Originally Posted by
sojourn
The rear rim started cracking around the eyelets (inside of rim). They look like eyebrow cracks. Most are on the drive side, but they are on nearly all of the eyelets. My weight fluctuates from 215-224. These were built by Joe Young, RR1.1 double eyelet rims and were recommended by him for my weight and size. I'm not blaming Joe, I did a little research (after the fact) and it seems that this cracking is not an isolated issue with these rims. The front is nearly as pristine as the day I got them.....
Cracks can happen with any rim, and some are more prone to it than others. I haven't seen a problem with DT double eyelet rims until your picture. At least you got 13k miles out of them. The single eyelet rims are much more prone to cracks. I have seen many Shimano factory wheels with eyelet cracks on the rear drive-side. It looks like that is a nice wheel with a 240S hub. You can have the rim replaced with the same or alternate rim. If using the same rim you can reuse the spokes. You can also replace it with a TK540 rim without replacing the spokes which is a much stronger rim and looks almost the same except that it is wider.