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Old 01-21-23 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
Yes, in the same way for the same reason.

Adoption is not universal. A crash bent aluminum rim is something you can maybe bend back, maybe ride out, but a cracked carbon rim is done. However it's really really hard to do that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfjjiHGuHoc
The older Mavic Dee Max Pro and the newer Dee Max Sam Hill wouldn't break like this ,but impressive torture test of a carbon wheel.
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