I haven't posted, though it feels like I've been biking more than last year. The new bike had a big bang-up. I sneezed and went off the road just where there was a drop off of about 4-6 inches and a small cement post to keep cars from skidding off into a bog. I was unhurt (snapping out of the pedals was apparently not a problem) but the front wheel and fork were totaled. Turns out there is also a few scrapes and a ding on the down tube.
Its back thanks to Gary at Southcoast Cycling it is back with the fork and wheel from Rocky Mountain. I am not a light waif and must have hit at around 24 mph so I doubt that any frame would have survived. In the back of my head, however, I'm developing a distrust of aluminium. The front tube with the ding reminds me of an aluminum can, can these seriously withstand the bruises of a cyclocross track?
