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Old 05-02-12 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by lotekmod
I don't think I've ever seen a bicycle wheel, even on the cheapest most neglected bike, fail catastrophically while riding.

The worst that is likely to happen if you build a wheel poorly is it will go out of true quickly and frequently or maybe break a spoke.


Note that the wheels still look pretty good..............
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