Old 10-24-07 | 05:26 PM
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wordsofglass
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rebuilding Mavic Aksium Race 20h hub with Aerohead rim

I am trying to rebuild a Mavic Aksium front wheel. I got into a wreck (see fork/broken rim in image) and the rim broke in half at one point. Some spokes were ripped out, but the flange on the hub looks pretty straight. There are small dimples in the holes where the spokes were ripped out, but nothing that looks like it would make a hub unsafe or anything. I'm looking at a Velocity Aerohead to replace the rim and replace a few spokes that were seriously bent and dont seem to want to be bent back. Will an Aerohead probably work? From what I can measure, the profile of the Aksium rim is 7/8" or 22.2mm so the Aerohead's ERD of 602mm should be fine in theory...Any strong warnings or advice would be appreciated. No specs on ERD seem to be available for the Aksium rim, but Aerohead is one of the few rims that come in 20h in what seems to be a rim with a similar profile.
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