Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
A buddy had a similar cascading failure as yours and so I expected the rim. But at the spoke holes, not the side wall.
I have built a few wheels and it was hobby-rewarding but not riding-essential.
Can you put the roadie wheel on the hybrid?
Yeah, I had a similar failure just a couple of weeks ago. Was doing some maintenance and noticed my rear wheel was wobbling quite a bit. Closer inspection revealed that a couple of spokes had started pulling out of the rim, with large cracks around one spoke hole in particular.
Took the opportunity to replace the wheels (which had over 10000km on them) with a new set of higher spoke count (28 vs 24) wider gravel rims with no brake track. So far so good. New wheels were obtained for a good price, look great, and roll really smoothly. They also make a very nice sound, since they have more freehub pawls than the old set.
Had a beautiful spring commute yesterday. Made great time. Commuter is in great shape these days.
