Carbon rim brake tracks have a finite life. They look like enough material has abraded off from braking that it might be time for some new rims.
Treptay on
I would pass on these. Also they are tubular if you didn’t notice
nutso_muzz on
If they don’t seem to have any concavity then they are probably fine. I ran a few sets of carbon brake track wheels down quite a bit over the years and a good sign for wear is when you see the weave pattern vs. seeing wear tracks. Obviously be aware they are tubular, so just consider using them as race wheels only unless you are cool with the call of shame or going bandolier.
IIRC the DA wheels were always decently sturdy, I would be less likely to trust FFWD or ABLOC rims and I used some FFWDs for a bit.
terdward on
That seems like a lot of wear for 500 miles, racing or not. I’ve got a set of Mavics that have easily 4x that mileage of them and they don’t look nearly that worn.
Gilmere on
You have a lot of good input already, but in general, as a structural engineer, when you start seeing actual carbon fibers through worn resin or topcoat on anything like this, its means you are now potentially gonna start introducing moisture between the layups. That will not turn out good. It might already have started on these. I’d skip.
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Carbon rim brake tracks have a finite life. They look like enough material has abraded off from braking that it might be time for some new rims.
I would pass on these. Also they are tubular if you didn’t notice
If they don’t seem to have any concavity then they are probably fine. I ran a few sets of carbon brake track wheels down quite a bit over the years and a good sign for wear is when you see the weave pattern vs. seeing wear tracks. Obviously be aware they are tubular, so just consider using them as race wheels only unless you are cool with the call of shame or going bandolier.
IIRC the DA wheels were always decently sturdy, I would be less likely to trust FFWD or ABLOC rims and I used some FFWDs for a bit.
That seems like a lot of wear for 500 miles, racing or not. I’ve got a set of Mavics that have easily 4x that mileage of them and they don’t look nearly that worn.
You have a lot of good input already, but in general, as a structural engineer, when you start seeing actual carbon fibers through worn resin or topcoat on anything like this, its means you are now potentially gonna start introducing moisture between the layups. That will not turn out good. It might already have started on these. I’d skip.