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Well thankfully I spotted it straight away because I could feel the back wheel shimmying as I coasted. It was just bizarre that they all seemed to go at once. Anyway...they are still tight enough since I retensioned it...and I should be getting them rebuilt onto new rims as soon as they arrive, so it should be all good.
On another note though...
I just took the Gates square taper cranks off this morning to swap the ring onto a Middleburn chainset with outboard BB, and the chainring torx bolts were set SOLID. I broke 2 torx bits trying to remove them, and so I nipped down the road to a local bike shop, and he broke his tool too trying to remove them...do Gates glue them in or something? I even tried heating one to no avail :(
I ended up having to drill the heads off the chainring bolts just to get the ring off. As you know, gates rings are not cheap, or easy to find in physical bike shops.
So again, all good now, but a total pain in the arse!
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Hey man, i happen to work at Omnium. That really sucks :( Lets make this good again. Ive just spoken with our team and here's what we're thinking.
The person who assembled your wheel followed all the rules (and unwritten rules) in the book and the build was checked by our head mechanic who's built hundreds of wheels. We've never seen this before with any of the handmade wheels leaving our shop, until one instance just a few days ago, and now yours! That's why we're thinking it could be something to do with the nipples we used, possibly a production error.
Regardless, I'll get an email sent to you first thing Monday morning with a solution.
If you've got anything you'd like to add, pls send us an email at info@omniumcargo.dk