Almost to the end of the deMil zone and - i'm feeling good, having been successful at dodging most of the crunchies then CRACK Zzzzzzzzz... ONE rotation. Not even enough time to bust it off... First hit buried itself right through and opened a sizable 5mm long gash dead center on the tire. DAMNIT.
At least it wasn't dark. It wasn't raining (wet enough for a good belgian tan on my bare shins), and i had my very last spare virgin tube. Time to break out the glue on the patch kit and make a batch of tubes that will hold air tonight.
Sheldon's passing has not been mentioned on Velonews or cyclingnews. Those cold heartless bastards. Esp considering Zinn went so far as to link over to Sheldon's fancy torque wrench.
The flat even after the bike path is mostly open. No work, and passable. Nice but that pleasure was muted by my struggle with the damn tire. Time for new rubber (the center tread is pretty damn thin, more or less worn out). What would sheldon put on? (rhetorical question)
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Geoff,
Zinn has a few paragraphs on Sheldon at the beginning of his SICI symposium tech report. It includes a link to Harris Cylcery and that photo of Sheldon with a wheel, cigarette, and crazy bike-lovin' look in his eye.
...sorry to hear of your shell/flats problems gewilli, but thank you for a place to vent a little...
...glad to hear through scottyucsb that zinn at least deigned to mention sheldons passing...
...i found it disturbing, a day after the fact & w/ the time to prepare, that velonews, our fucking doyen of cycling news, wouldn't have the decency to post a front page tribute to sheldon brown...
...i guess the man was just too 'quirky' for the rich, slick world of the on-line bicycle racer...i can see 'cyclingnews' being posted out of 'oz' maybe missing the connection, but vn has no fucking excuse...
...i can see all of us needing a zinn to learn about our latest high-end frou frou shifter/brake lever, whatever componentry but personally i don't know a single bike racer or plain old enthusiast who doesn't have several older interesting cobbled together bikes who's format doesn't directly benefit fron sheldon's erudite & generous teachings...
..."those cold heartless bastards" is so very correct...thanks for a empathetic place to express my distaste for vn's dismissal of a true american cycling emissary...now i won't have to carry around a knot in my stomach, all day...
...so, w/ a deep breath, heddwch...
You can use the tire savers with a product of Sheldon's that was designed with mounting fenders to bikes with recessed brake nuts. It's called the Sheldon nut and you can check it out at his site in the fender section. I believe QBP sells them.
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