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Originally Posted by SortaGrey
Spend your time riding... not fixing and messing with the wheel.
That's my end goal in all this.

Originally Posted by SortaGrey
I've screwed around NOT getting a high end wheel built.. a BIG mistake. And I'm 'only' 246...
It'll all come down to necessaity and what the budget can bear. At this point, not too much. In a kind of perverse way, I wish these issues were more serious earlier. Could have asked all family to donate to the "get Eric a custom wheel" fund. Too late for that now.

Originally Posted by SortaGrey
Someone makes a stainless steel rim.... I believe inherently stronger for us heavy wts.
I'd seriously consider it if that were true and there were one out there. Quick Google search turned up nothin'...
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