as a handtool to fix a 29er ! ! !
    Quelle delicatesse!

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  2. Simple, because you rode home on the bike but moving it with your legs/feets and not the pedals...CQFD (so do the Flintstones'..)

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  3. Jason gets OTB points too 0.5 for one!!

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