On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:10 PM, <wesoishi@aol.com> wrote:
>
> "It is frightening at times having ones fingers inadvertently rub the tire a
> centimeter or two behind the almost-finger-sized gap between tire and fork
> crown, especially when wearing full-fingered gloves.
>
> It seems too likely that one's finger(s) could get pulled under the crown!!!"
>
> Does anyone else know of a person who wiped their tire from the wrong side of the fork and did an end-O?
>
Not the front tire, and not an endo, but one league night I was on my E.G. Bates circling the velodrome for slow warm up laps with a couple team mates when I reached down with my hand to brush off the rear wheel. But I reached a little low, didn't pay attention, and let my gloved hand get stuck between a Vittoria CX and the seat tube. I stopped so suddenly I disappeared from between my team mates. They looked back to see me teetering, about to fall over but a I gave a mighty tug and pulled my hand out. Ouch. What a maroon.
Mitch Harris
Little Rock Canyon, Utah, USA