Monday, August 2, 2010

1000 miles

Last month I got in 1000 miles which explains why the blog has been hanging on the hooks in the garage. I've had bigger months but not for quite a while and this is the first time a wheel decided I was riding it too hard.

So much for putting my old road wheels on my commuter to lighten it up a bit but then again I didn't like these wheels much anyway.

7 comments:

  1. That is an awesome and righteous reason for not blogging.

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  2. Yeah, ya gotta love the posts about broken parts!!!
    No offense WD!!!
    That's an impressive blow out of the wheel!! Duct tape won't fix that!! LOL
    you know you can't buy/build just one wheel!!!?? ;))
    Peace!!!

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  3. Hmm, what condition is the hub in? The wheel could be rebuilt... but then, as when everything looks like a nail when one has a hammer, everything looks like a wheel waiting to be built to a wheelbuilder!

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  4. Merry - Priorities you know!

    Joboo - Nope, duct tape won't fix this one. It does explain why I was having trouble getting it trued though.

    Badger - The hub was crap from the day I got the bike, warrantee service replaced a defective free wheel with a crappy one. It was a stock wheel that's been off my road bike for a couple years as I've tried out different options. So even to a wheel builder sometimes it's just scrap metal...

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  5. 1000 last month? That's practically my entire year...

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  6. Pete - It's all riding, it's all good.

    BN - Don't know why your comment was flagged for moderation but it was. Just shows I'm not paying much attention to the blog these days for me to only notice now :(

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