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Hello
my first post!
Very unlucky to get a serious tyre/wheel puncture - see attachments.
Cycling on edge of fa busy flat road following the double yellow line when a steel hexagonal shaft entered the back wheel. Only motoring about 10 mph.
No sharp end and how it entered the tyre, then wheel is a mystery. Thought I had a mechanical frame breakage. The shaft went through the tyre and then through the bike wheel. This caused the shaft to penetrate out 50mm and hit the back frame a few times.
I can will replace inner tube and patch the tyre, but what suggestions to repair the wheel?
Still runs true, no spoke damage, and the hole does not interfere with the brake block surface.
kind regards
Richard ,
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(08-16-2021, 07:30 AM)Mr D Wrote:  Hello
my first post!
Very unlucky to get a serious tyre/wheel puncture - see attachments.
Cycling on edge of fa busy flat road following the double yellow line when a steel hexagonal shaft entered the back wheel. Only motoring about 10 mph.
No sharp end and how it entered the tyre, then wheel is a mystery. Thought I had a mechanical frame breakage. The shaft went through the tyre and then through the bike wheel. This caused the shaft to penetrate out 50mm and hit the back frame a few times.
I can will replace inner tube and patch the tyre, but what suggestions to repair the wheel?
Still runs true, no spoke damage, and the hole does not interfere with the brake block surface.
kind regards
Richard ,

Hello Richard,

My opinion is that the rim is FUBAR! The integrity of the rim would be highly suspect even with it still being true and not affecting the braking track (look closely at the cracks; great photo). Wish I had better news. Replace the rim (rebuild the wheel); or replace the whole wheel. The culprit part is an extension piece for a driver toolset. You were VERY unlucky to have it cause the damage that it did; most of the time you would just run over something like that and never look back. Ensure your frame is not damaged other than aesthetically. I hang those types of damaged parts on the "Wall of Shame" to remind me to be more careful.
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It's your lucky day!

You get a brand new wheelset!
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