All packed up in the middle of some Doug Firs that rival some of the bigger Redwoods.
One of the disc bolts decided to back itself out on the road. I heard a slight "tink...tink...tink," and I suspected a rock had worked itself into the disk...
But a sudden jolt stopped the bike in its tracks once it backed out enough to stop itself on the caliper and I got a quick introduction to the gravel.
When I got back to town after limping the last 120 miles trying to avoid using the back brake at all on some steep roads into Shelter Cove I got some replacement bolts. Here is the stripped and bent bolt compared to a new one.
The threads were stripped all to hell as well, So I took the wheel to a local machine shop and rather than re-tapping the threads the guys had the idea to pass a "blank" threaded rod through the aluminum hub that was of equal pitch from the back side where the threads were unaffected.
Passing a "blank"
All four replacement blots back in with a nice fresh application of blue Loctite
Back on the road ready for whatever.
COST: Labor: Free Bolts: 3.75 Replacing damaged plastics: Hell no!
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