Comments on: Still a little shy of target http://www.calnan-web.com/weblog/2007/06/25/still-a-little-shy-of-target/ It's only pain, it won't hurt you. Just ride through it. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Scout http://www.calnan-web.com/weblog/2007/06/25/still-a-little-shy-of-target/comment-page-1/#comment-3455 Scout Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:45:45 +0000 http://www.calnan-web.com/weblog/2007/06/25/still-a-little-shy-of-target/#comment-3455 I wonder what the deal is with those spokes... Jarrett has a fancy Trek with a near-identical rim and spoke set-up (as Trek manufactures Lemond bikes, and both use Bontrager), but has only had one spoke die in the roughly three years he's had the bike. And that included getting hit by a car! Now, not to disparage my sweetest of hearts, but he's a bit bulkier than you, so I don't think it's weight-related. Granted, you ride more in a year than the both of us combined, but even at my fattest and most-riding-est, I never broke a spoke on <i>Splenda</i> either. It seems something is wonky here, and I'd write a letter to Lemond personally, asking them what gives. Or give the person at the LBS who is truing your wheel the ol' raised eyebrow. Which isn't to say more spokes aren't better. Ultimately, the weight is negligible, and I feel better with twice the spokes on my beloved <i>Fox Mulder</i>. Also, like you said, it wouldn't seem like you were going faster as you sat on the side of the STP road, patiently replacing spokes, as unicycles and Big Wheels passed you... I wonder what the deal is with those spokes… Jarrett has a fancy Trek with a near-identical rim and spoke set-up (as Trek manufactures Lemond bikes, and both use Bontrager), but has only had one spoke die in the roughly three years he’s had the bike. And that included getting hit by a car!

Now, not to disparage my sweetest of hearts, but he’s a bit bulkier than you, so I don’t think it’s weight-related. Granted, you ride more in a year than the both of us combined, but even at my fattest and most-riding-est, I never broke a spoke on Splenda either. It seems something is wonky here, and I’d write a letter to Lemond personally, asking them what gives. Or give the person at the LBS who is truing your wheel the ol’ raised eyebrow.

Which isn’t to say more spokes aren’t better. Ultimately, the weight is negligible, and I feel better with twice the spokes on my beloved Fox Mulder. Also, like you said, it wouldn’t seem like you were going faster as you sat on the side of the STP road, patiently replacing spokes, as unicycles and Big Wheels passed you…

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