Originally Posted by TxBiker
It is a 2003 Fuji I stored in the house (dormant) until realizing I needed to get my fat butt on my bike and commute. I have put more miles these last three weeks than I ever did these last two years. Another suggestion my bike tech suggested was taking the spoke and moving it over so that it crosses 3 or 4 spokes. That way, I keep my 32 spoke setup, just have to deal with a single-wall rim. This is not the solution he recommended. I think a wheel replacement is in my future.
Thanks.
I've been having a broken spoke problem with my Dahon. Apparently the wheel wasn't built properly. The solution is not necessarily to get whole new wheel, at least in my case. I'm dropping off the bike on my way home to have the wheel rebuilt, in fact (same rim and hub).
Commute today was dandy again. The cooler weather is pure delight to ride in at 6:30AM. I imagine come winter time it will be, ummm, interesting at that hour.
I saw something really funny today. At RSD and 79th, a dude was on a hybrid/MTB in regular clothes, helmet hanging off the bars, left hand controlling the bike, right hand holding... Starbucks! It looked like maybe a Frappuccino (haha like I can tell). The guy made a right turn and head for what looked like the highway. Maybe he knows of a entrance to Riverside Park that I don't, maybe he was just nuts.
Not so funny, though was a few blocks from home. A guy with MD plates zoomed ahead of me while I was dodging a dollar van standing in the bike lane (BL nazis STFU -- I ride far enough left, trust me). It wasn't a really good buzzing, more of an honorable mention. Anyhow, this dude then slows his car to a crawl and eventually pulls over into the bike lane. WTF? Well, at the red light right there I actually stop (red light crowd goes wild!), to wait for the cop going the other way. Light changes, I flag down cop and ask him to tell the guy parked in the bike lane to get out of there. The cop had the onions to tell me "He's not parked" because the dude's engine was still running. W - T - F? I'm pretty sure the law is that no standing is allowed but this cop, who was in one of those little traffic-mobiles, not a cruiser simply didn't give a bleep. And they wonder why 1) people don't like them and 2) we don't want to give them a raise.
