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Old 07-12-2006, 12:27 PM
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Can this rim be saved?

A few weeks back I had a blowout at about 25 mph on the rear wheel and, before I could get stopped, hit a pretty decent pothole which knocked the wheel out of round and out of true. After a fair amount of work, the rim is once again true and round but the spoke tension is still out of whack. If you look at the attached photo, you can see that all are within +-5% with the exception of 7 on the drive side. Note also that spokes 7&8 on the non-drive side are also tight though they are within 5% of the rest of the non-drive spokes. Doing the "obvious" thing, tightening drive side spoke 7 and loosening non-drive 7&8 takes the wheel out of true (pulls toward the drive side). Any suggestions on how to get the spoke tension right from you wheelbuilders out there? In case it's not obvious, this is the area of the rim where I hit the pothole, the very edge of the rim (above the braking surface) has a notch in it right above spoke 7.

Thanks for any suggestions.
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