Eh, your car analogy is orange to my apples. A wheel that needs the
equivalent of $5k of work is on the verge of catastrophic failure that
you can't ride home on. Spokes are loose and ready to break, your rim
has a crack in it, the hub has pitted bearings or blown seals, etc.
The way experienced wheel builders explain it, there are 3 kinds of
stress on a wheel. Side to side, rotational, and up/down by gravity.
If a wheel isn't built to handle all three types, it will fail
prematurely. Unless you are a 90lb rider, you will cause at least one
of these types of stress.
In my case, it happens to be the combination of my 1100W power and
195-200lb rider/bike combined weight that is torture on rear wheels.
I'm onto my second rebuild in just over a year, one cracked rim due to a
pothole, and a second dented rim to a pothole that also put a dime sized
hole in the sidewall of my tire. My next wheelset will be about 2mm
wider allowing for more air to protect me and the rim from the bumps on
the road.
Luther KB5QHU Forest Park, IL
'98 ML320 "Max" (169,xxx mi)
On 8/13/2013 11:17 PM, Gary Hurst wrote:
it's that what might be a problem for a serious cyclist might not be a
problem for someone who ride 30 miles a week at 8mph. what might fail for
you might be adequate for years for me.
it's like my mom's cracked up crappy daewoo. it "needs" $5k in work and
would still be a POS but it gets to the grocery store and back so it's good
enough for her purposes
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Benz Hogs <benz-n-h...@gulseth.net> wrote:
So explain your point better :)
My point is stress is stress and the quality of the wheel build will show
up no mater which type of stress you put on the wheel.
Luther KB5QHU Forest Park, IL
'98 ML320 "Max" (169,xxx mi)
On 8/13/2013 10:22 PM, Gary Hurst wrote:
you still miss my point but you know a lot about bicycles so that makes
you
ok by me:)
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