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Old 10-14-08, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by omdemarseille
Bearing in mind this is used locally for just getting around town ~20miles a week and the bike is made up bits from used parts from my other bike, should i just wait until it fails/gets really bad or replace as a matter of urgency? Thanks...
I'd say that it depends. For example, how's your dental coverage? It's just a matter of time before you blow a tire off one of those rims. Where and how fast you happen to be going when that happens is what determines whether or not continuing to ride on worn out rims was a good idea.
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