Originally Posted by
Tapeworm21
Your rim split after 4 months of use? Either you bought a REALLY crappy wheel, you ride 500 miles a day, or you need to warranty that thing. Go back to the place you got it and bring your receipt. What I would do, is invest in a new back wheel. Probably hand built. A warranty would get you a very similar wheel to what you have.... and look how that turned out
Actually Tapeworm, the wheel that split was off an old reliable mtb he had...from the looks of it, he got plenty of miles out of it so it was probably a good thing it happened on this bike as opposed to out on a trail somewhere.