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Not with a whimper, but with a bang

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  • March 30, 2009 at 9:30 am #11646
    ourmaninthenorth

    Which is the noise made as this rim gave out (thankfully, while still at home before heading out on a club ride yesterday).

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3395163379_c9ef3435a7.jpg

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  • March 30, 2009 at 6:34 pm #627087
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    Simon

    It happened to me once on my
    It happened to me once on my mountain bike in the Peaks- downhill rocky trail – BANG – like a shotgun going off – then oh s**t head first into a drystone wall – no control as tyre & tube fight to see which is going to make the biggest tangled mess – outcome dented helmet (never ride without one now!!) dislocated thumb, torn waterproof (new) knackered tyre. All in all an expensive episode. Went for ceramic rims after that (was before discs were comon place). Sounds like man from the north had a lucky escape. Keep checkin’ ’em. Mind you that rim didn’t seen too worn

    March 30, 2009 at 1:08 pm #627085
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    ourmaninthenorth

    Went off like a gunshot.
    Went off like a gunshot.

    Mind you, I did record a new max HR….

    March 30, 2009 at 9:37 am #627083
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    Tony Farrelly

    “Giving out” seems a bit of
    “Giving out” seems a bit of an understatement

    March 30, 2009 at 9:36 am #627081
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    dave atkinson

    yikes! just as well you
    yikes! just as well you weren’t trying to nail a fast descent then! note to self: new rim with wear indicator đŸ™‚

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