Originally Posted by
dabac
But an early 90s with a 6-speed rear? I'd have thought that they'd already been phased out from new bikes by then. And tightening the spokes until the rim comes apart? doesn't make sense.
Yeah I think it's an early 90s. Could be late 80s, not sure exactly. I bought the bike in June and noticed that the wheel was getting out of true a few weeks ago. All the sudden the wheel got much worse (aggressively rubbing against the brakes) so I took it in to my local bike shop. Mechanic said that the spokes were tightened too much so that the rim started to crack in spots. The cracks are clearly visible and there's one spoke that almost ripped itself out it looks like.
This mechanic seemed to think there was no other explanation...