TAW
04-13-2009, 02:29 PM
I have a set of Zipp 303s which I use almost exclusively for races. Had a race last Saturday and was packing up and getting ready to leave. I have a truck, so I take the front wheel off to put the bike on a bed mount. In the meantime, someone comes over to talk for a while and I forget about the front wheel, which I have leaning up against the back of the truck.
After talking, I get in and start to back out, and I hear a sound, and see some people in my rear view mirror staring in horror. I stop the truck, and open the door, only to see my front wheel partially under the back tire of my truck. :eek:
I quickly pull off the wheel and get out, expecting to see crumpled carbon everywhere. Much to my surprise, absolutely nothing happened, and the wheel was fine and still true. I thought of the thread about carbon wheels at Paris-Roubaix, and I don't know how carbon wheels would fare on cobbles, but they survived my stupidity.
After talking, I get in and start to back out, and I hear a sound, and see some people in my rear view mirror staring in horror. I stop the truck, and open the door, only to see my front wheel partially under the back tire of my truck. :eek:
I quickly pull off the wheel and get out, expecting to see crumpled carbon everywhere. Much to my surprise, absolutely nothing happened, and the wheel was fine and still true. I thought of the thread about carbon wheels at Paris-Roubaix, and I don't know how carbon wheels would fare on cobbles, but they survived my stupidity.