Nope...our cousins did that.....they lived down the road at Chilao cut out. Hensleys, Gerhrardts and the Deeners.....they had road, water, waste and any other contracts up there. Hated the Newcomb's....they still have a homestead up there and a roadhouse.....

I worked the bar up there and lost my virginity....I think.....

Newcombomb' Ranch has been up and down due to the HWY 2 closures over the years....

Something about the homestead rules that keeps the property in the family.....

I raced for years, have owned dozens of bikes, ran a bike shop for 6 years. I had one bike that speed wobbled. After the first and only time, it became a permenant indoor trainer bike. I worked on a couple customer bikes with speed wobbles. I found the problem with a couple but not every one had the same cause. Reguardless, I always advised the customer to retire the bike. Sounds extreme but I've laid it down at 50+ in lycra and it sucks!

If you do end up in a speed wobble. You want to relax your grip on the handle bar, grip the top tube with your knees and apply the rear brake with moderate pressure.

Clearly, this thread is a violation of Rule #81 (and possibly Rule #5).

The Rules

Road rash is the worst......I have scars from hell due to slides on asphalt......worse than burns. I started shaving back before it was popular......hair is poison in a wound....

^^^ think we need a new thread started... lol. Bike warriors.

Had my share of boo-boo's. One that comes to mind was during some heat stroke century ride. Very humid and a 100+ degree day. Riding no shirt or jersey. Flying past some poser neon sporting group. Half mile or so and after a fast downhill, a rest stop is set-up. Pea gravel all over the road..... fuch me and down I go. Nice audience and all I hear is people saying ouch! I get up, OK but had a sweaty and bloody mess all over my backside. A cute (and brave) girl hands me towels and kindly offers assistance. I foolishly declined and ate my pride. Wiped the gravel off that was embedded into my bloody back, took some drinks and went on my way.... just as 'team neon' came rolling in. Man that hurt. SmileWavy

How do you shave a wound?

I worked on the bike last night in preparation for a ride tonight. I found 1 really loose spoke on the rear wheel and wheel was out of true. I tighten the spoke and trued the wheel. I will have to keep an eye on this as I trued it up not to long ago. Also somehow the rear wheel axle nuts loosened up and allowed the wheel to have side to side play. Again I will monitor this after today's ride. I also tightened the steering.

My specs are 200 lbs and riding with tires inflated to 130PSI

Speedy:)

You don't....you shave prior to an ouchie. :rolleyes:

On the wheels....depending on the age of the wheels it may be time to retire them or at the very least crimp the nipples after they have been trued and tension tested. Newer wheels with machined brake surfaces are the schizzle.

also #24 and #85

dont get me started on all the rules violations in that 'ultimate bike thread'.... ;)

-b

Did you snug up the headset ?

Question is: what is the way to tighten a headset now days? Back when I did it with Campy races we would tighten until any free play measured at the end of the fork went away. Tighten a bit more to feel for friction, loosen and retry several times so the bearings would seat. Just tight enough so that there is no play.

Re-check the hub and headset locknuts in a while. Sneaky buggers.

Have you opened up the headset and did a visual?

I want to hear a little more about the "nipple crimping" Am I missing something good?

Cheers Richard

Was waiting for that.....using "Dykes" aka cross cut pliers you crimp the spoke nipples to keep them from backing out and loosening the spoke. A couple of loose spokes at speed with a heavy rider on a curve will turn that wheel into a taco......

Titillating words.....nipple, Dyke, nipple crimp, taco....think Beavis and Butthead....hehehehheh

The item from the OP that stood out in my mind "rear Axle nuts" Is this Cone nuts or nuts to keep the whell on? If so you have a low quality Bianchi and it's time to move on to a new bike.

Take a pic of the bike and show it to us will ya. I agree with with Mr. Bremner on this one. Maybe its time if its a high end water pipe or entry frame with Alle tubing. It takes a bit more then just truing up the wheels or checking tension. It has to be dished, and the drive side is usually much tighter then the none drive side. Cone nuts must be dead center and rim dish accordingly. if you just tighten up the spokes, it will come lose on you again, very soon. On an older wheel, the spoke has been stretched and must be tighten evenly all the way across again. Is it out or round? Sound like the very least, a new set of wheels. I use to built all my own wheels. My training wheels were 4 cross 14 straight gauge DT spokes. I couldn't break em' and finally got tired of it and gave them away and went back to a standard 3 cross wheels that i beat on daily. They eventually needed truing mid or end of the season for sure, but must less so on the 4 cross set.

Don't tighten your headset too much or it will steer for you and cause wear on the race. Do what John Rogers say and ride it and re-tighten or check for play again after 40-50 miles of hard riding.

When you tighten the nipple, turn it 1/4 turn past the desired point, then back 1/4 turn, to eliminate spoke twist, which otherwise will loosen up the spoke while riding. You can also keep a finger on the spoke as you tighten, to feel for twist. Shouldn't need to crimp a nipple, unless you enjoy that sort of thing. Actually I put a drop of Triflow on every nipple at spoke and at rim, every few months, to keep those points from freezing up.

I agree....when I find a wheel out of true.....I dismount the tire......pull the band and do a dab. Then do the adjust on my stand.

200 pound riders should be riding 36 hole wheels. Crimp is a recommendation when the wheel is having issues. If I was the wrench.....it would suggest an upgrade.

Questionable wheel, age, propensity for going out of true, big guy, 45+mph.....oi, whip out the GO PRO and popcorn time.....just sayin'......hope you like Pizza.....

I ride old frame and groupos....but my wheels and tires are the schizzle...

Here is a picture of the bike last summer. Please let me know if you would like any closeups of the components.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1366852992.jpg

Every component is mark or stamped "Made in Italy".

Speedy:)