Aaaah, what a bad day for riding!

And forget about your phone while you're on the bike, who cares if it rings!

Sorry you had an off. It's never nice when it just doesn't feel right. When its like that just ride to get home.

Hope your back on the road soon.

Originally Posted by fatneck

And forget about your phone while you're on the bike, who cares if it rings!

Yep, true, should've not cared about it.

Today I got the bike back on the road. Fixed all the damage (minus cosmetic damage) and did a couple of extra checks, as a result of which:

1. I inflated the tires, the presure was waaaay to low (1.9 bar on the back, instead of 2.9)

2. Readjusted the chain as it had too much play.

3. Found out the chain needs replacing, as two of the links are buggered.

4. The back tire is about to reach the end of its faithfull life..

Feel like I left these slips for far too long. Must be getting far to slopy about it

On the bright side, after the necesary fixes (welding, chain adjustment and cleaning and tire inflating), the bike rode sooo nice and the tires really made a difference. Took her out (yes, it's a she) and she was very very happy

Good man. I've just recently changed from BT-014s to BT-016s - its amazing the confidence decent tyres will give you!