This won’t be very long. I had considered taking a break today, but I learned something late last night that convinced me that I needed to get the word out about one aspect on the wreck on Saturday. Hopefully, this post will help clear the air.

This is not a collapsed wheel — it is crushed.

I want it clear that the Boyd wheel did not collapse on me. I heard one story going around that the tire flatted and that caused the fork to twist in my hands and then taco the front wheel. This doesn’t go along with the eye-witness accounts nor does it match the results that show up on the wheel.

The wheel is broken in four places. Two spots out away from the initial point of contact and two smaller spots closer to the where the wheel met the concrete. In the smaller area there are markings of concrete scratches as well.

I was looking at the wheel with my brother-in-law who is a structural engineer. He pointed out that this damage could not have been caused by my weight coming over the wheel. All the signs point to blunt force trauma. The fractures bear markings of a “crush” and not a “snap” from bending.

Notice the concrete work in the bottom left of photo (Photo by Eddie J. Helton)

In the above picture you see Jon Nutting getting ready to go through “turn three”. Well, shortly after turn two there is another rain capture structure much like the one you see in the lower left of the above photo. Now, it isn’t in the same location relative to the road, but you can imagine what would happen if his wheel met that block of concrete at around 30 mph!

So, if you are going to question the integrity of BoydBikes wheels, you are going to need to find some other instance for your support. I have been very pleased with the wheels and once my bank account gets over this shock, I’ll be buying a replacement.

Show me the carbon wheel that would do any differently!