My bike is poorly.............

[fossyant]

Getting near home, gently braking.....thud...thud...thud....

Apply rear brake.....thud...thud...thud....

Hmmmmmm, wheel true, yup.....hmmmmmmm

Off to the LBS tomorrow for a new rim/rebuild...........

 

[shippers]

That be broken, that be.
How've you done that?

 

[BentMikey]

Pothole? Commiserations.

 

[fossyant]

No crack - it's a black reflective sticker.

Dunno how it's happened - suspect pothole as the rims slightly bent on the other side too ...argh..........

 

[downfader]

It will most likely be a pothole - I've done that in the past to alex rims. Then later I snapped a frame at the chain stays in 2008 from a pothole.

You can try to claim off the council if you know where you did it.

 

[Tynan]

sympathies, did both my wheels at the same time on the same hole, had both wheels rebuilt and managed to ding one within a week, granted on a different hole, fortunately the LBS wallah managed to save the rim

they've fixed a lot of the holes and the extra light makes a big difference thankfully

 

[potsy]

Wheel builders must be doing a roaring trade with the state of the roads
At least you got home safe pal,could have been nasty that.

 

[fossyant]

Wheel builders must be doing a roaring trade with the state of the roads
At least you got home safe pal,could have been nasty that.

Could have blown - not a good idea on a fixed..hence no DIY 'hammers' to fix it..... CXP33's aren't totally bomb proof..... flippin wheel is still 100% true, and it's never been tweaked in 3200 miles !

Back to Wills Wheels tomorrow ! Repeat, do not look round, go in with blinkers......

PS I'll order another Conti GP 4 season as well...only £35 each

 

[HLaB]

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PS I'll order another Conti GP 4 season as well...only £35 each

I got my last pair at probikekit, they're a bit cheaper £30

 

[potsy]

I got my last pair at probikekit, they're a bit cheaper £30

£29.71 at Wiggle with their current 'platinum' deals:

 

[fossyant]

£29.71 at Wiggle with their current 'platinum' deals:

Got a Vectis card that get's me 15% off at Wills Wheels, but he's a mate, so should get a price something close... - TBH don't mind spending a bit more as I don't do the LBS route very often - I can't be ar$ed trying to build a wheel when his are fab, and don't need tweaking.....

 

[HLaB]

£29.71 at Wiggle with their current 'platinum' deals:

When I ordered wiggle were more expensive and probikekit were sub £28. I guess that's the market for you, are wiggle becoming cheaper again? about time too IMHO.

Oh I wouldn't lose sleep over £29.80 v £29.71

 

[BentMikey]

You must be a right poor example of a Scotsman to say that, HLaB.

 

[HLaB]

You must be a right poor example of a Scotsman to say that, HLaB.

Now if it had been 10p

 

[BentMikey]

p.s. as a Dutchman I'm allowed to take the mickey, we're supposedly much more frugal but don't have the same reputation for it.