Today I took a closer look why my rear wheel always gets out of true so easy.
Very close inspection revealed that my Alesa rim actually had cracks on the sidewall. Dammit, now I need to find a new rim so I can at least ride the event next Saturday.

I can't just buy a new wheel since I have an old 105 shimano 7 speed cassette with a 7 speed index tube shifter. I don't think there are any hubs out there anymore which would fit that cassette.

If I had the dough right now I'd replace my old bike with a 2007 Trek Modane 5.2 SL which the stores offer now for $1999 in a blow out sale.

:mad:

Buy a rim and have it rebuilt with new spokes? Spokes $20, rim $50(?), build $45

Ridge Cyclery

3731 Ridge Rd
Highland, IN 46322
(219) 923-2555

Give them a call and see if they have a wheel on stock, or a rim to lace onto your hub!

Kinda on the same subject, How long can you expect a rim to last (Especially under Clyde loads)? I have nearly 6,000 miles on my stock rims (Matrix 750) and I'm a bit concerned, even though there are no signs of cracking/wear.

I had Bontrager select on my Lemond. At 230, I got 10 months out of them. I did 7,000 miles that year, so maybe got 5,5000 from them. 20/24 spoke wheels

Did not break or crack. Just went out of true just about every ride. I ditched them before any serious problems to avoid injury.

On my stock Trek (Matrix 32 hole) maybe a year 5,000 miles.

whatever you do,dont try to ride on it and,end up getting hurt. that wouldnt be worth it.

Soo.... could not find one darn rim or complete wheel in about 5 different bicycle stores. Dag nabbit. They all needed to order either a complete wheel which would fit my old 7 speed Shimano cassette or one store had a Bontrager Race Lite X in store for 440$ *yikes* and that was it.

So my wife was mentioning I should just go out and get a new bike to replace my 15 year old steel road warrior and order a rim for the old bike and keep it as a back up bike and to pull my daughters one wheeler around.

To the Trek store we went and dropped the 1999$ sales price on a 2007 Madone 5.2 SL. Man oh man... what an upgrade from a 15 yr old chrome moly columbus frame with the 105 group.
Unbelievable how crisp the chain changes gears and how easy it is to ride up hill.

This is one hell of a bike.

Thomas

Any excuse to get a Madone!:D:p;)Soo.... could not find one darn rim or complete wheel in about 5 different bicycle stores. Dag nabbit. They all needed to order either a complete wheel which would fit my old 7 speed Shimano cassette or one store had a Bontrager Race Lite X in store for 440$ *yikes* and that was it.

So my wife was mentioning I should just go out and get a new bike to replace my 15 year old steel road warrior and order a rim for the old bike and keep it as a back up bike and to pull my daughters one wheeler around.

To the Trek store we went and dropped the 1999$ sales price on a 2007 Madone 5.2 SL. Man oh man... what an upgrade from a 15 yr old chrome moly columbus frame with the 105 group.
Unbelievable how crisp the chain changes gears and how easy it is to ride up hill.

This is one hell of a bike.

Thomas

Any excuse to get a Madone!:D:p;)

Hehe.. don't tell her I manipulated the rim the night before :)
j/k I was really going back and forth if I should drop 2k on a bike.. but then I dropped 30k on my wifes Minivan... so what the hell :D