Old 08-26-10 | 08:16 AM
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cny-bikeman
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Bikes: 2008 Novara Randonee - love it. Previous bikes:Motobecane Mirage, 1972 Moto Grand Jubilee (my fave), Jackson Rake 16, 1983 C'dale ST500.

Originally Posted by blamp28
Be careful though any "roughness" essentially creates stress risers and will be an area of failure eventually.
Theoretically or "eventually" that is true, if nothing else fails first. But I cannot recall seeing a spoke break at the cross, and I had my hands on thousands upon thousands of wheels in my career. The key here is that we don't know that the wheel was properly built and maintained before the OP acquired it.
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