Two rim eyelets destroyed!
Just a quickie. My friend recently said his wheel was buckled. I told him to check for loose or broken spokes. I was amazed when he showed me a pictures of two nipples that had ripped straight through the rim (next to each other on the non drive side) destroying the rim in the process.
My first thought was 'overtensioned spokes' but....surely the spoke will always go before the rim, in my experience anyway.
What are people's views on this? I have only ever seen this once before and it was a faulty seam on the rim. I'm not sure what brand the rims are but still, should a spoke break before the rim if overtensioned (and I mean slightly over tensioned rather than sheer heavy handedness with a spoke key)?
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My first thought was 'overtensioned spokes' but....surely the spoke will always go before the rim, in my experience anyway.
What are people's views on this? I have only ever seen this once before and it was a faulty seam on the rim. I'm not sure what brand the rims are but still, should a spoke break before the rim if overtensioned (and I mean slightly over tensioned rather than sheer heavy handedness with a spoke key)?
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I had that happen to me on a cheap MTB rim. Wheel was badly buckled, so adjusted spokes. Then inflated wheel to correct pressure and the rim split between 3 spokes.0
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by HP1</i>
My first thought was 'overtensioned spokes' but....surely the spoke will always go before the rim, in my experience anyway.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">No, with modern spokes, the rim will go before the spoke. It's not difficult to pull a spoke through a rim, especially a rim with single instead of double eyelets.
If you feel the spoke tension wasn't excessive for a good wheel, then the rim is not good enough.
<i>~Pete</i><i>~Pete</i>0
