MoAlpha

Dense, wet, mist here this a.m. I didn't mind it, but a buddy of mine slid out on a corner and crashed.

WhyFi

Go slower. Lights can sometimes be counterproductive.

WhyFi

I would imagine that most (all?) black spokes these days are anodized and not particularly susceptible to scratches, no? Most of my wheels have had black spokes and I can't recall any showing silver scratches.

BillyD

That's badass.

bampilot06

I almost slid out entering my neighborhood, last little sprint home took the turn at 26 mph, gators didn’t like that too much.

bampilot06

it wouldn’t have raise a thought if I was on centerville, monticello or the cap trail. Of course it got the worst on brit bat road. Luckily only one car passed me, and it was right when I entered the road.

“too cold” thread, a local shows what’s it’s like to cycle in the winter near you.

rjones28 

Of the wheels with black spokes, only two of them don't have black nipples.

Velo Vol 

Everyone dodged the question.

Bah Humbug

I'd rather deal with the scratch (there are scratches anyway) than all-silver. The silver wheels look good with a colorful steel bike, but not otherwise. At least, IMO.

rjones28 

I don't like to ride in the fog. I don't even like to drive in it.

I won't head out, if it's foggy at the house. I've done gravel events that featured early fog. That was no fun.

Velo Vol 

Dollywood 70 > UP 4008

WhyFi

We stopped off at B&N when found ourselves with some time to kill after wrapping up a couple errands.

I went to my favorite section, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and was surprised to see that one of my favorite authors, and a guy that moves a goodly number of books, didn't have any books on the shelf. Shortly thereafter, it dawned on me that his name, Hamilton, would have appeared *much* deeper in to the section than alphabetical order would have you think. That's when I noticed names beginning with "A" and "B" in the middle of the section... what the hell?

I went to the start of the section - "A" names, obviously, then progressing quickly through the alphabet (oh, there's Hamilton!) to Z and then restarting in the middle. To repeat - what the hell?

Looking at the authors and the titles, I realized that someone had the bright idea of separating the Sci-Fi subcategory from Fantasy, hence two trips through the alphabet. But what about books that straddle the divide? What about authors that write both? As if in answer to this question, I came across LeGuin's Left Hand of Darkness in the Fantasy area and decided that it was just all too much to take, so I left.

WhyFi

seedsbelize 

Even on silver rims? If it's a thing, I'll go ahead and buy them.

seedsbelize 

In my case, silver rims and silver hubs.

LesterOfPuppets

Only because the 4008 got scrapped

Big Boy Tractive Effort : 135,375 lbf (602.18 kN)
S118 (Dollywood 70) Tractive Effort : 20,100 lbf (89.4 kN)

seedsbelize 

Sounds like it's a thing. I should have them in a few days.

Velo Vol 

Fixed.

Velo Vol 

So it's not to hot for riding, eh?

P.S. Where is the road?

genejockey 

Silver spokes, then.

genejockey 

Silver hubs, spokes, and rims -


Silver hubs, silver spokes, black rims:


Black hubs, black rims, black spokes:

phrantic09

No such luck!

Trsnrtr

My wife's grandfather was a college gymnast in his youth and even in his 80s, he could stand next to a kitchen counter with his palms flat on the counter and slowly raise and hold his body completely horizontal. He also still did handstands by bending over and slowly raising his body to vertical without using momentum.

The funny thing is, he looked like anybody's flabby old grandpa.

Trsnrtr

Same. I generally end up cutting the hubs out and throwing the hubs in a box. Rims go out by the curb and metal scroungers find them within a day or two.

seedsbelize 

Can't get silver spokes