Cuz he's still at it!

I read through it again, to see what was in here from last year (fun hunting for old stuff! remarkably easy too, as long as I remember to use the advanced search!) and anyway, he doesn't break spokes by dropping the chain into them -- he's good at not dropping the chain (now if he would just adjust the front derailleur so his bike isn't always makin nasty chain rubbing sounds!)

After he managed to flat his back tire on friday coming home from work, so he had to fix it before he could go for an early morning ride Saturday, (armadillos -- they're challenging to flat!) he broke another spoke while we were out on a group ride Saturday -- so had to fix it before Sunday's early morning ride. Now he's starting to get into this bike fixing thing, but this just isn't cool. Since we had the bikes on the car, and the LBS isn't too terribly off our route coming home Saturday, Let's go see what John has to say, eh, dear? He had to stop, get out of the car and inspect the wheel to believe that the spoke had broken -- why would I tell him it was if it wasn't, right? Anyway, he agreed to stop, and we brought a new wheel home.

It's "double walled" and has some different kind of spoke than the one that came standard on the bike did. Will a double-walled wheel help? It's not a fancy wheel, mind you, like some of our guys are riding, but it's not a fancy bike, either!

And would it make a difference if he would gear down a bit more on hills? That torque thing that was mentioned -- would it be better if he'd quit hammering up hills?

Karen in Boise