eric fleming at ... in Redwood City, California, United States - photo by aaronchao

this happened from riding through a berm...

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fappachino (Feb 21, 2011 at 20:17)

oh shit thats a very expensive wheel

pimpmytrail (Feb 21, 2011 at 20:32)

wow thats like burning money that sucks

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B1LL15 (Feb 21, 2011 at 22:08)

that "was" a very expensive wheel

the-freerider (Feb 22, 2011 at 15:34)

i have seen a few of these wheels go like this

B1LL15 (Feb 23, 2011 at 15:22)

i don't know if i could trust a wheel with 22 spokes on it...

the-freerider (Feb 24, 2011 at 1:32)

these wheels are plenty stong mate they are one of the stongest in compression but because of the spoke pattern they are one of teh weekest in side to side movement

lewisstp (Feb 24, 2011 at 3:14)

now that is pretty impressive considering they are ment to be really
strong wheels. good work! lol

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nomis123 (Feb 27, 2011 at 3:39)

@ B1LL15
good job it has 24 spokes then

RideBikes927 (Mar 11, 2011 at 14:22)

WOW....

jonnyw374 (Apr 10, 2011 at 13:20)

why would you ride a cobalt crank bros wheel on a dh bike...?

no wonder it broke

aaronchao Plus (Apr 10, 2011 at 13:34)

why does everyone think it's a dh bike.., it wa on an sx. a 4inch bike

jonnyw374 (Apr 22, 2011 at 16:01)

i gues its just coz it looks like you've hucked to flat or hit something really hard... but i gues the iodene wheels would have been better.. haha

bunkey (Jun 8, 2011 at 9:44)

Can I point out that the Cobalt wheels are for XC racing? That means lycra, efficient pedaling, sub-20lb bikes, wheels on the ground everywhere etc etc. NOT slapping berms week in week out on a 4inch trail bike. Just sayin'.

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Fishman1200 (Mar 11, 2011 at 12:50)

you probably had a crack in the valve hole and it snapped with enough pressure.

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pokalface (Feb 25, 2011 at 7:26)

xander8 your right! crack brothers!haha

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sewi (Feb 22, 2011 at 12:44)

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/607687/

alexkona (Feb 23, 2011 at 7:55)

that link makes me sad

Rob-T (Mar 26, 2011 at 3:21)

any wheel will brake in a car accident

alexkona (Mar 27, 2011 at 15:57)

a lot more will brake in a car accident, let alone your wheel =/

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eblackwell (Feb 21, 2011 at 20:38)

It folded right on the valve stem hole right?

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xander8 (Feb 22, 2011 at 7:38)

CRACK brothers

tobiebiker (Feb 22, 2011 at 10:06)

he rode this on dh and these are the xc wheels

aaronchao Plus (Feb 22, 2011 at 10:12)

except for tha part where it wasn't ridden on dh...it broke through a smooth berm

tobiebiker (Feb 22, 2011 at 10:19)

so what its not like crankbrother made an xc wheel for railing berms and the spoke had to be loose to do this

JubaBabaci (Feb 22, 2011 at 10:44)

Agreed. Cant blame it after all its not what its designed for.

tobiebiker (Feb 22, 2011 at 10:50)

my opiums are solid as f*ck

downhilldj127 (Feb 23, 2011 at 20:41)

I despise prettyy much everything crankbrothers

tobiebiker (Feb 23, 2011 at 20:42)

yah same but my opiums are legit

nomnom (Feb 25, 2011 at 21:05)

lol, tobiebiker your saying that cause your tr450 is super dialed and you don't want that mindset about the crank brother wheels, totally understandable tho. In xc there's plenty of turns and such why would it not last through a berm, wouldn't it be smoother on your wheels?

tobiebiker (Feb 25, 2011 at 22:45)

idk i dont care this dipshits wheels broke maybe his spokes werent tentions maybe his ass got unlucky...all im saying is there isnt a chance of this happening....im going to carlmont this week and if this happens while i ride threw a berm il toatally say your right ok

aaronchao Plus (Feb 25, 2011 at 23:34)

when this week

norcalassassin (Feb 25, 2011 at 23:58)

sunday

aaronchao Plus (Feb 26, 2011 at 0:08)

uguys should just go tommoow

tobiebiker (Feb 26, 2011 at 9:20)

Zack are you Gona shred on your new 450?

norcalassassin (Feb 26, 2011 at 20:10)

if i can go

Cmontjumper (Mar 7, 2011 at 22:44)

no one showed sunday..

tobiebiker (Mar 8, 2011 at 7:13)

yah my friend couldnt drive

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whitestduck (Mar 6, 2011 at 23:20)

needs to be trued

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Adrian95FR (Mar 20, 2011 at 0:36)

OMG

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mudd (Feb 23, 2011 at 10:45)

Pretzel!

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karl2 (Feb 23, 2011 at 8:00)

expensive joke...

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Noriaki (Feb 25, 2011 at 7:28)

Wow!

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