I wasn't excited about the spoke because it was my forth broken spoke and SRAM had already replaced two spokes and sent me a new wheel in the last year. I took the wheel into Park Ave Bike and called SRAM to let them know how I was feeling about my S40 wheel set. That is the bad news.
The good is that SRAM is a great company! With in 5 minutes of being on the phone the customer service tech decided to upgrade my wheel set and send me a new set of S60's! That is what I call great customer service. They could have done what most companies would have done and sent out a new spoke and put a band aid on my bullet wound, but they didn't do that and for that reason I put them at the top of my good list for going above and beyond for a little guy like me. I have been out on the new wheels for about a month and a half now and they are AWESOME. Thank you SRAM!I have put a number of good rides in on the wheels and I haven't heard any of the POPS and CRACKS I would hear while riding the old S40's, so I am hoping my days of breaking spokes are behind me.
This has been a terrible year for training. I have been working 60-70 hour weeks and not getting out to do much of anything related to training. I had an injury that kept me from running more than a few miles at a time since January. I think the injury has finally healed up and I am back on the road running again. I have also made some significant changes to my work so I expect to be training a lot more.
The Finger Lakes Tri is coming up in about 3 weeks. I am hoping to train enough now that I am feeling better and have the time to train like I need to.
Be safe and have fun out there!
