[mattdev]

Originally Posted by Jishory

thats not good, i have the opposite problem, i think my front wheel is bent just a little bit so it grabs a little every rotation of the wheel. do you lube your chain and other stuff after riding in the rain? yes not paying for parking is a big plus, plus at the college here it takes like 15-20 minutes to park so you get to fly past all of the people circling in the parking lot looking for a spot, and i live only about 2 miles away with bike lanes almost the whole way. too bad my classroom is at an airport in the middle of the desert, ive been meaning to ride out there one day though if i have alot of time

Haha, I'm really only about a half mile away and I used to walk, but biking is so much faster. I don't really lube the chain all that often. Maybe once every week or two.

I think it might be the steel wheels causing my brakes to slip.

[bigred]

i live in nyc and on the few times i do pull the bike out to go a few blocks i have a diamondback mountain bike for 300 and its perfect easy on hills quick on everything else.

[super_Chris]

Take the bent wheel into a bike shop and they can true it. They usually charge anywhere from $10-20 per wheel.

I put motorcycle chain wax on my bike chain about every 100 miles. You could go much longer though.

[mattdev]

You'd think that in the bike friendly city of Portland we'd have drivers that are more aware.

The other night I rode up to the grocery store on my bike to get some bread. I ended up nearly getting caked by an SUV pulling out of their parallel spot. I blamed it on the fact that I didn't have lights and they couldn't see me very well in the dark.

Fast forward to this afternoon. I was riding up to the bike shop to get some lights today and someone did the exact same thing. I swerved out of the way and ended up overcompensating, so I went flying. Messed up my arm and ankle pretty bad, but I'm ok. The brakes on the bicycle got a little mangled but it isn't anything I can't fix.

I also slammed my head on the pavement pretty hard, but fortunately I was wearing a helmet. There are times that I've gone without a helmet, but now I've learned my lesson. Not going to leave the house without it ever again.