No, not the kind you try to protect with vaseline and a band-aid under your XC running top.
Jeff and I set out on a four hour tour on Sunday, only to be interupted an hour in by the snap and clicking sound caused by a broken spoke nipple. The man is some kind of jinx as we're running a 50/50 chance of suffering a more than minor mechanical when we get together for a spin. We wobbled the IF cross bike back to the Casa du Cronin and swapped for the Niner. The fixie gear was a little more than I was hoping to spin on the day but c'est la vie. I wasn't about to cut it short on a 40 odd degree day in January. Now it's time to replace the Ritchey's. Johnny gave me a recommendation a couple of months ago. "That boy is wicked smart."
The motivation just continues to climb and the excitement for the season builds. Because this year seems planned in such a similar way to the last two, I'm hoping to plug something new into the schedule. I've even gone so far as to research how long it takes to drive to Anchorage. Not sure 60 hours of driving is in my future, but some kind of adventure is.
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Throw in some Heartland XC's, time to work on the singletrack rock skills.
we used to get a ton of cracked aluminum nipples back in the day, some brass ones. usually because the spoke didn't quite go all the way through to the slot on the backside of the nipple. in other words, the spokes are a smidge too short. when this happens the shoulder of the nipple is taking all of the brunt/tension because the threads that are engaged are only in the "top" part of the nipple. the "spoke all the way through the nipple, but not too far" technique cured this by reinforcing things from the inside out.
i like saying nipple.
I like saying Nipple too:) I feel ya Skip....my rear nipples have been a poppen the last week and a half....3yrs on them purdy blue alluminum nipples.......I got me $$ worth...time to relace that biatch:) I want some socks...I'll round up some jack and mail me love too ya.
Peace
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