Deep v bent in 1 hour :/
06-09-08 | 08:22 PM
#26
I'm 100 pounds more than you, just getting on the bike probably hurts it more than you riding it off of a cliff, I do thousands of miles on it each year and it's needed truing all of once. Relax, you can't hurt 'em unless the wheel was built poorly.
06-10-08 | 03:07 PM
#27
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probably not tensioned and stressed prior to your first ride. This seems like a problem with a lot of machine built wheels, or a wheelbuilder who didnt take the time to properly stress the wheels and retension prior to giving it to you. Let me guess...when you first took it out, did you hear a bunch of "pinging/creaking" from your wheels?
06-10-08 | 04:49 PM
#30
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From: San Francisco, CA
Bikes: 2006 Lemond Etape 105/Tiagra
Amazingly my face, head/helmet, bike, and bag with a laptop and digital camera were all mostly unscathed. Though, aside from torn bartape, I did leave a majority of my left hand knuckles on the pavement.
Some dink pulled through a bike lane suddenly trying to nose into a parking spot. I had only taken my gloves off for few blocks I was riding down to eat dinner after stopping to buy a mattress after work. I gave up waiting for the police to come to give a report 45 minutes after the ambulance had already left. Lesson is, don't get hit by a car on a Friday night in San Francisco and, like your helmet, always wear gloves.
Some dink pulled through a bike lane suddenly trying to nose into a parking spot. I had only taken my gloves off for few blocks I was riding down to eat dinner after stopping to buy a mattress after work. I gave up waiting for the police to come to give a report 45 minutes after the ambulance had already left. Lesson is, don't get hit by a car on a Friday night in San Francisco and, like your helmet, always wear gloves.
06-10-08 | 05:14 PM
#31
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From: Sacramento CA
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Then it should be a 15 min fix if that. Just get it back to them asap before it starts looking like user error.
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