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Old 11-16-10, 08:13 PM
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Before Bontrager became a Trek Corp Brand name, and was a bike guy with a garage shop,
he cut down 40 spoke Mavic road rims to be 32 hole mountain bike wheels
to make a skinny light rim for mountain bike racers..

hard and fast rules of thumb are more .. like opinions.
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