Originally Posted by The Fixer
Well, I'm home. I had to cut my ride short at 20 miles in the middle of nowhere due to a front rim failure. Luckily for me this happened during a short climb immediately following a nice descent just before the tunnel. I was chugging along at about 10 mph when I heard this loud, gunfire-like bang from my front wheel. About 18 inches of the side of the rim had cleanly sheared off. So now there was nothing holding the tire bead there. I am just so glad this didn't happen during one of the many descents earlier. My ride was over for the day.
I told some of the riders to continue on with the ride and that I was going to hike down and hopefully hitch a ride back down to Foothill. After a mile or so of hiking a kind fellow in a red Forerunner with a bike rack on top pulled over and kindly gave me a lift all the way to my vehicle.
Other than that, it was a beautiful day up in the mountains.....just wished I could have continue on with the rest of the ride.....bummer...
Rim: Ambrosio Evolution
Tire pressure: 125psi
I was in the tunnel when you had the blowout, it really sounded like a gunshot in there. I didn't know it was you, though, I couldn't figure out where it came from, it wasn't until someone told us at the cafe that you had blown out a wheel that I knew what it was.
I'm glad you made it back safely!