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Old 15-Nov-2004, 22:46
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cleaning is always a good time to inspect for damage...



took my old magnisium marvic wheels off the 748 and removed the tyres for a quick clean and polish and found all the rear spokes had sheared almost through !!!!!!!

cant clean enough now i say.........
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Old 16-Nov-2004, 09:43
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cleaning is always a good time to inspect for damage...



took my old magnisium marvic wheels off the 748 and removed the tyres for a quick clean and polish and found all the rear spokes had sheared almost through !!!!!!!

cant clean enough now i say.........

Holy snapping duck shitt Batman...

That's bloody frightening

Race use only or road work as well?
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Old 16-Nov-2004, 10:50
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Yep, dam and wow. How old where they?
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Old 16-Nov-2004, 10:58
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about four years old .. just a bit of road use and 1 year on the track
ill have a look for a photo........
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Old 16-Nov-2004, 11:15
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Hmm, and there I was firmly considering a set of Mags for road use. Maybe, maybe not.

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Old 16-Nov-2004, 11:32
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dont bother,
the new cast alloy whells are as light and dont have the problems that the mag wheels do
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Old 17-Nov-2004, 19:56
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mag wheel
heres that pic
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Old 17-Nov-2004, 21:30
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looks like something machined them,
what do you recon caused that ?
Its very symmetrical to be stress related
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Old 17-Nov-2004, 22:05
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what do you mean by machined???
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Old 17-Nov-2004, 22:43
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like something has been hitting the spokes as the wheel has been turning around
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