After 500 km my carbon wheels looked like this. After another 300 km still rode fine, still in true. Taking off tire looked fine inside (the side has superglue) Could it just be an outer coating?
by Key_Economics2183
After 500 km my carbon wheels looked like this. After another 300 km still rode fine, still in true. Taking off tire looked fine inside (the side has superglue) Could it just be an outer coating?
by Key_Economics2183
10 Comments
The rim is cracked. You can ride with it with no issue until you crash and lose all your teeth.
You rode 300km with a cracked rim?
The second photo looks like heat damage from a car exhaust
You trusted plastic paper mache to do a job that should be done by metal
RIP. You need to replace your wheel. When carbon cracks it either needs to be replaced, or repaired professionally. For wheels though, most likely just replaced.
If you *only* have 500km on that bike/wheel, contact the manufacturer and see if you can warranty it.
Definitely don’t put anymore KM on that. What is the brand? Many have lifetime warranty offers to replace when damaged while riding, but I don’t see any branding on these so it is hard to tell.
> the side has superglue
What is that supposed to mean? Who put the superglue there, and why?
Did you mount your bike onto a bike rack and had the rim too close to the exhaust?
It looks like it failed
Don’t ride that rim a meter more. And secondly, can we talk about the mechanic in sandals 😳