View Single Post
Old 03-06-06, 12:39 PM
  #9  
merlinextraligh
pan y agua
 
merlinextraligh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 31,302

Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike

Mentioned: 17 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1447 Post(s)
Liked 724 Times in 371 Posts
Originally Posted by DrWJODonnell
I hit a nasty pothole and cracked not one (of course it couldn't have just been one) but BOTH of my Zipp 404's. Had to drop out.
I think you just had bad luck.I'm heavier than you and race on Zipps. I did a race last week with a cobbled section, and had no problems. I'd stay with the regular 404 rims and just realize that stuff is going to happen occasionally.
merlinextraligh is offline