After three weeks we got a replacement wheel. It is a never ridden wheel... so we will have to go trough the re-tensioning routine... I guess that will be the case with a rebuilt wheel if the rim is being replaced.

Bill had the wheel for a while and it was hard to getting calls returned. When I finally talked to him he said that his best wheel builder was going to be unavailable for a couple of weeks. When I told him that I needed the wheel for the upcoming race in Oregon he suggested sending my old wheel with a new rim for me to build. He said that the old spokes and hub could be used again. What i found hard to believe was when he said that I could use the old nipples??? I did not go for that

Bill mentioned that he did not think those hairline cracks were something he would worry but that he understood if I did. He also said that this was the first such failure in the "new" rims.

We ordered a spare disc and mount from precision to keep the other wheel rerady as a spare