Originally Posted by manboy
Thanks.
An update: The old wheel came with a Maillard Helicomatic hub. I've just read that those can cause a lot of spoke breakage since both flanges are a bit to the left of where they'd be on a normal hub. I think this may be why the rim has failed; perhaps it was just weaker than the spokes. I don't know if it would be wise to build a wheel with this hub, but otherwise I'll be hard-pressed to make the bike work. Any thoughts?
Spoke breakage and rim cracking are two different phenomena. I'd get it running as cheaply as you can and have fun with it for as long as you can.
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