Another emergency repair
Enjoying a fast downhill ride is amazing. But the fun came to an abrupt end when Marc realized that his front carrier was moving a bit more than it should. Marc assumed that a screw had become lose or that he even lost the screw as it had happened in the past. But this time, it was completely different: The whole thread was ripped out of his fork.
Fortunately, Marc collected many useful experiences in the past and he was kind of prepared for many different emergency scenarios. But he has never imagined that this problem might occur. Fortunately, when Marc prepared for this travel back home in Switzerland, he had assumed that a screw might break again as this had happened before on his travels. Therefore, he wanted to be prepared to have the temporary possibility to attach the carrier differently. That’s why he was carrying a mounting set for forks without eyelets from tubus. Marc removed his front carrier. Then we placed the mounting set in the right position and like that we created again a thread to attach the front carrier. With this repair, we could continue our journey. The road got once more bumpy and rough at times, but the emergency fix worked well. Actually, it worked flawlessly for several weeks until we found a place where a professional could weld in the broken out thread again. Therefore we can only recommend carrying the mounting set for forks without eyelets with you if you are cycling in a remote and demanding environment.
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