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Old 06-21-19, 04:55 AM
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hI had a 7700 hubset built with DT Swiss RR1.1 rims. Had I known that they had a propensity to crack, I would have avoided them. Even in 36 front, 36 rear there were micro cracks around the ferrules that only worsened over time. Thinking I had a bad one, I replace the rear with the same rim & it began doing the same thing. I still rode those wheels for about 10,000 miles.

A wicked crash finished them them off to where they looked like this:




I was glad to move on from these rims. So I had the 7700 rear hub (36) and a used 32 hole 7700 front built up with polished Velocity A23’s. My LBS mechanic is a great wheelbuilder. We used the lighter weight DT Swiss spokes with aluminu
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