Repair Mavic rim - spoke hole busted!

[stefan_99]

Hi all,

hoping for some advice.
one of the rear spoke nipples ripped out of my rim today.

is this even repairable by a bike shop?

hooping for good news !

thanks

my local shops as usual are not answering the phones anymore.....

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Looks FUBAR from here.
Even if you could find someone to repair it what would be the cost, and would you ever trust it?

 

[matticus]

Sorry, that is indeed dead. Pushing up the daisies, etc etc

No idea if replacement Ksyrium rims can be purchased (and I've no idea how to pronounce it)

 

[Ajax Bay]

No
"The Ksyrium S is 60g lighter than the former Ksyrium UST while also being wider, stronger and laterally stiffer. Stiffness is optimized using Fore technology. The upper bridge remains undrilled, optimizing strength and rigidity, and it doesn't require the use of a rim tape, which saves another 30g per wheel."

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

and I've no idea how to pronounce it)

Apparently the K is silent so it is pronounced sirium.

 

[TissoT]

The only good News is.
That you are eligibly for a new set of wheels.

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

I've got a nice pair of Ksyrium carbon fibre wheels sat in garage looking for a good home. 12mm, disc, Shimano. Nudge!!!

 

[battered]

You could make a shaped washer to spread the load across the torn section when the spo ke is rethreaded, but it's a bodge. I'd do it for a pub bike, not one I wanted to use in anger.

 

[Ian H]

No
"The Ksyrium S is 60g lighter than the former Ksyrium UST while also being wider, stronger and laterally stiffer. Stiffness is optimized using Fore technology. The upper bridge remains undrilled, optimizing strength and rigidity, and it doesn't require the use of a rim tape, which saves another 30g per wheel."

And as time goes on it gets still lighter as the spokes pop out one by one.

 

[TheDoctor]

I think you've got yourself a nice hoop there, but it won't be a wheel anymore.

 

[Ajax Bay]

And as time goes on it gets still lighter as the spokes pop out one by one.

Yes, who would have thought that keeping the "upper bridge undrilled" and therefore not using it to help take the radial stress of the spoke (with eyeletting) would make such a difference. Still the wheels look very swish and benefit from 'Fore tapeless tubeless' technology which makes them "4 times more resistant to fatigue stress".

"Stiffer and stronger
"Instead of being drilled, the lower rim bridge is pushed up on the inside, then threaded to enable the spoke nipples to be directly screwed in it, leaving the upper rim bridge intact."

 

[Gunk]

Personally I would repair that with a square/oblong washer.

just tape over it to protect the tube, it’ll be fine

 

[GuyBoden]

Get a new rim and practice your wheel building skills.

 

[fossyant]

It's a new wheel - you'll be lucky if you can find a Ksyrium rim. I have some fairly old Ksyriums and Aksiums and they've been bomb proof. Unfortunately they use a funny spoke count. Does the Ksyrium Equipe still use standard nipples ? The problem is it's tubeless so you probably can't access the nipple and even attempt a repair. The older Ksyrium Equipes are a slightly more conventional construction at the rim.

Big fan of Mavic wheels and run 4 sets of 'wheelsets' in our house. Two other bikes use more conventional setups, but both have Mavic rims.

With wheelsets you've got to replace the wheel in many cases, possibly both, unless you can find a single wheel.

 

[Gunk]

There’s quite a few used on eBay, just buy a complete wheel