Rim cracking solution

Threads often discuss rims cracking at the spoke holes, but they
hardly ever explain how to fix the cracks.

Here's how:

http://books.google.com/books?id=aDA...page#PPA145,M1

Anodizing is unlikely to have been involved.

Alas, the use of a jack knife may still be practical, but modern
country stores no longer stock flour barrels for wheel repair.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Carl Fogel wrote:

Threads often discuss rims cracking at the spoke holes, but they
hardly ever explain how to fix the cracks.

Here's how:

http://books.google.com/books?id=aDA...titlepage#PPA1...

Anodizing is unlikely to have been involved.

Alas, the use of a jack knife may still be practical, but modern
country stores no longer stock flour barrels for wheel repair.

That seems like a good reason to carry a couple of barrel staves in
one's jersey pockets, along with a gimlet and some threaded brass
rod.

Chalo

On Jun 6, 12:42*pm, wrote:
Threads often discuss rims cracking at the spoke holes, but they
hardly ever explain how to fix the cracks.

Here's how:

http://books.google.com/books?id=aDA...titlepage#PPA1....

Anodizing is unlikely to have been involved.

Alas, the use of a jack knife may still be practical, but modern
country stores no longer stock flour barrels for wheel repair.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

I was thinking of a bunch of duct tape.