Yeah so the rim has cracks on about 1/3 of spokes
A lot of wheel wobble aswell and some grating on the break because of that
Is it rideable or am a gonna find myself in a hedge within a few miles?
by Acrobatic_Paint_474
Yeah so the rim has cracks on about 1/3 of spokes
A lot of wheel wobble aswell and some grating on the break because of that
Is it rideable or am a gonna find myself in a hedge within a few miles?
by Acrobatic_Paint_474
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You should have replaced it when the first cracks appeared.
Replace that NOW! Should have been replaced a while ago.
You gonna Hedge, replace it and check the other one.
I had this and rode it about 2-3 months until I put my bike in the shop for spoke “plinking” sounds. It was a hybrid, not doing jumps, but it had fallen off my Thule rack when I drove over a speed bump a little too fast. It was about $100 for the new rim.
Bin job
If that is 11 different cracks you should have replaced it yesterday
Yes
I had similar troubles this spring. Wasted alot of time & money trying to do it cheaply.
Best thing to do is the simple risk-free route.
(this usually means selling/keeping the rear wheel)
And buying a brand new pair of wheels.
They’ll pay themselves off eventually (fuel/public transport fares)
At first I was like “well you could commute on that” now reading 1/3 of all spokes have this issue, immediatly. I wouldnt even commute on it. It just needs to fail during a bad situation and your life is gone or your health is heavily damaged…
Replace, your wheel will start getting all out of true, plus danger
Yea
Guess
how bad do you like your teeth?
Unsafe to ride.
Picture yourself bombing down that hill on your ride and then ask yourself this question again.
Hedge time, baby.
That rim has already failed. It will fail catastrophically if you keep riding it.
If that’s the front wheel, I would not ride that. If it’s the rear wheel, I would do some small, tame rides, but you should replace that immediately as it has failed and will only fail more. You cannot trust it going forward.
buy a new one yesterday
The real question is why aren’t you already in a hedge with a few teeth broken out.
It’s dangerous replace it now
That’s toast
Me: Oh no, my tire pressure is 4psi low, I must remedy this immediately!
OP: My wheel has disintegrated… I’m good to go, right? Right?
how good is your dental plan?
anyways, its your death wish or desire to become a possible vegetable or a concrete sandwich to the face.
Would you rather replace your rim or have facial reconstructive surgery after an unexpected crash?
1) That is about to fail, possibly catastrophically. Stop riding, replace immediately.
2) A wobbly rim won’t cause your brake to rub on a bike with disc brakes (as this one clearly has). Either the wheel is so wobbly that the tire is rubbing on your frame, or your disc rotor is also out of true (wobbly). These are unrelated issues that happen to be in the same area of the bike. It’s possible a mechanic can straighten your rotor and adjust your brake enough to eliminate the rub, but you may need to replace the rotor if it’s warped enough.
Yesterday.
How bad? Time to replace bad.
you are one bad bump, strong braking or hard corning away from a very bad crash, this will let go suddenly and without warning. you’re beyond the warning stage at this point. don’t ride this anymore. like at all.
It’ll get you to the crash site!
JK. Don’t ride until it’s replaced. That rim is DONE.
Keep riding it, your dentist needs a new bike. /s
Bruh