New wheelset faulty? bad braking surface

bushu

My Charge Plug Freestyler replacement wheelset has arrived, bought the green flavoured Charge Dish wheelset to save compatibility issues - thinking they would be 1:1 the same product.

Not impressed, must be the newer model - anodised not painted,
rim breaking surface is also green (probably a non issue as not painted) but,
there is visible light through a gap on the rim joint on the braking surface o_0

Now i know i'm not pro but i know that's not healthy, would you return this item and request another or just give up on tarty coloured wheels?
I was expecting to maybe smooth the join off, that would've been fine..

davis

Pictures?

You mean you can see light through the weld/seam opposite the valve? Send it back!

Edit: And the pedant in me just knows you meant "braking surface".

Santa cruzing

sounds like it missed QC. I would return it.

Kieran_Burns

Are you deliberately trying to make the pedants explode by randomly spelling brake correctly and incorrectly.

It hurts. :P

Fireblade96

It sounds like it's broken ;-)

ugo.santalucia

The rim is faulty and if the braking surface is green, chances are it is not machined and supposed to be used with disc brakes, although there are exceptions of rims with coloured machined brake surface... never seen a green one though

ride_whenever

Quite common with charge wheels, personally I wouldn't touch them!

I'd try some handbuilts from your lbs using velocity rims, particularly if you want green painted

fossyant

Braking surface on those wheels - they are for hipsters - you aren't supposed to have brakes - that's why the braking surface is anodised. It will look scruffy once the coating starts to wear (if using brakes).

Should have bought handbuilt CXP33 rimmed wheels if you want stopping power.

memsley89

ugo.santalucia wrote:

coloured machined brake surface... never seen a green one though

My track bike has green rims, the braking surface is machined before colouring... (Halo aerotracks)
I'd never put a brake on them though!

ugo.santalucia

memsley89 wrote:

ugo.santalucia wrote:

coloured machined brake surface... never seen a green one though

My track bike has green rims, the braking surface is machined before colouring... (Halo aerotracks)
I'd never put a brake on them though!

Are the Aerotrack machined? I thought the machined version was called Aerorage... there is even a warning against using brakes on aerotrack... :roll:

bushu

lmao fixed teh title right so send them back..
Thanks memsley89 i was looking at the purple aerorage but settled for charge because they were green and pre-built
Looks like order time, i think the warning on the aerotrack is just to prevent you from complaining when your brake surface looks shite because you've rubbed all the anodised coating off as long as its not actually painted and going to clog anything up we're good yeh?

that and the purple aerorage would also be too much purple for on the single speed, shame i can't source a pre-built green aerotrack wheelset

bushu

Halo confirmed that i shouldn't use rim brakes on the Aerotrack looks like black aerorage's to order when i've returned this shoddy Charge Dish wheelset. Shame really only having green flavour in aerotrack's, can't fit discs nor do i want fixed on my commuter, really messing with my tartiness-mojo.