I would like to attribute the disintegration of my fancy carbon bike to the amazing torque I'm putting out and not my sheer mass. Yes, the seatmast. The 08 Madone has a seatpost as part of the frame, then the seat mast slides over that. I had wanted a taller version to get more height, 160mm as opposed to 120mm and also less offset so I could be more over the pedals.
I remember coming down on my seat rather hard once and hearing an unnerving noise but failed to check it after the ride. I was at the maximum insertion point so that may have contributed to it cracking. Yah, failure of the back wheel and seatmast in one ride could make for a bad day. There were quite a few blog posts on this "bad batch" of Bontrager wheels. John at Joe's said my weight shouldn't matter on those wheels, totally a manufacturer defect. The new parts are already on their way.
You riding this weekend? I just need to set some time aside for leaf clearing.

Yes 5k, probably the longest year I've had, though the first where I've actually kept track. Maybe I can at least double it in 09, or at least better it-Even if I doubled it I would still be short of Isaias, Teacher Bob, Janet, etc. Quite humbling. Truth be told there are a couple early year spinning class miles in there plus running miles but that is probably no more than 2-300. The spinning classes are good for short, intense, training, but what I lacked throughout the year is long miles. I hope to start getting some weekly long rides in.

I know my friend Bennett mentioned doing one of the DC Rand rides in a couple weeks, there's also the DCRand 200k brevet in December, and your NCR on and off ride.