Originally Posted by jaxgtr
that seems painful, how did you do this?
i was peddling hard.. i heard a light popping coming from the front wheel, then i blinked once and did a front flip then started rolling the next second. only thing damaged was the new milano seat that i JUST bought, it has a couple of scratches on the back. and of course the whole front wheel..
Originally Posted by Tom Stormcrowe
Well, the wheel is replaceable! Buy a new wheel and salvage that hub and build a spare. You can either sell it and recoup your loss or have a spare that way! Glad you weren't hurt! If I had a spare 27" alloy wheel, we could work something out, very likely (Likely shipping cost only), but I don't!
the hub was cracked on both sides of the ball bearing races.. grease was leaking out. probably not salvagable. they were nice shimano ones too.. time to run 32/32!
this whole event reminds me to buy a good helmet.. sooner or later!