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07-29-19, 09:28 PM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by billyymc

So the result of today's ride (mostly paved road with a couple gravel stretches, one which was a seasonal use forest road):

That makes five rear wheels I've gone through on this bike in 24,000 miles. I should have put some wider tires on for today, but didn't realize just how rough the one road was until I was on it. I had 700x38 GP 4 Seasons at about 90 psi - that couldn't have helped. These wheels (Campy Zonda) have about 8-9 k miles on them I think.

For theses wheels, your problem isn’t related to tires or inflation. It’s related to low spoke count concentrating too much stress in one area. More spokes would spread the load around more evenly.

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