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Originally Posted by Butchy
On my last trip I had tire problems, slow leak. Had to change while moving between locations, cranked the leaky tire up in the spare slot and mounted the spare. All was well for the next week until the drive home... when I got home the spare was missing. I feel like that mayhem commercial, there must have been some issues behind me and I pray no one was hurt.
Anyway... now I need to find a new aluminum rim. I attached a picture of the original. Does anyone know where I can get an exact replacement? Trek wood has one but it comes with a China bomb and it is way overpriced. If I can’t find an exact match I will buy two for that side so they at least look ok.
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Was it due to the slow leak, and getting loose , or did that cheap cable system break. Since I have had the Sailun as a spare instead of the OE, I'm concerned with how reliable that thin cable ,and mechanism is. These Sailuns are much heavier then that old OE spare.
I am wondering if there is some safety cable or whatever to insure that spare stays up there. I check the tightness all the time .