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Old 10-20-05 | 05:17 PM
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endform
blacksheep the blemish
 
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From: Portland/Greendale

Bikes: 1973 Schwinn World Voyageur (manufactured by panasonic), Italvega Super Speciale (fixed, primary ride now), Kona 2004 JTS 10 spd

You can dent any rim, you can taco any wheel. There is no bomb proofing. A wheel built by yourself, I hate to say this is not going to be bombproof unless you are a born natural or have done it many many times. A wheel is bombproof because of the accuracy to which the spokes are tensioned and to a minor degree, whether it is eyeleted or not. A cxp33 is a very good rim and the spoke won't pull out the rim at the eyelet (because there are none) which I have seen happen on an MA3. The quality of a wheel is in the build, an open pro/phil made by a machine is going to suck no matter what, built that combination built by a seasoned pro will be much better.
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