I have been riding lots of miles recently to have a new yearly total. The plan hit a snag this afternoon when the skewer that holds the rear wheel on my bicycle broke. I was over 8 miles from home and the sun was setting soon.
A few days ago I had tightened the skewer as my rear tire seemed a little off, and one side of the tire was closer to the bicycle frame than the other side. I had tried straightening the wheel but it kept moving over when I rode. After tightening the skewer a few times I gave up. I think the bicycle frame dropouts are off. Well today the skewer broke as I was riding, while really put the wheel off alinement and caused me to stop.
Nothing to do but start walking home. Within minutes a guy in an older small Toyota pickup stopped and asked if I needed help. He also was a bicycle rider and thought something was wrong when he saw me walking and pushing my bicycle on a flat section of ground. He gave me a ride home.
Tomorrow I will see if I have another skewer in my spare parts collection. I hope so as otherwise it may be hard to reach my yearly mileage goal in the few days left.
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