Seperated Rim Seam?
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Note. It's from the opposite, so mirrored.
It would stretch credulity beyond yield for a near identical, perfectly straight to form in the same relative position.
Besides, if you look close enough, you can see the gap close halfway down, with the closed seam still visible.
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Another identifying feature of the rim joint (though it doesn't seem to be shown here) is that it's diametrically opposed to the valve hole.
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When a tire is mounted and inflated, the joint is being pushed together, not pulled apart. Not crazy at all
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Take another look at the photo without tire in the OP. You'll see same split on both sides in the exact same place with respect to the spoke.
Note. It's from the opposite, so mirrored.
It would stretch credulity beyond yield for a near identical, perfectly straight to form in the same relative position.
Besides, if you look close enough, you can see the gap close halfway down, with the closed seam still visible.
Note. It's from the opposite, so mirrored.
It would stretch credulity beyond yield for a near identical, perfectly straight to form in the same relative position.
Besides, if you look close enough, you can see the gap close halfway down, with the closed seam still visible.
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Well then it's really a good thing you didn't get a flat far from home or you would have been SOL.
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Well sort of. I wanted to use these wheels on a different, nicer build, with some new consumables, because they have good hubs. But with this flaw, even purely a cosmetic one, I will put them onto something much cheaper, aim for ~$50
If you're curious about my work/local market these are the bikes i'm currently selling:
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A New Zealand dollar is about 60 US cents.
If you're curious about my work/local market these are the bikes i'm currently selling:
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A New Zealand dollar is about 60 US cents.
Let me just add that this wheel flaw is really more than cosmetic. Cosmetic or not, if you plan to sell any bike with those wheels, it would be unconscionable of you to not disclose that flaw, or any other flaw for that matter in a listing.
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Wait, what? I have rims from the 40's and 50's that are welded.
Rims from the 70's- welded.
Rims from the 80's welded.
Pinning without welding was a way to make rims cheaper, they knew what was better.
I have 10 random wheels here, 7 of 10 are welded.
Rims from the 70's- welded.
Rims from the 80's welded.
Pinning without welding was a way to make rims cheaper, they knew what was better.
I have 10 random wheels here, 7 of 10 are welded.
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FBinNY pointed out in post 6 that the problem is not bent pins but rather that the ends of that rim extrusion were cut square and therefore could not be made to meet perfectly from the top to the bottom of the rim when it was formed into a hoop. The rim would look the way it does whether or not the pins were bent.
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FBinNY pointed out in post 6 that the problem is not bent pins but rather that the ends of that rim extrusion were cut square and therefore could not be made to meet perfectly from the top to the bottom of the rim when it was formed into a hoop. The rim would look the way it does whether or not the pins were bent.
Yes. Bent pins.
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What I believe happened, is an unplanned stoppie. If it wouldn't have had a tire bead holding it together it would have been catastrophic.
So dude is riding along and a unplanned emergency runs in front of him and he grabs a handful of brake, the front one.
Stoppie. Dude is still on the seat as the bike comes crashing down on the back wheel. For a strong highly tensioned wheel, probably not a problem. This wheel ain't that.
So the seam is at a 90° to the point of impact, and dude is not a little guy and his rear is driving the bike down. wheel distorts just enough to bend the pins.
Front rim would just require running into something firmly with the seam at a 90° to the impact.
So dude is riding along and a unplanned emergency runs in front of him and he grabs a handful of brake, the front one.
Stoppie. Dude is still on the seat as the bike comes crashing down on the back wheel. For a strong highly tensioned wheel, probably not a problem. This wheel ain't that.
So the seam is at a 90° to the point of impact, and dude is not a little guy and his rear is driving the bike down. wheel distorts just enough to bend the pins.
Front rim would just require running into something firmly with the seam at a 90° to the impact.
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What I believe happened, is an unplanned stoppie. If it wouldn't have had a tire bead holding it together it would have been catastrophic.
So dude is riding along and a unplanned emergency runs in front of him and he grabs a handful of brake, the front one.
Stoppie. Dude is still on the seat as the bike comes crashing down on the back wheel.
So the seam is at a 90° to the point of impact, and dude is not a little guy and his rear is driving the bike down. wheel distorts just enough to bend the pins.
So dude is riding along and a unplanned emergency runs in front of him and he grabs a handful of brake, the front one.
Stoppie. Dude is still on the seat as the bike comes crashing down on the back wheel.
So the seam is at a 90° to the point of impact, and dude is not a little guy and his rear is driving the bike down. wheel distorts just enough to bend the pins.
A simple, plausible manufacturing event vs emergency "stoppie" resulting in wheel striking pavement, seam coincidentally at 90° to pavement, with a rider of a certain mass who doesn't know how to brake.
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I invoke Occam's Razor.
A simple, plausible manufacturing event vs emergency "stoppie" resulting in wheel striking pavement, seam coincidentally at 90° to pavement, with a rider of a certain mass who doesn't know how to brake.
A simple, plausible manufacturing event vs emergency "stoppie" resulting in wheel striking pavement, seam coincidentally at 90° to pavement, with a rider of a certain mass who doesn't know how to brake.
Yes. A catastrophic event is more plausible than a one in a million manufacturing defect.
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I think this could be schrodingers wheel where I both cut the spokes and scrap it, and ride happily on it for years more
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Sometimes a thread reaches a point where people have very solid unshakable positions. Rather than argue or try to prove anyone wrong I invoke the spirit if Justice Brandeis who might have said, "the remedy for bad information is more information."
We've beat this horse enough and people can sort through the posts and decide for themselves what to believe.
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Sometimes a thread reaches a point where people have very solid unshakable positions. Rather than argue or try to prove anyone wrong I invoke the spirit if Justice Brandeis who might have said, "the remedy for bad information is more information."
We've beat this horse enough and people can sort through the posts and decide for themselves what to believe.
We've beat this horse enough and people can sort through the posts and decide for themselves what to believe.
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Should have been more clear. Pinned connections are not the marker of a low end rim. Pinned connections that leave a large gap like this are the marker of a low end rim.
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