Originally Posted by
mrz80
Make it about three miles and my. seat. post. CRACKS. Saddle's flopping back and forth and all around. WHAT?!!! Guess after 28 years I hit the fatigue limit on the aluminum there. Off to scare up a new seatpost.
I had noticed my saddle was a little loose on my Miyata for a couple of rides (you know, the cussing of starting a ride and remembering something needs tweaking). Finally remembered to look at it pre ride and found the SR Laprade seatpost was split, not as bad as yours, the SR 2 piece is pinned to prevent rotation and the outer post was splitting at the pin. I was irritated because I like the look of a fluted seatpost, but it turns out SR made them in 2 piece and 1 piece so I was able to find one on fleabay with flutes and the right diameter.
Yesterday's ride was cut short by a pretty viscous rainstorm. I had an eye on the weather, but I got delayed getting out of the office. I would have had a 15MPH tailwind if I could have made it to the turn before the skies opened up, but I did not and wound up riding in a downpour with a 15MPH crosswind and lightning so I bailed at a gas station and waited for my wife to go by on her way home.