Cochran Mill

Again... A ride at Cochran Mill isn't usually worth mentioning, but this past April, I had an eventful ride there.

It started out like any other, normal day.

The bike was looking good.

I was feeling just right.

The trail was as glorious as it gets.

Coming back in from the back loop of the Yellow Trail, I ran into Flynn and spun another loop with him, but then crossing back over the creek, we were going pretty fast, and a rock tipped up, and caught my back wheel super hard. I almost crashed, but somehow managed to save it, and I was like: "Wooohoo! Almost went down there!"

We laughed it off until we got back to the lot, and damn. Cracked rim.

I've broken three of these rims now. Twice just by catching a rock wrong, and once where a spoke pulled through. They're not the most durable rims in the world. The last time I broke one, I tried to repair it, and I still had all the stuff, so I tried to repair this one too. I had better success than the previous attempt, but failed in this attempt as well. The price just keeps going up on them too. They were $175 when I first bought them, and now they're $350. Cheap for carbon rims, but still!

I had a spare, so I got the wheel rebuilt in short order, but it was pretty frustrating. Crossing all my fingers for better luck in the future.