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Hi,
I have a 13cm lateral crack in my alloy MTB rim, is it safe to ride it? I’ve got a new rim coming to me under warranty but it won’t be with me for a while.
cheers
Jon
I wouldn't have thought so.
No
13cm?! No way. 13mm maybe, ridden plenty with cracks that size around the spoke hole. No worse than riding with a missing spoke.
Wonder how many of us are riding around with cracked rims and just don't notice? Can't say i check my rims often and usually only because I'm changing a tyre. I know my old Flow rim (rear) is cracked, radiating out from a spoke hole...no idea how long its been cracked but its done BPW, Alps trips etc and never exploded.
Still 13cm is big .. id not be riding it
I thought it was a bit dicey, I’ve been riding it for ages though as I initially thought it was just a scratch until I took a closer look.