Louis Schulman wrote:
> I bought a couple of wheels with 700c Mavic Module E rims to use the
> rims in another project. They looked good, no dents, bumps or flat
> spots. When I cut them out, one was perfect,the other turned into a
> "potato chip." It is about 3/8" unflat.
>
> I was able to build the potato chip into a relatively straight wheel,
> but of course the spoke tension is extremely uneven to compensate for
> the "chippiness." I would not consider it acceptable.
>
> Is this rim usable? Savable? Fixable? I hate to discard a relatively
> hard to get Module E, that is cosmetically nice, but if there is no
> cure, so be it. And why did this happen?
It happened because somebody crashed the bike, trued the wheel, and sold it to you. And you didn't check the tension on the wheel before you cut out the spokes.
Several years back, I brought a dozen or so rims to the dump. Some of them had my stickers on them, since I had built them up originally, and after the rider crashed and I rebuilt the wheel, there was certainly no point in taking off the sticker. But about a week later two "gentlemen" came into the shop carrying some rims. They said they had had them in their attic for a while, and that they were in excellent condition, and since they had my stickers on then, perhaps I'd like to buy them.
I declined their kind offer.
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Peter Jon White
Peter White Cycles
24 Hall Rd.
Hillsborough, NH 03244
603 478 0900 Phone
603 478 0902 Phax
http://www.PeterWhiteCycles.com