After eleven years of adventures, a spoke split out of the back rim on the gravel bike. The hub and spokes... not really worth saving and re-lacing. This is a no-win situation, whole wheel's gotta swap. The hardest part was finding a straight-up replacement for a 2010 year model bike; since then, everything's gone to disk brakes, 135mm hub spacings, 12 speed cassettes, etc. Took two hours(!) of internet shopping to find something close.
Red line's the mechanic's reference mark. This is a very dead rim.
Eh, just the cost of doing business. At least I wasn't left stranded somewhere inconvenient.
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