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Old 07-19-17 | 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by FBinNY
Anyway, RIDING a damaged bicycle is still vastly better than walking it.
I agree. I rode the rim pictured above ^^ for quite a while after it began to "thump"... waiting for a new rim. Once I could see the sidewall starting to physically separate, I had the new rim, so I pulled the plug on it. I was surprised to see the crack on the inside though.
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