I just got a kick out of this eBay add!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58099&item=3685223263&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58099&item=3685223263&rd=1
Happy Ritchey owner? NOT!
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So is that 1 bid yours or what?Internal14 said:
Who stops their ride because of a broken spoke?
I didnt go see a doctor for a broken wrist so I could still ride, thats how gnarcore I am. lol.DßR said:yeah, seriously -- he breaks a spoke and walks home? I've broken my wrist and still ridden home..... but I'm hella hardcore....
yea, roadies will do things like that.
What you guys aren't considering here in all your MTB machoness is that many road bikes have almost ZERO tire clearance at all... which means a broken spoke could pull the wheel out of true enough to rub against the frame... hence the walk home.DßR said:yeah, seriously -- he breaks a spoke and walks home? I've broken my wrist and still ridden home..... but I'm hella hardcore....
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bahh. I broke a spoke on a road bike. I was babying the thing hope hoping to not have to bend the rim back, or for that matter replace it. It wasn't even mine so i had to be gentle.
You also kinda have to worry about that spoke getting caught in your drivetrain.
You also kinda have to worry about that spoke getting caught in your drivetrain.
that's why you wrap it around other spokes.CreeP said:
hehe if you break a spoke on the front just wheelie all the way home.
whatever you need to tell yourself john... i hope it makes you feel good!
and obviously x-tremeDßR said:yeah, seriously -- he breaks a spoke and walks home? I've broken my wrist and still ridden home..... but I'm hella hardcore....
Sorry, maybe I was a little premature in posting this eBay here on this page.
There is some serious history here with Ritchey road wheels breaking mass amounts of spokes...over and over and over. I worked at a road/tri shop for over two years and we sold a lot of Cervelos and they came with Ritchey wheels for the most part.
I cannot tell youhow many pissed off customers came back to warranty work-over the wheels. Total hassle.
I posted it thinking others here might have the amount of experience that I had had with them.
Instead it turned into some big ball show for a coupla monkies. :mumble:
There is some serious history here with Ritchey road wheels breaking mass amounts of spokes...over and over and over. I worked at a road/tri shop for over two years and we sold a lot of Cervelos and they came with Ritchey wheels for the most part.
I cannot tell youhow many pissed off customers came back to warranty work-over the wheels. Total hassle.
I posted it thinking others here might have the amount of experience that I had had with them.
Instead it turned into some big ball show for a coupla monkies. :mumble:
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