Upon removing my tire from my rear 808 yesterday I noticed a hairline crack where the leading outside edge of the of the rim meets the tire bed. I think this happened during the mooseman this year where I hit a pot hole so hard that my aerobars were jolted downward about an inch! At the time I stopped and check out the bike and wheels but didn't see anything. I went on to ride those wheels twice more at LP and in another HIM. So how much force does it take to cause this type of damage? I knew I hit prety hard, but needless to say I was realy surprised to learn I was riding on a damaged tire all season! I have a call into Zipp about their replacement program, so we will see how that goes. I'm wincing at the thought of taking the front tire off and inspecting that wheel, but hopefully its OK. The kicker is that if that race was where things went bad, that wheel would have had less than 30 miles on! Damm this is an expensive way of life!
"I really wish you would post more often. You always have some good stuff to say. I copied it below just in case someone missed it." BarryP to Chainpin on 10/21/06
"I really wish you would post more often. You always have some good stuff to say. I copied it below just in case someone missed it." BarryP to Chainpin on 10/21/06