Every bike mechanic (and significant other, for that matter) has heard it before. Folks in the bike industry even have an acronym: JRA.
For example: “He said he was JRA and the rim cracked in half.” Nine times out of ten this is followed by an eye roll.
What’s your JRA story?
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May 11, 2020
May 14, 2020
Now, here's the back-story. When I purchased said handlebars, I was advised that they were ultra-lightweight models, suitable only for 1 season of racing and rated for riders weighing less than 175 pounds. At the time, I weighed about 145 and couldn't imagine being over 175. Ten years later, I was back on the mountain bike again after it collected dust for several years and I weighed in just shy of 190. Those race-only ultralight bars had long since been forgotten—until they snapped.