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My guess would be that the dropouts are not your problem. It’s either axle spacing or dishing, dishing doesn’t just go out, unless the wheel was not dished properly to being with and spoke length not correct (in this case drive side) But for now I’m gonna guess axle spacing.

I love telling that story, on the positive side, two wheels I immensely enjoyed to build 😀

I’ve had people try and claim a new drivetrain 🙈 One thing I see often are cracked rims. There are many reasons why these cracks appear, and I don’t want to deviate from the topic, but mostly the rider has no idea why the rims are cracking all over the place. Cracks appear around the nipple holes and also through the cross section, and these cracks appear way before a rider totally wrecks a rim due to over exuberance.

Make that 5/10

I’ve seen guys try and pull a fast one, and I have made some enemies refusing to get involved. I agree, to me the OP is not trying to fleece the insurance for all he can, and I did make it clear the hubs will “likely” IMHO not be covered. Also I don’t think the OP is quite sure on the technical aspects of how these things may happen. Depending on who is covering the bike and what you covered it for, even casing a jump, you will be paid out regardless, but if it happens to become a regular thing, they will definitely start tightening the screws.

He didn’t mention that he cased a jump and that is what caused the cracks, he is presuming it, read the OP’s 1st. comment, the one I responded to again. Same as the chain, chains don’t snap from too much power, they snap from cross-changing under pressure and the male plate pulls from the pin, most of the time it’s just a poorly installed pin to begin with. Mountain bike wheels are meant to hold up to the abuse. If your bike is insured for all risks, and you find your rims cracked, they should be covered without any questions. I deal with insurance companies on bicycles weekly, and often make it clear to the assessor, when I feel a claimant is pulling a clever move. I also understand the semantics and the loopholes they will go through to repudiate a claim especially when the bike is covered for all risks, and often the owner has to motivate to get the claim approved. If you bothered to read my response properly, you will also read where I say the hubs will likely not be covered. Will give you 6 out of 10 for trying 👍🏻

Apologies BaGear, I quoted you accidentally.

The UCI fining Bernard, has backfired on them. The most epic moment in yesterday’s RPReplay_Final1720241441.mov stage getting all the airtime it deserves. Thank you UCI, 200 CHF is quite an affordable rate.

Flat fast stage, the break will have to be super strong and very well organized.

Here’s my take, and I deal with bicycle insurance companies weekly. I have seen many rims crack like that, normally over tensioned and also bad tuneless tape and volatile sealant eating away at the metal. If your hubs are flopping side to side, it’s likely maintenance and either poor bearings, or alternatively loose cones if it’s a cup and cone system. My advice would be that you tell them you rode in quite an aggressively rocky area, you heard spokes making a noise and inspected the wheels after the ride. Noticed the cracks and you want to put in a claim for a new wheelset. They will ask for quotes, and the build fee, with 64 new spokes and nipples, including 2 rims won’t be too far off from what you can get in a complete set of wheels.

Thats what I love about Hamilton. Although now Swiss owned under the Swatch group, they have a strong appreciation to their heritage and their American Classics. The Pulsar was the worlds first digital watch, it was seen as a "computer" when it came out. They had a solid gold version that cost more than a car, it was worn by people like Nixon and Elvis as well as many other prominent people. What I like about the PSR, its a 99 % true reissue of the original Pulsar, even down to the bracelet (except for the butterfly clasp) The Crystal on the original was raised and thick being an LCD screen. This modern day reissue has a dual LED and LCD screen so you can read the time in sunlight as well. Its actually quite crazy when you have it on the wrist, you cant stop looking at the crystal and its bevels from all the different angles. The watch was made even more famous when James Bond appeared on the screen with one. It is very special to my collection especially for the fact that I lusted after one since I was 5 years old

I remember this one. Thought it would be the Prince.

Brining some color to winter.

I love YouTube mechanics and wheelbuilders.

1 mm extra per spoke adds quite a bit if you are already out by a mm or two. Also it’s crucial to get the correct length for drive and non drive side, and it’s not for the dishing, but getting the spokes up to the correct tension. I often get wheels in ,way under tensioned because incorrect spoke length was used for the drive side. Biggest issue I find with some of these “expert” wheelbuilders out there, is that they struggle with roundness, and that throws the spoke tension all over the place, and if your are gonna bottom the threads out, with unequal tension, you are bound to get low tension spokes with nipples slowly unwinding, making for a floppy and poorly tensioned wheel. Roundness, correct tension and spoke length is everything.