Going brakeless against my will

So, this just happened.

Train station lock-up is at the top of a hill. Hopped on, rolled down, got to t-junction, couldn't stop.

Thieving little bastards.

What a ridiculous crime, could have killed someone for 99p of cheap, five-year-old, bottom-of-the-range brake blocks.

[Rant over. Maybe.]

Unbelievable... just the brake blocks and not even the actual brakes.

Yep, they've been on since I bought the bike years ago. This is my crumbly hybrid, which gets no money spent on it and no maintenance. Can't believe it was worth anyone's time to steal them.

Last year I came out of the swimming pool at Ironmonger Row and some sh*tbag had stolen the skewer from the wheel of a bike locked behind mine... WTF? Who steals a skewer...? I reckon some people will just steal anything. Anyway Sparky, glad you're OK.

I imagine they were pinched to cause an accident, not for theft of the actual blocks... kids.

Yeah, shits and giggles.

It is called an M-check:

http://www.cyclinginstructor.com/cyclinginstructor.nsf/%28$Category1%29/C6D48FCC8AEA3B7080257169005E6B74?OpenDocument

Yeah, look out for yourself on YouTube... ;]
Glad you're OK...

It is called an M-check:

http://www.cyclinginstructor.com/cyclinginstructor.nsf/%28$Category1%29/C6D48FCC8AEA3B7080257169005E6B74?OpenDocument

So you do that whole check every time you get on your bike?

I don't have any brakes.

Oh, you win then. That's much safer.

;)

So you do that whole check every time you get on your bike?

Front QR, rear QR, brakes, steering and cranks everytime. Shared bike parking at work = nothing to be trusted (have had my brakes disconnected and small parts stolen before).

Back in Devon at the age of 10 or so we used to play a game called charge... you fiddled with your mates bikes and then got back on your own "modified" bike before riding towards the middle of a playing field (or similar) to collide with each other.

The last to bottle it won, you also had to get good at stopping without handlebars, brakes, pedals, etc, as they were likely to fall off mid-ride.

Good for bike maintenance too, I recommend the sport to anyone.

sounds awesome ^^
brought back memories of being 10, playing on building sites,
we had a good game where you would ride towards a huge pit, then just as you got to the lip jumped off the bike and let it fly into the hole,
fucking ace fun,
kids are deprived these days.

Front QR, rear QR, brakes, steering and cranks everytime.

I think you'd notice if your cranks or handlebars were missing, tbh

Many people on here have virtually no handlebars anyway.

I think you'd notice if your cranks or handlebars were missing, tbh

And there was me just checking the crank and stem bolts were still there, what an oversight

So you do that whole check every time you get on your bike?

I have a dopey idiot that does my bike maintainance. Not hooking up my Vee brakes is a favourate mistake.

But I've forgotten to pump up my front tyre after a tyre change the night before once. Did'nt see it untill I'd started down my steep driveway.

I tend to check things now.

What like... yoink got your crankbolts!

I would sooner die than check my crankbolts. I refuse to acknowledge humanity has reached such a silly degree of wankerness. My crankbolts are still firmly in place thank you very much.

Eclix, are your crank bolts loose?

I only ask because I loosened them, you see.

You wait for the day when someone nicks your stem and leaves the handlebars behind.

Glad your ok Sparky, were you ok with the no brakes?

Went up on the pavement and let it roll out of steam, but it could have been much worse so easily. This was on a geared bike, so no leg-braking.

I rode several km's to the local swimming pool with the nippa in the trailer. Only to discover I had forgotten my lock. I figured I'd take the risk as I live in a low theft rate area, and, well, who would nick 'the mongrel'. Left our helmets in the trailer and mini pump etc. on the bike.

Came out 1 1/2 hours later and everything was still there :)

Someone nicked my 3 year olds 'Bamse* shower gel from the changing rooms though :(

I subscribe to Hippys views on humanity ;)

did they steal front and rear pads then!?

You are lucky!

freewheels are so unsafe....