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04-05-13, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by m015094

Well, I got some 150 grit sand paper and went to town on it. It's not perfect by far, but it doesn't give me the bucking broncho effect that was going on when it first happened. I'll let you know when, and if, the rim fails due to the impact. I'm hoping never, but maybe I'm naive.

Good job but that will fail, eventually.

I'd budget for a new wheel.

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Good job but that will fail, eventually.

I'd budget for a new wheel.

EDIT: I should have looked at the date and finished reading the thread.

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04-06-13, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker

No wheel building job is easier than replacing a rim with the exact duplicate. You just tape the two rims together and move the spokes. No muss, no fuss. An easy job for the LBS if you don't know how to do it yourself. I say just do it.

Yeah. I considered that, but Mavic doesn't sell Ksyrium rims alone. At least, that's what the bike shop told me. So I replaced it with an Ultegra/OpenProCD.