Originally Posted by
Big Ron
Was off on holiday last week, so today is my first commute since Thurs 4/10. Had spokes pull through the rim on my rear Mavic MA3 rim that day. I wasn't stranded but had a very slow ride home, especially given the head wind coupled with the rim rubbing on frame. It was probably the 5th time that's happened to me in the last 3-4 years-annoying enough that I've given up on the MA3, even though it would have been a warranty repair. The newly installed $140 Mavix CXP33 rim behaved itself on the way in this AM....hoping it lasts me at least a couple of years. The CXP33 was recommended by several folks on bikeforums clydesdale group
Ron, you have once again lived up to your nickname. Rim Crusher, indeed!
Yesterday's commute home was kinda brutal; fought a headwind the whole way.
This morning's commute was better until some a**hole (driving a Time Warner Cable truck--how dumb have you gotta be to do this when driving your employer's truck?) passed me using a right-turn-only-lane (perfectly good left lane there!), screamed "Get the he** over!", and then cut in front of me. Though people do this to me at this same spot all the time, this guy just really pi$$ed me off. I dialed it up to 400w, sped up to about 29 mph, and would have caught him if not for the uphill.
I couldn't get the truck number either or I'd be on the phone with Time Warner now.