Rigid?
I don't know, the rigid riding may have to go. It's not me or my body, it's the bike equipment. It breaks, too often.
Nice solo hike yesterday, about 7.5 miles in 6.5 hours - great average you say :-) My hikes are anything but normal. Lots of bushwhacking, much climbing over and under things, many long pauses to simply listen to birds and brooks and to smell the great fresh mountain air, tons of clambering and falling. I find interesting things that way. Weird, tucked away hideouts. Most fun.
Today, I rode with Jeny, Eszter and Chris in Breck. Eszter wanted to pre-ride the Firecracker 50 course so Jeny and I tagged along. Great ride!! I'm glad we did not have to do the second lap though :-)
Giant trees!!!
Listening to: the computer fan fanning in overdrive.
Ed
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Wow, Ed. What's breaking with the rigid? I had no issues with breakage. I had no issues with the harshness either. What I have learned with the squishy fork is that I can hold my line much better, I find technical climbing is better for me too. A side benefit is that I'm descending faster, maybe that's a benefit, at least I feel more confident at the higher speeds.
The big question I have is your frame, your fabulous, beautiful, light, perfect and very expensive frame... it's not suspension corrected, major bummer.
Yeah what broke?....
So it wasn't just your quick release that was loose?
That sucks, but I guess in hindsight, it could have been way worse.
Sending quick healing vibes to your bikes.
Oh Gary, I'm not really giving up, the frame is just fine :-) The fork cracked after only one season of use. That's the 3rd one I've cracked, all of them steel. The carbon fork survived 3 seasons and I replaced it just because of that fact, it did not break.
And my other frame is being repaired as we type, cracked near the top tube/head tube juncture.
FixieD - your question has been answered!
Eszter - nope, not just the qr unfortunately and yes I am pretty lucky. I should have checked more thoroughly when we got to the bottom.
Ed...you can try to break the fork from my Raleigh. Non-suspension corrected. I dare you to break it. That fork is going to win...you'll come back with neuropathy in your hands and a smilin' fork.
Point is...it is definitely possible to build a steel fork that you won't break. You just need to emphasize that you break a lot of forks. The problem is that it won't be as compliant.
I'm surprised that the Pace survived. The newer and less expensive carbon forks are known to be more "Rock Solid."
Hey Ed. Interesting topic. I cracked my frame by the head tube and down tube juncture. Got it fixed real quick, though. Not sure what caused it to break, but there's no doubt that rigid is hard on the frame.
I also rode a carbon Rock Solid fork for 3 seasons with no issues, but like you, I too replaced it simply because of how long I had been riding it. I replaced it with a Ti fork using a White Brothers Al crown. I'll let you know how that works out...
Bike Abuser!
Hmm, I heard it was a headset, but riding rigid is Soooooooooooooooooooo 1980's.
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