On 5/8/2018 8:49 AM, jbeattie wrote:

So what? You blew a tire in a pot hole. I'm not getting how this illustrates anything except how lucky you were that you didn't go OTB -- the usual consequence of hitting a pot hole at high speed. What are you suggesting here -- solid tires?

You know the manufacturers are so stupid. That fat Michelin man. I call him sad Michelin man -- a failing tire company. If they did like I suggested in 1982 and made solid tires, they would be great again. Losers.

BTW, I've never crashed because of an equipment failure. I've broken three pedals, snapped six or more cranks (at least three while out of the saddle sprinting), broken handle bars, seat posts.

Impressive technique. When I snapped a crank out of the saddle
(starting from a red light), down I went. Years later, I think I kept
it up when I snapped a chain. Way back in the day, I kept the tandem up
when we popped the small cog off a Regina Corsa cluster (held on only by
two threads, it turned out), but that was a close-run thing. Just can't
figure how to do it with a crank snap, though.

How _does_ one stay up upon snapping a crank? Was the failure not sudden?

Your prospective bike-handling disciple (mostly serious)

Mark J.