Paradise
Another of week on the trainer and another weekend on cold wet roads. Its been the theme for a few weeks now. Its the middle of winter so what else should I expect, right? I'm not complaining, just stating the situation. I've made a trip to San Diego the last two winters for a week of warm weather riding but its not going to happen this year. I just heard, on the radio this week, the average daily high temperature is now rising. I'll be trying to get home from work early enough a couple of days a week now to ride outside instead of spending time on the trainer. The time change is on March 9th, I really looking forward to it.
I got out this past Saturday for a couple of hours. We had rain and snow on Friday so I guess I should not have been surprised that some of the roads were a little icy. The forecast was sunny with temps in the upper 30s. It was 28 and cloudly when I rolled out at noon. A good two hours that I didn't have to do the trainer.
Just another day of riding in paradise.
I rode down to Hoover to meet Rob, Doug, Scott and Glen at noon on Sunday. It was still pretty cold...low 30s I think but a little warmer than Saturday. We were having a really good ride until I hit a dog. That's right, I hit a dog and (gasp!) broke my carbon fork. I saw the little black dog coming from the yard on the right. I knew right away that if it didn't slow down or change direction, I was going to nail it. When I hit him, he somehow got caught in my wheel. It was a little weird, I didn't fall right away. I just kind of kept rolling with the dog squelling as he tried to free himself from my wheel. I finally fell over and the dog jumped up and ran away. I feel really bad for the dog because I know it had to be hurt. I picked myself up, and started checking the bike and found a crack in the fork. First a broken carbon wheel and now a broken fork. I'm begining to believe carbon fiber sucks. There's no point in trying to get the dog's owner to pay for the fork. His house is literally a shack. No way I could get anything from him. I guess it could have been worse, I didn't lose any skin or tear any clothes when I fell. I was able to ride the bike home. Now I've got to find a replacement fork.
Proof that duct tape can fix almost anything. Can it fix a broken carbon fiber fork?
I got out this past Saturday for a couple of hours. We had rain and snow on Friday so I guess I should not have been surprised that some of the roads were a little icy. The forecast was sunny with temps in the upper 30s. It was 28 and cloudly when I rolled out at noon. A good two hours that I didn't have to do the trainer.
Just another day of riding in paradise.I rode down to Hoover to meet Rob, Doug, Scott and Glen at noon on Sunday. It was still pretty cold...low 30s I think but a little warmer than Saturday. We were having a really good ride until I hit a dog. That's right, I hit a dog and (gasp!) broke my carbon fork. I saw the little black dog coming from the yard on the right. I knew right away that if it didn't slow down or change direction, I was going to nail it. When I hit him, he somehow got caught in my wheel. It was a little weird, I didn't fall right away. I just kind of kept rolling with the dog squelling as he tried to free himself from my wheel. I finally fell over and the dog jumped up and ran away. I feel really bad for the dog because I know it had to be hurt. I picked myself up, and started checking the bike and found a crack in the fork. First a broken carbon wheel and now a broken fork. I'm begining to believe carbon fiber sucks. There's no point in trying to get the dog's owner to pay for the fork. His house is literally a shack. No way I could get anything from him. I guess it could have been worse, I didn't lose any skin or tear any clothes when I fell. I was able to ride the bike home. Now I've got to find a replacement fork.
Proof that duct tape can fix almost anything. Can it fix a broken carbon fiber fork?
posted by Doug at 7:12 PM
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