Wheel puncture - help! See photos

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[cadence231]

Holy crap!
Are you still walking and stuff?

[burlsube]

I had a similar accident with my Ksyriums (sp?). I called Mavic and they were kind enough to fix/warranty the wheel for me. But I was working at a regional bike magazine at the time so I'm not sure if the rep was just being nice....

[paczki]

Holy guacamole! :banana:

[WickedWheels]

Cool!

Put another one directly opposite this one, so it doesn't throw the wheel off balance.

[fierte_poser]

Hey! You promised more than one photo in your thread title. From just the one photo, its hard to come up with a definitive answer, but it appears that your rim has something stuck through it. Looks like Steve Martin's head in the 70s. You know, if you would just switch to tubulars you wouldn't have these issues. :rolleyes:

[cadence231]

Hey! You promised more than one photo in your thread title. From just the one photo, its hard to come up with a definitive answer, but it appears that your rim has something stuck through it. Looks like Steve Martin's head in the 70s. You know, if you would just switch to tubulars you wouldn't have these issues. :rolleyes:

+1.http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/cadence220/bunnycake.gif

[deanster]

With less than 300 miles on my new Mavic Open Pros, here is the present I got today on my ride home from work (rear wheel). Any suggestions? Anybody got a wheel for sale? :crap:

The decal doesn't look like an Open Pro rim decal "SSC" ????

[Louis]

Once, years ago while doing a cool-down lap around my apartment complex, my front tire ran over a piece of mulch which flipped up into the air a few inches and landed at just the right angle (momentarily, since a split second later it would have fallen over, because it could not balance in that position) so that when my rear tire rolled over it the tire and tube were punctured. No rim damage, though.

I wonder how that screw was able to be in a similarly deadly angle?

Louis

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[caleb]

Bummer.

The good thing about riding Open Pros is any decent shop should replace the rim and get you rolling for around $100.

I always think about pictures like this when guys are asking if their Zipps are durable enough for daily training.

[CNY rider]

Wow you really got screwed.

[thwart]

I was at a LBS (Atkins Bike Shoppe) when Dan repaired a client's Ksyrium SL with a similar injury. Used a metal plug and epoxy...

Can't speak to the durability of the repair.

[mister]

uhh, i'd replace the rimtape and then new tube and tire and ride it :)

[Orin]

uhh, i'd replace the rimtape and then new tube and tire and ride it :)


That's what I did when I had something similar happen... I don't recall if the offending screw went all the way, through it did make a few holes on the inside of the rim through the rim tape. The rim eventually died from unrelated cracking around the spoke eyelets.

If I were really worried about it, I'd just swap in a new rim.

Orin.

[Ahneida Ride]

Unbelievable .... Rim is replacable. You are not.
I am glad you're fine.

How bout the thread with the D**2 napkin that got caught in the
guys derallier. He saw the napkin a mile away too. :confused:

[SPOKE]

i bet that you got a couple scratches in the frame too! OUCH!! :crap:

[saab2000]

uhh, i'd replace the rimtape and then new tube and tire and ride it :)

Me too. That looks cool, but I'd ride it.

[WadePatton]

Wha? you didn't buy the road hazard warranty? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Tape and ride. Mebbe some JB-quick (epoxy-it's black) and deburring of the hole depending on how ragged it is.

continued luck to ya!

[dvancleve]

I have had a long drywall screw go through the tire, in and out through the tube and through the inner wall of the rim. If that was my wheel, I would remove the screw, maybe carefully smooth out the hole (might help reduce the risk of cracks propagating) and ride it. Check regularly for cracking at the hole, but I bet it lasts a long time.

Doug

uhh, i'd replace the rimtape and then new tube and tire and ride it :)

[mbrtool]

I had a similar puncture and after about a couple hundred miles the rim started to split along the hole until the rim could not pass through the brake pads.

[mister]

oh man, last night. i had my spoke wrench finally, went to meet my girlfriend after work. her rim went out of true all of the sudden. not real bad but enough to rub. so i get my spoke wrench out and spin the wheel so i can see which spokes need adjusting.
i find the bad spot and then look at the rim. holy crap. the spoke is pulling the whole flat part of the rim away from the braking area.
i don't have an extra rim except a tubular so today she gets to learn how to glue a tub, and take one off and what to do if she gets a flat. she gonna be mad that she gotta carry a whole extra tire with her :D

[vaxn8r]

I would not ride it. Hit something else hard and it may blow out, could jam the brakes or the frame. There has to be stress fractures extending all around the defect. Why risk injury, frame damage or gettting stranded except to be cool or cheap?

My buddy did the exact same damage to a Ksyrium wheel. He had it repaired for about $100 iirc, but that was like 6 years ago.