Ooh I say, I've split my rim!

[Baggy]

Out for a pootle this evening and felt a strange, regular bump coming from my back wheel as it passed through the brake blocks. Pulled over, had a quick feel round my rim...couldn't find anything wrong...carried on.

Bumping gets worse.

Pause again, and under the watchful gaze of a curious crow discover my rim is split

 

[Crackle]

I'll swap your rim for my knee? It's a good deal.

honest.

 

[Baggy]

Heh, just thought that when I read the topics
Your knee might recover, but my rim is doomed so it's probably a good swap.

 

[Crackle]

But if I had your rim, I could use it to pull that glass towards me I don't want to get up and get.

 

[badkitty]

Oh bad luck Baggy. You've been braking again, haven't you? Didn't anyone tell you that braking just wears out your rim?
I destroyed two back wheels last winter doing just that.

Congrats on a lucky escape - could have been scary.

 

[wafflycat]

*ahem*

I have mentioned this before young lady, but you really should be making sure Chuffy examines your rim up close regularly and does the necessary maintenance... This is what you get for ignoring your rim.

 

[Baggy]

I destroyed two back wheels last winter doing just that.

Two? You are a hard mistress on your rims...

 

[Baggy]

*ahem*
I have mentioned this before young lady, but you really should be making sure Chuffy examines your rim up close regularly and does the necessary maintenance... This is what you get for ignoring your rim.

The only person who looks at my rims in this household is me. I may let him touch my new one if he asks nicely though.

 

[Baggy]

Congrats on a lucky escape - could have been scary.

Was pondering this earlier - have done some fairly speedy descents recently so it was indeed lucky. Rim didn't feel that worn and couldn't see the wear indicator...

 

[tdr1nka]

I had a rim collapse while riding once. Going uphill, not at speed(thank deity of choice).

It curled up a bit like a snail or nautilus shell.

 

[badkitty]

Two? You are a hard mistress on your rims...

It has been said.


Lol! My wheels did get a bit of a caning last winter because they had to carry both me and badkitten through all the mud and crap etc. And there is a very scary chalk/flint valley that I ride through 4 times a day, so even being careful with the brakes, rim death was inevitable.
Hopefully, this winter will be better because she's on her own bike now.

 

[Baggy]

It curled up a bit like a snail or nautilus shell.

Well, as you were unharmed - sounds quite cool!

 

[Baggy]

And there is a very scary chalk/flint valley that I ride through 4 times a day, so even being careful with the brakes, rim death was inevitable.
Hopefully, this winter will be better because she's on her own bike now.

Hah, she can wear her own out! We have "Devonshire grinding paste" that forms on the roads, a scrapy mix of flint, gravel, orange soil and salt. Yum!

 

[Baggy]

This is what you get for ignoring your rim.

Chuffy has just reassured me that he will regularly run a finger round my shiny new one

 

[Crackle]

I feel as though I'm missing out, I've never split a rim (Oh no, now I've said it). I broke an axle once but that's as close as it gets.