ouch!

Riding buddy Eric had the misfortune of this happening to him during yesterday's ride. Seemed the rear derailleur got sucked into his rear wheel's spokes! The derailler is attached to the frame via a hanger, which is supposed to shear off in case something like that happens. Funny thing was, it didn't! Hence the painful tangle of bike parts. The inset is how that particular part of the bike should look. I actually feared for the worst - a new derailleur AND rear swing-arm for his Ellsworth ID. Luckily it happened on a climb, and not during a downhill run. The SRAM X.0 derailler looks in bad shape, but the folks at All Terra were able to resuscitate it. JM also had a spare derailluer hanger too, so that means Eric should be back riding in no time at all!