Several years ago I caught a stick in the rear spokes. It tore up the plastic rear fender, and as I carefully steered the bike as it skidded to a stop, I thought how bad things could have been in the front wheel. A few years afterward, the 59-year-old husband of the ex-wife of one of my former carpool buddies was killed when a stick went into his front spokes. Scary stuff ...
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069