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Old 10-11-06, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Rowan
Out of true and round. It was extraordinary, but I kept breaking spokes. Even after replacing them all with good ones. And even after "retiring" it by putting it on my FG with no dish -- a broken spoke within 100km. No other wheel I have built has caused as much grief. They were standard fit on the Fuji, and I have subsequently read of several other owners of later Touring models suffering similar spoke breakages.
Sounds a lot like this dearly departed MA3 rim... yech!!
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