WAAAAAAATTTTTSSSSSSS

No, no powertap, just more broken spokes.

good thing about breaking spokes on the commuter wheels riding on the Giant TCX is there's enough tire clearance to ride home with a wheel going an inch or two laterally.

No no hands riding though. shimmy shimmy shake. Happened accelerating with the cars from a red light

*snap*

"that was a weird noise"

*look down*

"i don't think the wheel is supposed to be moving THAT much"

I made it from Angel to Wickenden before the spoke decided it had had enough of sitting inside the nipple and wanted out.

In the process gave me a nice little cut starting from the base of my knee warmer. Wasn't bad enough to notice until i got home.

Goes along with the old rule of thumb, that once you start breaking spokes on a wheel, the rest of them will follow. Funny thing is most of these spokes have broken at the hub, not the rim. This one popped off in the nipple.

Might have to take it in and play with it at the shop. I think the rim is toast, just a matter if it is worth rebuilding or just make due being down a wheel.

Today was a mellow wicked easy ride in. The sun made everything look warm and summer like but it was still a cool spring like 45°F out there. Not much wind. Not compared to the last two days with the NE blowing. Which has been a solid headwind on the way in but seemed to have shifted ever just enough to the east to be just an annoying crosswind on the way home. either way i've been managing to keep the tempo very high to and from other than the first ride on Monday and this morning.

Yesterday was going to be an easy ride but of course there was a fluorescent yellow rabbit to catch and with the headwind I gave myself until the hill going up to the parkway to make the catch. And I did. Shut it down and let Mike catch up after blowing past as I held the interval until the base of the hill. Then had a nice mellow ride the rest of the way in.

The legs have actually felt pretty good despite everything. Tuesday night's lack of sleep is lingering. But manageable. Energy levels are pretty good today. Will work a whole day tomorrow and then hit the race early on Sunday. Really hoping to be there for a few of our Cat 5 guys that are racing. I just wish I was smart enough WHILE racing to take my own advice off the bike.

Standard GeWilli plan for Sunday. Paul can guess, shawn could probably figure it out w/o much thought. Hoping though to make a change though in the middle. Maybe. Depends on team mates situation and the weather/wind. Right now it is looking like it won't be too windy and maybe a 40% chance of rain, but that's a couple days out still, things can change, and it always seems to be windier than forecast at Ninigret Park.

We'll see how the legs are, hopefully they will have lap cards this time. Not a huge pre-reg field, but then I'm not there on the list, the race predictor would slot me in at 12th, right in front of Savage,

Providence Velo Club will be debuting the new jerseys, can't wait for that. Not a huge visual departure, not exactly as they were planned to look (fade didn't fade as much) but they are nice.

Oh and Super Commuter. I have to do a thank you post and elaborate a bit but I am pretty honored that Planet Bike picked me to be their Spring SuperCommuter. I probably could have picked a different picture but I liked the snow and locals know that location.

Be safe out there.

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