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Old 07-02-12 | 03:26 AM
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Simonius
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Bikes: Bosomworth '84, Morrison Pursuit, Tarini Prima & Firenza, Miyata 710 '86, Fuji Finest '82?

How about modern rims with cracked spoke holes, has anyone tried drilling a new hole next to the cracked one?

I have a couple of Mavice CXP-22 32h rears with 105 hubs, good spokes. Both of them came to me after some misadventure involving lack of dork disk resulted in a bent DS spoke and cracked spoke hole.

I had wondered about drilling the inside end of the eyelet off, making a new hole and using just the upper part of the eyelet. They don't use a full eyelet on the cheap OEM versions of the wheel anyway. The position wouldn't be ideal but I thought it might be OK for a light rider.
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