Hey buddy, can you spare a derailleur?

Did not finish. Seventeen miles into a 25 mile ride a catastrophic failure. I carry spare tubes, patch kit, tire boots and a small set of tools.  Lots of things I can do field expedient fixes for.  A derailleur disassembling itself is not one of them.



Fortunately the wife was available for a rescue and brought the SUV to pick me up.  Had she not been in town I probably would done the Uber thing or maybe just walked back, pushing my dysfunctional pedal machine.

Sometimes the universe gives you signals.  Ignore them at your peril.  I've been meaning to do some preventive maintenance and service on this bike for some time. Not sure I would have caught the impending failure but it's possible. Oh well.

I've been ignoring my other bicycles so this is a good opportunity to get them on the road.  It will also force me to do a complete overhaul on the machine I've been abusing.  Bike mechanic heal thyself.