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hippy-
He was using the pads that came installed on the bike with the wheels, Swiss Stop ones I think.
@amey We were descending the hill and at the bottom he said to stop as the rear wheel was making a weird noise and on inspection the brake track had warped on a section about 8cm long. The front rim was fine.
mrJL
A mate of mine cooked his Roval carbon rim on the 5k descent of the Planche des Belles Filles on Wednesday. It's 2 years old. Is it worth asking about a free replacement? I think 5k isn't really alpine, so not something I'd expect to cook a rim from a big manufacturer on. He's not over the weight limit (109kg according to the Roval site).