Sticks and stones may break your bones.....

.....but a stick will definetly rip your rear derailleur right off. After a hard 50 in the wind yesterday I decided to go out for an easy 40 or so today. Well, after making it through just about all the hills I was on pretty much the last major hill of the day. I was just taking it nice and easy enjoying the scenery when all of a sudden I rode over a stick. I wasn't going very fast and thought it was harmless until .83 seconds later I'm looking down only to find my rear derailleur hanging there. It wasn't a pretty sight. Well, after scratching my head for a second wondering what the hell to do I decided the best route would be to make it a singlespeed. I proceeded to use my multitool and started breaking my chain when all of a sudden the tool just explodes and disintegrates. I've got allen wrenches, washers, and flat bladed screwdrivers laying all over the place. I guess it just came apart on me. I put it back together as best I could and finally got it back in working order. It was kind of funny, two 30 something women came riding past on mt. bikes and they had that look on there face like, sucks to be him as I've got grease all over my hands and a chain, rear der., and cables laying all over the place. It's kind of comical now thinking about it, don't know if I'd be saying that if I was sitting on the side of the road or waiting for a ride. Anyways, no worries, it was all back together and just spun the last 25 miles with a stop and my trusty Ghisallo bike shop to wash up...........I'm wondering if I cleaned the sink over there, my hands were pretty greasy and can't remember. Well, Anthony and Tim, if I left you a mess I owe you a cleaning. I'll have pictures posted soon.