Yikes! Had a little mechanical malfunction on my bike ride tonight. I was flying along on my old cruiser, a couple miles from home, when I spied some asparagus. I hammered on the brakes (coaster brakes=back pedaled) and the pedals jumped forward and nearly pitched me over the bars! The clamp that holds the coaster brake brace to the frame had broke and let the brace turn with the wheel hub. That forced the pedals to rotate forward with the hub.

Anyway, I cobbled it together enough to ride it home. I did ok until I got to the stop sign by my house. I forgot, put on the brakes, and almost over the bars I went again!

Nothing that a little plumber's tape couldn't fix, once I got home.