Had a fun commute today…
Rim isn’t cracked and I’m on disc brakes, reckon it’s salvageable or am I living in false hope?
by JudasCowOG
Had a fun commute today…
Rim isn’t cracked and I’m on disc brakes, reckon it’s salvageable or am I living in false hope?
by JudasCowOG
13 Comments
It will be OK until it isn’t. Won’t take much of a knock to fold that
My first instinct is to replace it, but yeah, you’d probably be fine. Maybe fill it with epoxy then sand it? If you have the cash, just replace it and you won’t have to worry.
Notches are much worse than holes.
That’s a crash waiting to happen.
Maybe a bit of jb weld putty, smooth it out. It will probably outlast the aluminum, that stuff is as hard a steel and is very durable. I’d give it a shot, it’s a back wheel on what looks to be a commuter bike, so if you get a flat, it’s not crazy dangerous.
Thanks for the replies folks – I’ll be replacing 👍
When that fails it will be big and it will not take long.
Sorry but that’s a new rim needed.
Replace. You’ll be destroying tubes and tires first or having that wheel fail on you and it won’t be pretty when it does
depends upon whether you fuck around or not
After a big crash because of a little screw missing on my front mudguard, I would not risk it. Saying that it is a back wheel so if it fails it might not be as dramatic, but I would be concerned about shards going into my calves, as it will fail at some point.
This looks a bit more severe and prone to crack due to fatigue. By the time you will have filed the root of that defect to make it quite round there is nothing much left of the side wall. Replacement rims are cheap
It looks like someone already took a file to it.. How does something like that happen?
Aw man that’s unfortunate… can’t really work well with that