Today while riding one more go through the Roller Coaster at Stony Creek (after recording videos, to be posted later) I fell pretty hard on the right side, and hurt my shoulder. I was going around a slow-ish switchback and my front wheel skidded to the left and I just went down.<\/p>\n
I’d thought the only thing damaged was my shoulder, but after getting back on the bike it didn’t shift right. I just put it on the stand to sort it out so I could ride tomorrow and while it initially appeared to be a cable tension issue, which was wholly possible seeing as I’d just replaced the rear derailleur<\/a>, that wasn’t it. The bottom of the rear derailleur appears to be cocked inward, and after checking to be sure it wasn’t another broken mounting bolt, I noticed that the derailleur hanger appears to be a bit off. After removing it from the bike and checking it with a straightedge it does appear that I’ve bent it slightly.<\/p>\n When I removed the wheel I also noticed that the rear axel \/ hub \/ bearings aren’t turning very smoothly at all. I suspect that when I had to do the half-assed single speed conversion during which the chain would occasionally climb to the next ring<\/a> there was too much pressure on the bearings, or something. So, I guess I’ll have to fix that before I ride next too. Hopefully it just needs some adjustment and I haven’t destroyed the races.<\/p>\n I need to learn to ride better and stop being so rough on my bike.<\/p>\n Since I’m already buried in working on problems with the server and getting it up and going again I’ll have to put this off for a bit.<\/p>\n Also, in that fall I scraped my leg and bruised my right nipple. I have never before bruised a nipple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today while riding one more go through the Roller Coaster at Stony Creek (after recording videos, to be posted later) I fell pretty hard on…<\/p>\n