Photos from your rides.

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by maj

Not high-elevation by Colorado standards but a nice and then fairly steep climb from Redstone.

That's a beautiful looking ribbon of pavement right there.

[Tz779]

how the start of my morning ride went:

[AngryScientist]

Yikes! Those rims are toast!

Curious if they exhibited some smaller cracking prior to the pull out or if this was out of the blue?

[Robot870]

[Tz779]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

Yikes! Those rims are toast!

Curious if they exhibited some smaller cracking prior to the pull out or if this was out of the blue?

seems just "out of the blue" no other spokes show any signs of weakness, this is the rear wheel. front wheel *seems* to be fine!

yeah, i just clipped in to start my ride and "ping" i knew i broke a spoke. but not pulled thru the rim!

so much for for rims with no ferrules! it is a MatrixIso rim.
-robin

[Tz779]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

Yikes! Those rims are toast!

Curious if they exhibited some smaller cracking prior to the pull out or if this was out of the blue?

maybe this is too cool for this subforum!

[merckxman]

Lots of perfect weather in NJ, plus with rain here and there, has made everything very lush and the corn is growing fast. I especially enjoy small roads with dappled light.

[XXtwindad]

A buddy of mine did the ALC ride and really upped the ante…
Not usually a fan of red cycling apparel, but sometimes you need to be fierce.

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

A buddy of mine did the ALC ride and really upped the ante…
Not usually a fan of red cycling apparel, but sometimes you need to be fierce.

I love that the saddle height was raised and the stem flipped to accommodate the extra stack from the shoes... would have been bonus points if he'd drilled holes and mounted SPDs on them

PSA Though: seems your homie is a toxic sweat'r -- the corrosion on the TT and the disintegrating bar tape are tell-tale signs.. Some folks just seem to have more caustic sweat than others. I'd recommend some maintenance and checking the bars (especially is alloy) and shifter clamps.

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

I love that the saddle height was raised and the stem flipped to accommodate the extra stack from the shoes... would have been bonus points if he'd drilled holes and mounted SPDs on them

PSA Though: seems your homie is a toxic sweat'r -- the corrosion on the TT and the disintegrating bar tape are tell-tale signs.. Some folks just seem to have more caustic sweat than others. I'd recommend some maintenance and checking the bars (especially is alloy) and shifter clamps.

Sometimes you gotta pay a high price for fashion, Dan.

P.S. My buddy was a ride leader in the group. Pictured on the left.

[Steve in SLO]

Did a 40 miler this morning south of San Luis Obispo around the Nipomo Mesa and back through Pismo Beach before returning home. For once I got the winds and heat right. Beautiful day today.

[txsurfer]

Suffering in 88F heat at 60% humidity, at 9am.

I know of 3 trees that provide shde on this 40-60 mile route and that white gravel isnt doing any favors. Tons of alligators though as its all rice fields with canals.

[BryanE]

Sutton's Bay, Mich. On my new to me Domane 6.9 Project One.

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by txsurfer

Suffering in 88F heat at 60% humidity, at 9am.

I know of 3 trees that provide shde on this 40-60 mile route and that white gravel isnt doing any favors. Tons of alligators though as its all rice fields with canals.

Perhaps a dumb question (for the non-Floridians) are alligators prone to attacking cyclists? Alligators never ranked high on my list of concerns.

[buddybikes]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

Perhaps a dumb question (for the non-Floridians) are alligators prone to attacking cyclists? Alligators never ranked high on my list of concerns.

They are trained to only eat Specialized bikes and those who are on them