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Old 01-23-2012, 12:31 PM   #1
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Carbon Wheel Failure
This is why carbon wheels are for show cars / bikes only. Bad end to my customers day...





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Old 01-23-2012, 12:34 PM   #2
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Old 01-23-2012, 12:35 PM   #3
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Old 01-23-2012, 12:37 PM   #4
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ding ding ding...I hope he was wearing his skins...
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Who is their right mind would buy a carbon wheel in the first place?
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Old 01-23-2012, 02:00 PM   #6
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does the colder weather make them more brittle?
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Old 01-23-2012, 02:19 PM   #8
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don't think this is carbon...but thats what happens
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Old 01-23-2012, 04:43 PM   #9
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Who is their right mind would buy a carbon wheel in the first place?
Hardcore road cyclists, but even those shatter spectacularly.
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