Carbon wheel "warped" according to local bike shop, so now some questions...
Thanks in advance for your insight here folks. Here's the deal: bought a Stradalli with 50mm carbon clinchers about 4 years ago. Been riding sporadically over that time. Changed the brakes last summer to a carbon oriented brake due to last breaks essentially melting from the heat that the carbon wheels were giving off.
Now the wheel is warped according to the bike store and unusable. I thought it was just out of true but they were able to point out cracks and wear against the bead of the wheel and showed basically that it could fail at any point, and that is not a good thing. Naturally I called Stradalli and they have only a 1 year warranty and do not sell single wheels.
Questions:
1. Has anyone tried the carbon clincher wheels on ebay? I do not have $1k or more to spend on a new set unfortunately!
2. I am seeing carbon wheels that an aluminum braking surface like this: 700c 100 Carbon Fiber Wheelset 50mm Clincher Aluminum Braking Surface Wheels | eBay - - this seems to be a better option, no?
Any help or thoughts would be great. I already have some ksyriums on another bike so of course could use those, but love the lightweight and look of carbon!
Thanks
Wyley
Thanks in advance for your insight here folks. Here's the deal: bought a Stradalli with 50mm carbon clinchers about 4 years ago. Been riding sporadically over that time. Changed the brakes last summer to a carbon oriented brake due to last breaks essentially melting from the heat that the carbon wheels were giving off.
Now the wheel is warped according to the bike store and unusable. I thought it was just out of true but they were able to point out cracks and wear against the bead of the wheel and showed basically that it could fail at any point, and that is not a good thing. Naturally I called Stradalli and they have only a 1 year warranty and do not sell single wheels.
Questions:
1. Has anyone tried the carbon clincher wheels on ebay? I do not have $1k or more to spend on a new set unfortunately!
2. I am seeing carbon wheels that an aluminum braking surface like this: 700c 100 Carbon Fiber Wheelset 50mm Clincher Aluminum Braking Surface Wheels | eBay - - this seems to be a better option, no?
Any help or thoughts would be great. I already have some ksyriums on another bike so of course could use those, but love the lightweight and look of carbon!
Thanks
Wyley
