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                        <title>Re: Cracked Rim - was it loose spokes ?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 17:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title>Re: Cracked Rim - was it loose spokes ?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 17:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title>Cracked Rim - was it loose spokes ?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 17:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[A mate cracked his WTB i29 rim casing a stream &#039;jump&#039;. There were 2 cracks across the rim through the spoke holes approximately 180 degrees apart and the spokes were pretty much unwound at t...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[A mate cracked his WTB i29 rim casing a stream 'jump'. There were 2 cracks across the rim through the spoke holes approximately 180 degrees apart and the spokes were pretty much unwound at these points with a good couple of mm of thread showing.

Did the rim cracking loosen the spokes or did the loose spokes facilitate the rim cracking ?

Just curious...]]></content:encoded>
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