On Friday I used to be out for an extended experience on my recumbent and I occurred to look down at my entrance wheel and seen a damaged spoke. The wheel appeared in ok form, not too badly “out of true”, and was nonetheless ride-able. So I headed residence and switched bikes, finishing the experience on my upright. I later took a very good have a look at the wheel and located it really had 5 damaged spokes. All broke on the J-bend the place the spoke comes out of the hub. I used to be stunned as a result of I’d by no means damaged multiple spoke earlier than and likewise normally there may be an audible ping. This is my entrance wheel with the electrical motor, so the spokes are subjected to torque from the motor in addition to impression, e.g. from potholes. It had carried out simply nice for nicely over a yr so I assume I should have hit one thing pretty massive not too long ago. I ordered substitute spokes on Amazon, being happy to search out out they arrive in customized lengths so I might order the proper dimension. I’ll repair the wheel after they are available in and get it again on the street. I’ll attempt to remain on smoother roads sooner or later.
In the meantime I can nonetheless experience my upright if I need electrical help, and I’ve the unique wheel again on the recumbent. The timing is fortuitous. I hadn’t been driving my upright sufficient since I recovered from my final bout of sciatica. So my butt was getting sore on longer rides on the upright. A got here throughout an amusing time period for this on an ultramarathon biking web site: “marshmallow butt”. I must toughen my butt again up, from “marshmallow” to “iron”, as a result of in May I’m getting in a good friend’s van right down to Paso Robles for a couple of days of biking, and my recumbent received’t match so I’ll be taking my upright. I’ll ensure that to get extra saddle time in on the upright earlier than them.
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