How worn is that rim?

cce · Mar 13, 2013

Anthony":172ud22u said:
I read that, but I'd rather it didn't collapse at all. Or even if it did, I'd like there to have been some way of knowing it was coming. That looks as though you were quite close to being taken by surprise, and it could have been nasty, even without the tyre blowing off. It would have failed under stress, which means most likely on a fast rocky downhill.

Thankfully it wasn't my rim. It came in as a donation to a bike recycling charity I help out at, and I cut it to use as a teaching aid for volunteer mechanics

Splatter Paint · Mar 13, 2013

Mine, same problem, with other examples

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=236662

hamster · Mar 14, 2013

Anthony":3njcyfd5 said:
I read that, but I'd rather it didn't collapse at all. Or even if it did, I'd like there to have been some way of knowing it was coming. That looks as though you were quite close to being taken by surprise, and it could have been nasty, even without the tyre blowing off. It would have failed under stress, which means most likely on a fast rocky downhill.

I absolutely agree. Most modern rims have either a black wear groove (when it disappears you should bin it) or wear dots (same principle). Many Mavics don't though.

Kona lover · Mar 14, 2013

Can't they make it like Blackpool rock? It could just say buggered on it lol

How worn is that rim?

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