[splat]

Wednesday Nights home from work every time I Applied the brakes I got a Horrible sound that of Metal on metal, took a look and sure enough one of my Pads was shot and it was metal to metal . so on my way home I stopped at a LBS and picked up a new set of pads. well Ididn't ride in Thursday , but yesterday riding in first ride on the new pads I was gettting a Pulsating feel. and it was getting worse . so I figure I will check the alignemets later after I got home. well I Gabbed the bike to check it this morning and I discovered my Sidewall was cracked , Glad I have a Spare wheelset , anyone have a 700C rim they don't need ?

 

[ire]

Wow! What pressure were you running? I've never seen a rim fail like that, I've seen rims crack all the way through from abrupt hits

 

[loco-gringo]

Hole count???

 

[splat]

Wow! What pressure were you running? I've never seen a rim fail like that, I've seen rims crack all the way through from abrupt hits

I've seen that before , about 130 PSI Wheel probably has 15000 miles on it

Hole count???

32 I almost answered with out looking that it was 28 , the other wheel is28

 

[loco-gringo]

I'll see what I have.

 

[-dustin]

wow. that could've ended very, very badly. you're quite lucky.

 

[sanjuro]

the mileage that splat's put on? i'm surprised the rim is still black...

 

[James]

Front or rear? I've got a rear 105 9-spd wheel built on a Mavic CXP22 rim. Probably 500 or so miles on it, just been sitting for a couple of years, after I took it off of my commuter. If you need a rear, it's yours. Has a cassette too.

Agreed with Dustin, that could have been baaaaaaad.

 

[splat]

Front or rear? I've got a rear 105 9-spd wheel built on a Mavic CXP22 rim. Probably 500 or so miles on it, just been sitting for a couple of years, after I took it off of my commuter. If you need a rear, it's yours. Has a cassette too.

Agreed with Dustin, that could have been baaaaaaad.

Its a rear ,

Hmmmmmm, thanks That is a Great offer but I run Campy 8 speed.

 

[loco-gringo]

Its a rear ,

Hmmmmmm, thanks That is a Great offer but I run Campy 8 speed.

I thought that was the case, so I didn't offer a wheel. I'm sure I'll find one in the next couple of days.

 

[oldfart]

That's not unusual at all. Rims wear out from braking and will eventually fail like that. I used to go through about three or four rims a year when I was racing and training off road 10- 20 hours a week. More often than not the rim would dent before it split because it was so thin.