Somehow, AFAICT, we've gone a whole decade without a thread to collect pothole damage pics. So now we have one to show off your carnage. If there is another one, any mod feel free to merge this one with it (but it might need retitling as it didn't come up in various searches).
I found a few about specific pothole incidents, and a number of posts about them in general, but no collection and hardly any pics:
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/search.php?keywords=pothole*&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=titleonly&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/search.php?keywords=pot+hole*&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=titleonly&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search
and other stuff under "crack* rim*" etc.
Anhow, this is what happened to me Saturday, from a sharp-edged pothole (actually a sinkhole) whose edge collapsed under my wheel as I passed it, and dragged the wheel partway into the hole as I went by. Would've beenmuch worse if I had actually hit the pothole straight-on.
Keep in mind that on the rear of SB Cruiser I am using "20" (16") 2.5" Shinko moped tires on a ~45mm-wide rim, kept at 35PSI, laced to the hubs with around 75-ish mm 13gauge Sapim spokes from Grin Tech http://ebikes.ca .
It's retensioned and re-rounded as best I could manage, though side-to-side is pretty crappy, no rim brakes back there so not as big a deal. Repair held ok yesterday and today; when it starts to have a problem again I'll deal with it then. (I only have one more rim like this I can use back there).
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=67833&hilit=pothole%2A&start=650#p1359023
Rim damage itself; not apparent is the bending of the rim, out of round by a few mm:
Some spokes pulled thru the washers (but not quite thru the flange) because the flange holes are just about the same size as the heads (a hair larger). As it turns out some other spokes also stripped the nipple threads, so had ot put some spare washers and nipples on.
No spokes were broken; if these were the common OEM spokes there would probably be several destroyed, most likely at the elbow (that's where they usually go).
This is what the wheel is on (it's the right rear that is damaged)
I found a few about specific pothole incidents, and a number of posts about them in general, but no collection and hardly any pics:
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/search.php?keywords=pothole*&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=titleonly&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/search.php?keywords=pot+hole*&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=titleonly&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search
and other stuff under "crack* rim*" etc.
Anhow, this is what happened to me Saturday, from a sharp-edged pothole (actually a sinkhole) whose edge collapsed under my wheel as I passed it, and dragged the wheel partway into the hole as I went by. Would've beenmuch worse if I had actually hit the pothole straight-on.
Keep in mind that on the rear of SB Cruiser I am using "20" (16") 2.5" Shinko moped tires on a ~45mm-wide rim, kept at 35PSI, laced to the hubs with around 75-ish mm 13gauge Sapim spokes from Grin Tech http://ebikes.ca .
It's retensioned and re-rounded as best I could manage, though side-to-side is pretty crappy, no rim brakes back there so not as big a deal. Repair held ok yesterday and today; when it starts to have a problem again I'll deal with it then. (I only have one more rim like this I can use back there).
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=67833&hilit=pothole%2A&start=650#p1359023
Rim damage itself; not apparent is the bending of the rim, out of round by a few mm:
Some spokes pulled thru the washers (but not quite thru the flange) because the flange holes are just about the same size as the heads (a hair larger). As it turns out some other spokes also stripped the nipple threads, so had ot put some spare washers and nipples on.
No spokes were broken; if these were the common OEM spokes there would probably be several destroyed, most likely at the elbow (that's where they usually go).
This is what the wheel is on (it's the right rear that is damaged)