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And it had to happen at the half way point too....
wtf happened? looks like the side of the rim has ripped off?
close up pic please..
Just riding down a road hill, loud bang and the feeling of a flat... wasn't untilI stopped I realised the rim had blown off.
how much air pressure?? or were these older rim brake rims perhaps?
woah, classy rim explosion! bet you're glad that wasn't the front wheel
Your preride checks seem to be as good as your holiday bookings. Not very 😉
seen that happen years ago, when V brakes were the norm.
I had that happen to me on a front wheel at 20+mph once, really loud bang followed by the noise of 18 inches of flailing aluminium.
Aren't disc brakes great 😀
Close up of the rim ...
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Cleaned the rim up and looking at some of the spoke holes there are fracture lines around 7 or 8 of them. (Not the best images with my point and click camera )
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Good effort! 🙂
Did it used to have Vee brakes?