I'm always knee padded up, but nothing on the bi-tri. Maybe a bubble wrap suit would be good. My biggest concern is my wife shaking her head about me bleeding on the sheets...againhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9c6a09e006.jpg
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I'm always knee padded up, but nothing on the bi-tri. Maybe a bubble wrap suit would be good. My biggest concern is my wife shaking her head about me bleeding on the sheets...againhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9c6a09e006.jpg
IME even if I don't go down the elbow-to-wrist elbow pads kept long sleeve jerseys from getting torn up riding between trees that are < 760mm apart
that wound looks pretty manly
I wish it was just shaking her head. After 30+ years of this, my wife is more, "DAMMIT, NOT AGAIN!!!" :cussing:Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
I can't ever get elbow pads to stay up.
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This was done while wearing elbow pads. Unfortunately, they were protecting my wrists at the time.
at least your ^^ wrist was OK
Padz aren't going to do much in any kind of real impact, so bleed on eh
I'm using some sleeve type wrist-to-above-elbow with velcro strapage above elbow and at wrist so they really got no where else to go
while I am an idiot, I am just smart enough to buy padz that so far have worked
So, I just fell out of my boat…. Head first…. In my driveway. That’s not easy to do.
It’s headed off to storage next week and I was winterizing and getting ready to go. There was a tool sitting on the trailer tongue and I thought that I might be able to reach it by leaning over the bow. I guess not. It seemed like slow motion and I think I did a bit of a somersault when I landed. Fortunately I had a thick sweatshirt on since I hit my forearm first. No major damage done other than my pride.
Can anyone recommend some good elbow pads for this application?
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"might reduce some scrapes, but aren't going to do much in any kind of real impact."
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That might do it.Quote:
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My spur needs some work so I decided to pull the Rail off the wall for my ride today. Loaded it up and drove over to the trailhead. When I pulled it out of the truck to put the front wheel on I noticed there was no front brake on the truck. I'd taken it off to bring with me as a spare on my last road trip and hadn't ridden the Rail since. Went for a hike instead.
Bike was making horrendous bearing explody sounds when pedaling under load, but only in the easiest two gears.
Replaced a notchy idler pully bearing, didn't fix it.
Took it to the LBS to measure chain wear, chain is like new.
Bought new lube, cleaned chain thoroughly, didn't fix it.
Figured it would just explode and I would deal with it then, went on a few more rides and nothing happened besides me going crazy listening to the grinding.
Finally had an opportunity to wash the bike, noise is gone.
The bike was just dirty. WTF.
I've had very small pebbles wedge themselves in weird places where they're captured and just kinda grind against some party of the drivetrain. Maybe something like that?
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When I say washed the bike I really mean I sprayed the cassette with brake clean and scrubbed it with paper towels.Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
I was riding some pretty serious mud and stuff for a few days, but had never had a cassette get dirty and stay dirty. In my past experience cleaning the chain took care of most not obvious drive train sounds.
I've been traveling around with the bike behind the car for the last couple weeks so a real hose wash hasn't been an option.