Quote from bikerteam on Aug 10th, 2009, 6:04am:Yesterday, however, was a little worse. I rode the Ti Aero with the local Flower Mound Flyers (Angie rode too). At about mile 45, as it was getting hot, I am the lead rider of about 15 and making a left turn. I hear a pop and think it's another bike. In an instant I'm on the chip-seal sliding. Apparently, as I was making the left turn, my front Ultremo blew off the rim, and I went down pretty hard. Tore my shorts, and road rash on arm. It's was cool though, as the rest of the riders all surrounded me to protect me from the on coming traffic until I could collect myself and get off the road.
Ray... You gotta save some of the excitement for us Saturday Social riders you know. I would have had a nice first aid kit for yah and emergency flashers to boot.
We just had a boring little ride. The excitement of my day was the new fellow telling a bunch of folks he was worried because I kept falling behind in double oak where it was completely flat. It was always around those intersections with the stop signs
Shortly after I think we were going up some hill and I start rolling up the hill passing folks some new lady in the back calls out "car back" followed shortly by "never mind" as I roll past. Apparantly I'm slow and a car
Texas Roads do not do well with Schwalbe tires lately. They may have before but whatever it was that has changed just beats the crap out of them, unless you ride a baron. My kojaks were fine in the winter but they seems to blow out during my rides home in summer. The recent two were right outside work heading down that hill and the second after stopping at the 7-11 on beltline/royal and starting up royal. Maybe hot chipseal does em in?
Hopefully they can get the route worked out with that blindish turn because it sounds like even a rider were to stop you can't really see traffic, which I find I have to stick out a few feet or stand up on my hurricane or sofrider as compared to my road bike so it could be especially bad for bents.