During a recent ride to Lake Simcoe, 183.9km, it rained. By the time I got home my ride was so thick with mud she was more brown than red or black. As I have done many times before I set to work cleaning her up, I washed the chain, removed the crankset, bottom bracket and wheels and began the work of hosing her down and making her shine.
When I wash my bike I always start in back and work my way forward, there is no particular reason, it's just where I start from habit. So my ride was almost clean when I discovered the crack, running about an inch along the inside of the head tube and then about an inch along the top of the down tube. Its a small crack, I cannot even see it unless my frame is out in the light of day, but the crack is there and when I rock the fork I can actually see the crack grow.
It would seem therefore that my ride's days in the sun are over. A short summary of some of the rides I did with that bike seems fitting here:
- Harriston Ontario (Bonked at 150km) Covered 196km, summer 2008.
- Lake Simoce and Back via Stouffville (Bonked at about 180km) Covered 200km, summer 2008.
- Rochester NY (almost, sun went down and had to get bailed out 50km from destination) Covered 250km, spring 2009.
- Return from Rochester NY (almost, sun light again, bailed out in Hamilton) Covered 230km, spring 2009.
- Rochester NY (nearly fell asleep on the bars at 220km) Covered 320km, summer 2009
- Lake Simoce from Lake Ontario (twice in 2009)
- Raced cars to work - often beat them to the next light, surprisingly often.
- A bunch of Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday night rides, got dropped a bunch of times, sometimes intentionally fell off the back and enjoyed the ride.
- Lake Simcoe from Lake Ontario June 13, 2010 - broke a frame
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