Wednesday night, I went on a group road ride. On the way back, my front derailleur explodes, my chain breaks, and spoke tension on my rear wheel goes to nothing, wobbling all over the place.
Saturday, I put on new cranks on the MTB because my rings were totally worn. Found a nice old LX crankset around and used those. But, aparently 8spd cranks don't work with 9spd front derailleurs. Before I discovered that though, I noticed a few small cracks on the chainstays. It was still rideable though, just not for too much longer. Got rid of the LX cranks, and put on some el cheapo icons just so I could ride something. Went for a short ride at southfarm last night, and noticed the rear shifting was acting goofy. I figured it was maybe because the chainline was a bit different with this crankset and didn't worry much about it. Today I was going to go for another little ride, having seemingly fixed rear shifting issues. Stopped by the "turtle ditch" on the way out just to have a look. Got moving again and the rear shifts over into the spokes. Fortunately I was barely moving, so it didn't mess up my derailleur or wheel, but the dropout was toast. Or so I thought... Took a closer look (see below)...
So it seems my rear shifting issues were due to a bit of play in the dropout, caused by a sheared bolt (I think, the bolt may have sheared when it shifted into the spokes). Instead of the dropout snapping off or twisting, it simply bent the hell out of the permanent part of the frame. So those hairline cracks don't matter at all since this most recent crap pretty much condemns it... Total bummer, but I guess I can justify a new frame now.
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