If you can pedal your bike up to 71mph, that hole creates a time warp and you will instantly be at the finish line of the race.

Only 71mph? LOL.

Well the hole isn’t a chip or dent during shipping as it goes all the way through.

My only thought is they have added a drain hole to them since I got the original front wheel a couple of years ago.

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Regards, Richard

. https://www.mtbr.com/...side-of-rim.1184424/

The original purpose of these holes in rims was to drain water from the rim, but they're now arguably more important as a release valve for air in the case of a sealing tape failure in tubeless tire setups. There have been *many* cases of rim sidewall failure when a breach in the tubeless tape led the air to escape into the rim cavity. Many/most rim walls are not designed to withstand this kind of pressure, and absent a way to vent the air they tend to fail rather spectacularly.

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Ron Wheels have confirmed that a hole should be present in the rim.

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Regards, Richard