Vicki Schroeder
2008-07-01
I second replacing/checking your rims especially if they have a lot of winter miles on them. I had an old Mavic rear rim on my winter bike fail - the side wall/lip of the rim that holds the tire on collapsed and sheared off. Made a heck of a noise but no damage to anything other than a shredded tire and tube.
I was very lucky it happened at low speed, on a flat road and walking distance from my work. I won't push my luck like that again (I bought the rim used so I didn't know it's mileage history) as it would have been very ugly if it happened while descending!!
Vicki