New wheels... same attitude

Quick post tonight... I decided to change out my old Spinergy Rev-X super stiff's for a conventional pair of aluminum spoked wheels. After these carbon wheels get old and see a lot of use, the fatigue begins to get to the carbon, and areas of high stress start trying to crack. Unfortunately, Spinergy built these wheels with rivets where the spokes connect to the rim, and consequently created huge stress risers at those points. Rather than take the chance of suffering a catastrophic failure while I'm cruising down a steep hill around 50 mph, I switched to a pair of Easton E70's.


Certainly not the head turners that the Spinergy's were, but of course the durability makes up for it. Plus these are actually a bit lighter and should climb and accelerate better.

Also put on my new chain and cleaned the drivetrain. One less thing to worry about. My list of other chores grows longer still, but hopefully I'll get to some of that this weekend. As well as my long ride, which is 50 miles according to my 1 week advanced schedule.