Steve Tilford

Comments (14)

Mike

2011-05-31 21:27:13

May want to tighten up that stem.

RW

2011-05-31 21:28:18

gotta love those new fangled carbon steer tubes.

Sean YD

2011-05-31 21:30:32

Yeah, your bike could use a bit of fixing up.5

Jay Christy

2011-05-31 21:39:09

dang, twice in just a few months.

Walt Bleser

2011-05-31 21:53:57

Did Kim West break your stem?!

Neil Kopitsky

2011-05-31 22:01:15

I though Trek fixed the steerer tube problems after Hincapie’s Paris Roubaix fiasco?

Julie Bogacki

2011-05-31 22:01:52

How come you don’t have any road rash?

john

2011-05-31 22:50:38

You are hanging out with clowns on the Snake?

Daniel Russell

2011-05-31 23:35:27

Why did they stop making carbon forks with aluminum steerer tubes? Well worth the extra couple of ounces.

Webehed38

2011-06-01 00:10:08

“I don’t break steerer tubes often, but when I do I drink with the clowns on the snake!”

woodman

2011-06-01 00:20:25

Hincapie was riding an aluminum steerer. Super scary, glad you are alright.

Mr. Frack

2011-06-01 02:15:43

Dude, you need to talk to your boy Kent about a road bike. My LBS has a Trek graveyard that slays me. I have been told that one in eight racers cash in on a frame replacement on those puppies. How many Moots/Eriksens have failed you in the last 20 years? A big zero?

Calvin Jones

2011-06-01 05:08:02

The fork here was apparently the cause, not the result of a crash. However, an interesting and related topic, once Mr. Tilford has time to rest/reflect/recover, might be on how “crash-able” should a bike be made, anyway? Each discipline has its own peculiarities, such a DH, Cycle Speedway, pursuit, and road racing. My own prejudices lean to more mass, with worries about shipping, survivability in a crash, long life, etc. But then why should an athlete lug more weight around just to make the mechanic happy?

DavidR

2011-06-01 09:01:32

Steve, no need to write a story; that picture is worth a thousand words.