Basically the title. I'm no carbon expert, so I'm not sure if this is just the finish, or if it gets into the top layers of carbon.
https://imgur.com/a/pXqMMdW
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Re: Is this wheel shot? [gmh39]
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I wouldn’t ride it.
Re: Is this wheel shot? [gmh39]
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Yes
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Re: Is this wheel shot? [gmh39]
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Looks gone to me.
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Re: Is this wheel shot? [gmh39]
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Life is too short...
Re: Is this wheel shot? [benleg]
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benleg wrote:
Life is too short.......and that wheel can make it shorter....
Re: Is this wheel shot? [gmh39]
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That wheel looks like a whole can of "NOPE!"
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Re: Is this wheel shot? [gmh39]
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Is the rim aluminium? If so, it might be ok. If it's full carbon, no way.
Re: Is this wheel shot? [gmh39]
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What's the wheel make/model?
It's hard to be sure from the photo, but there aren't obvious carbon fibres sticking out anywhere, and the colour is kinda washed out with the flash. Much of the cracked material looks like a deep, non-structural layer of resin, paint or filler. I'm not saying the wheel may be okay. I'd write it off without a moment of hesitation. I'm just curious why a wheel would have a thick layer of non-structural material, or whether I'm misinterpreting the photo.
I'd be curious to see additional pictures and get the make/model of the wheel.
To answer the original question, the wheel cannot be trusted and I wouldn't dream of riding it.
Even if the visible crack doesn't include the carbon layers, there is/was enough movement there to produce that damage. It seems something is badly wrong either way.
It's hard to be sure from the photo, but there aren't obvious carbon fibres sticking out anywhere, and the colour is kinda washed out with the flash. Much of the cracked material looks like a deep, non-structural layer of resin, paint or filler. I'm not saying the wheel may be okay. I'd write it off without a moment of hesitation. I'm just curious why a wheel would have a thick layer of non-structural material, or whether I'm misinterpreting the photo.
I'd be curious to see additional pictures and get the make/model of the wheel.
To answer the original question, the wheel cannot be trusted and I wouldn't dream of riding it.
Even if the visible crack doesn't include the carbon layers, there is/was enough movement there to produce that damage. It seems something is badly wrong either way.
Re: Is this wheel shot? [gmh39]
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I think your link is weird
I don't see a wheel; it's a Google Earth pic of a deep canyon someplace
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I don't see a wheel; it's a Google Earth pic of a deep canyon someplace
"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin
Re: Is this wheel shot? [Ai_1]
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I believe it's a chinese wheel. It's a wheelset I was looking at buying, but I don't think the seller really know much about them/bikes in general. When I asked if the wheelset were disc or rim brakes (there are no brake tracks on the rims), they said they were the ones that needed pads... While not technically wrong, that response doesn't inspire confidence that they know what they are looking at when it comes to this damage. Definitely passing on these.
Thanks for all the responses.
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Thanks for all the responses.
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Re: Is this wheel shot? [gmh39]
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Don't risk your life on a cheap wheelset. Get some HED Jets, price recently reduced and you'll never regret buying them.
Re: Is this wheel shot? [gmh39]
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Hell no