Lockrings come loose. Especially when you’re 13 + stones and like to avoid brakes. I slipped mine just last week. Of course I have a known bad habit for skipping and leg-locking. I’m a mountain biker == admittedly poor fixed-gear riding etiquette as a result. Not elegant on fix. So I s’pose I get what I deserve.
The slip always feels strange when it happens, usually involving a skid on gravel or dirt. It’s like the ground goes out from under you for a second; a moment is missed in time. Then your cog backs into the lockring and tightens. A metaphorical over-the-bars where enlightenment and grounding (literally and figuratively) happen simultaneously. Pheew!… But then its not like you have a lockring tool in your commuter/trail kit, do you? The last 2 times I did it was on a sunday, and round here, “t’ain’t easuhy gehttin yuh lockrinn gripped onna Sundahay onna’count’n'a it’s Vehmon’uhnt, yuh seeha?”
Will someone please make a Ti lockring/15mm recessed crankbolt/tracknut tool please for Scorchers? Stainless would be ok too!
Over and Out.
Roommates to interview.
Video to edit.
Blogs to write.
Oh, Rides to Bike!