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Originally Posted by username
I bought a pair a month or so ago and absolutely love them except for one thing: they're blingy enough that I worry about riding them on the very bad roads around here. I know that's completely stupid. I bought 'em; I should just enjoying riding 'em. But there it is: I'm stupid. I'll almost certainly end up selling them, because I don't like to think about equipment while I'm riding.
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I suggest keeping them. I ride the Bora WTO 45s and in 2021 I had the biggest pothole hit I've had in over 30 years of riding and racing. Hard enough to rotate my handlebars down and to twist my seat sideways.
I thought surely my Boras were ruined. I stopped and there was absolutely no indication that they had hit the pothole. I thought that maybe the damage was internal and I was worried that there would be some delamination or cracking after 500 miles. But no, they still look perfect today. If those wheels had been aluminum, I am positive I would have not only trashed the rim but I would have gone down on my lips. And I'm saying this as a person who has bent a few wheels over the years.