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Old 05-11-2007, 11:51 PM
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After a harsh bump, the wheel was obliterated:
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Old 05-12-2007, 09:35 AM
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Old 05-12-2007, 09:43 AM
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The "harsh bump" was a road cone hit at 120mph.
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Old 05-12-2007, 11:15 PM
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I found this odd as Dymag says that you can basically hit a curb at something like 60mph and the carbon fiber will deflect and not loose pressure where an aluminum rim would split...so how big was this cone?
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Old 05-13-2007, 05:10 PM
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I've hit dozens and dozens of cones at 60, and a few at close to 100 and never had a problem.

Did you mean a cone (rubber traffic marker) or a curb?
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That will buff out...
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Old 05-14-2007, 07:32 AM
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if you look at the wheel it broke where the centre meets the outer rim. im not surprised though. it doesnt look like muck is holding it on.
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