Originally Posted by
staehpj1
Do people actually think about stuff like their wheels failing when they are riding? Or is it more a matter of worrying about it when at home thinking about their bikes?
I'd suggest that just maybe it would be better to accept that there will always be some chance of failure and once you are at some reasonable level of risk just enjoy the ride. Other parts can fail. You can be injured, You can get sick. You can be called home for some unforeseen emergency. Hopefully you don't obsess over any of that. Like the risk of wheel failure all those risks are fairly low. Some of those are harder to deal with and more likely to be tour ending.
Thanks stae for that very reasonable take on things.
Pretty much expresses my thoughts on things, ie control the things you can, make sound choices and in my case, acquire mechanical experience over the years to know personally hands on how my bike is mechanically, and then at least knowing, or at least having a reasonably informed chance of knowing, how likely mechanical problems can happen.