Hey Patrick,
Just glad you didn't get hurt during your recent experience. Isn't it
amazing? Mechanical objects are quite impressive. They take a lot of
abuse, they may not receive the care they deserve and yet they still keep
on keepin' on. Only when they fail do we step back and see what
@Jeff, I appreciate your story especially as the owner of two tandems. I,
too, am surprised that your front wheel was more impacted than your rear
wheel. In years of racing and now un-racing, I've never checked/inspected
rims before *every* ride and I still don't see any need with rim brakes.
Patrick, I have to agree with what Jim Bronson kindly suggests/advises.
My wife and I ride tandem. Late last year I built up a set of wheels with
new rims (Velocity Dyads). We were on a night ride with our local cycling
club. We were headed downhill on a decent hill and struck a very large
@Jim, there were no signs of impending rim failure except for a slight
symmetrical bulge. The first time I noticed the brake rub I thought the
wheel was simply out of true. It took a truing stand to detect the
symmetrical bulge. Even after that the rim seemed fine. I now know
otherwise. With
Rivendells are great bikes and the owners are usually experienced cyclists,
which has me all the more scratching my head about this thread.
You'd be better off not ignoring signs of impending rim failure, like an
obvious and severe rim braking surface crack, than making any sort of moral
After riding a bulging 40-spoke Velocity Dyad rim on my Hunqapillar for too
long it finally cracked. The only way I knew about the bulge is because
once per rotation the wheel rubbed *both* brake pads. The wheel was never
out of true, so I kept riding it ~1000 miles. I decided to rebuild the
