When potholes put flat spots in your rim, they are often not conducive to truing in the conventional way. The rim will actually become wider at the point of impact and may rub both brake pads simultaneously, so shifting the rim left or right with spoke tension will not help much. And the wheel will be out-of-round in the radial direction, ie. a small section will be flat instead of round. It may be possible to narrow the wide spot with a special tool or even a hammer (do this on steel rims only). Obvously it becomes time for a new rim when the flat spot is too large, because the ride gets bumpy and the tire may not seat properly. I replaced one of my rims last year and one 2 years ago because I'd put up with flat spots long enough and I'd had new rims sitting around for awhile. Then I had to build a new rear wheel for my daughter's bike because it got stolen.
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Thread: Potholes: Is my baby okay?
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02-02-2006, 06:08 PM #1
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02-03-2006, 11:44 AM #2
TimeTrial Wannabe
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Me again...
This thread had me thinking and over summer (yes, southern hemisphere so we have had our summer break) I went and bought some yellow fluro spray-paint and have sprayed a couple of places in the road that need repairing because a chunk of tarseal has disappeared itself...
So, I can see them (sometimes I am concentrating so much I forget where even well-known ones are), other cyclists can see them and with any luck, the local council will think one of their crews has marked them and the holes will get repaired...
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying,
"I will try again tomorrow".
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02-03-2006, 12:32 PM #3
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That's a great idea, spray painting potholes. You could be saving many cyclist from bike or body repairs. But I think that if I were to go pothole painting, I'd do it in the middle of the night.
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02-03-2006, 04:26 PM #4
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LOL... if I were in town, I would absolutely do it at night... however most of my cycling is on rural roads... in order to get onto a different road from the one I live on I have to cycle 16km to the first intersection... and so I can hear traffic coming from a long way as for most of the day there is little traffic...
So I can "vandelise" the road in many hues without anyone knowing!
Woohoo... where's that can...?
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying,
"I will try again tomorrow".
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