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APRIL NEWS

16 April 2018

APRIL NEWS

Springtime is pothole season!

This year the City of Calgary received 10% more potholes complaints than last year. However,

the reality is that the increase in number of potholes on our roads this year is more than 10%,

and we know the reason - much colder and longer than usual winter.

During precipitation the water seeps into the ground, where it freezes and expands. When ice

melts, it leaves an air pocket which can be easily broken by cars driving over. The potholes can

not be fixed until the roads are dry and the freeze-thaw cycle is over, which may be expected

only at the end of April – beginning of May. Those annoying potholes cause lots of troubles to

drivers and their vehicles.

Every day we fix dozens and dozens of bent and cracked wheels. Some of those damaged rims

can be repaired. They are mostly OEM alloy rims and high quality aftermarket alloy rims. It may

require 6 or more hours of work to get them fixed, and the cost will start at 80 dollars, but they

are safe to drive on. Unfortunately, others can not be repaired at all. Steel rims and low quality

aftermarket rims, commonly called “first pothole rims”, do not only get easily damaged, they

significantly increase the chances of the tire damage. That means you only drive on it till the first

pothole...Once you hit a pothole, in most cases, the wheel becomes irreparable. You have to

replace both, the rim and the tire.

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