Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Is This A Problem?


Hmmm...looks like it needs trued.  Got a slight wobble in it.

Put wheel in wheelfork on roof of car before heading to BV this weekend, but didn't tighten the quick-release enough.  Sho'nuff, hit 80mph on the interstate, and the wheel goes flying off behind me.  So I stop to run back and pick it up - half of the cars in Colorado managed to drive around it - and as soon as I get to the side of the road adjacent to the wheel, a semi comes haulin' ass through and BLAMMO!

Spokes go flying.

So I hustled out to pick up the wreckage.

Don't worry folks - the tire's OK.  And if you want to see the carnage firsthand, it'll be hanging on the Wall o' Destruction at the Mountain Pedaler in Eagle.

Anybody got a Ksyrium front wheel they want to sell cheap?  Anybody?  Bueller?  Bueller?

1 comment:

  1. got a set of ksyrium es's for sale for around 500. the ones with the red spoke. same thing happened to my deep dish carbon wheel a few years back, got run over by a truck on the interstate, but luckily somehow came out of it unscathed...

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