Rims

dannyharris
dannyharris Posts: 217
edited July 2013 in Workshop
Does anyone know how to identify if my rims are wearing?
Have a stock carrera tdf.

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  • majormantra
    majormantra Posts: 2,094
    Some rims have a wear indicator, either a groove in the brake track or a little indentation. If yours don't replace the rims when they become significantly concave. If you can't decide whether they're worn, get a bike shop to look at them.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Your rims may have a wear indicator - typically a groove machines into the brake track. Once the groove dissappears, then the rim wall has worn too thin. If not, you can measure the rim wall thickness using a digital caliper and replace when thinner than 1mm. Finally, if the rim walls are distinctly concave i.e. bowing-out, then it's a sign the sidewall is about to part company. Finally, if you get pulsing of the brakes which feels like a buckled wheel and yet it runs true, then again rim is about to fail.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • dannyharris
    dannyharris Posts: 217
    That's great thanks. There is a groove in the wall. Looks like I'm good for a while.

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