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Found out my shop's wheelbuilding master has rebuilt the same rim 40 times since 2019
I was cleaning out the back cabinet at the shop in Portland and found a little notebook where our wheel guy logs every rim he builds, and one Mavic Open Pro has come back to him 40 times since 2019 for re-lacing after crashes. I always figured a rim was a one and done deal, but he says a good hoop can outlive three hubs if you keep the spoke tension even and true it after every hard hit. So how do you all decide when a rim is actually done, do you go by cracks at the eyelets or just feel?
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nancy_king2925d ago
Rims don't really crack at the eyelets first, they wear thin at the brake track and that's what kills them. Once you can see a dish or feel the wall flexing with your thumb, it's toast no matter how true it still runs.
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