08.25.11 Thursday possibility? Anything and everything .83 Seattle

[Rogelio]

[Monie]

[Douglas]

[ifaey]

[mark]

[caustic meatloaf]

[Andrew_Squirrel]

Thanks to Jerf for being the inspiration

[tehschkott]

it's a fair statement - he rides the whole thing on that POS bike of his with nary a complaint. If we had to do what he has to do to ride with us, I don't think many of us would ride .83.

[soyoung]

[Rogelio]

[blasdelf]

Way underestimated my speed going over a curb and murdered my rear rim. The flat I got was only because a brake pad was hitting the tire sidewall where it was furthest out of true right at the hit, it blew out in less than 10 wheel revolutions. The DS spoke at the impact is loose by a few mm even after bottoming out the nipple, and the adjoining ones are beginning to pull through the rim with ripples visible.

It was ridable after fixing the flat and releasing the brake with the spring tension cranked up, just really annoying with the hop in it. Still rode it 18 more miles that night, and another 16 this weekend. Had to gingerly spin up climbs so the spokes would STFU.

Thankfully I have two spare rims and a spare Racing Ralph, the joy of hoarding.

[Alex]

hmm, maybe 355 grams is too light for a rim, even for fred?

[caustic meatloaf]

Something's too light for Fred? I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around that concept.

[MyNameIsJeff]

Nailed it.

[corpusjuris]