Found This in Wheel Rims

smittylit
smittylit Posts: 7
edited February 2017 in Road general
I noticed when I turned my wheels that I could hear something rattling around. I heard something shaking around in there, and I took of my tire and out came some stuff from within the rims, in the hollow part under the rim tape. It's brittle, and it looks exactly like bits of dry, curly, uncooked spaghetti. Is this something I should be worried about?

Thanks!

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  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Got a pic? Could be shavings from when the spoke holes were drilled.
  • matt_n-2
    matt_n-2 Posts: 581
    Any loose spokes?

    Could be part of the rim eyelets?

    I've had an Open Pro eyelet break off.
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  • smittylit
    smittylit Posts: 7
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,821
    Cook it in plenty of boiling salted water for 8 minutes or until al dente.
  • smittylit
    smittylit Posts: 7
    Nothing loose. These pieces don't seem to have any significant strength to them. The break as easy as uncooked spaghetti.
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    What wheel brand are they? Are they the new Campagnolo linguine?
  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    They look like a perished elastic band to me.
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    It's an emergency supply of pasta just in case you bonk. In higher quality wheels you get Haribo or sport beans.
  • Nairnster
    Nairnster Posts: 602
    Carbon wheels?

    That's the dead skin from carbon worms. They shed them after they have eaten resin.
  • smittylit
    smittylit Posts: 7
    Finally, a serious answer. I knew it was carbon worms.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,825
    I don't know what they are, but I fancy a bowl of carbonara for lunch.
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  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    that is either an old elastic band from where the innertube was tied together and the fitter didn't realise it was still stuck to the tube OR .... an exsessive amount of dried up rim glue
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    SmoggySteve wrote:
    What wheel brand are they? Are they the new Campagnolo linguine?
    :lol::lol:
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    i've heard of meals on wheels, but meals in wheels?
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  • smittylit
    smittylit Posts: 7
    That's the weird thing... this stuff came from within the rims, below where the rim tape and inner tube are. In the hollow part of the v rim.
  • gozzy
    gozzy Posts: 640
    Is it from a carbon bike and have you been riding it in the rain?
  • smittylit
    smittylit Posts: 7
    Some carbon. No, no riding in the rain.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    smittylit wrote:
    Some carbon. No, no riding in the rain.

    Are you sure the bike/component didn't get wet before you got it? Maybe worth a quick call to the store where you bought it to check.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
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    He's right you know.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Was the Campag factory making your wheels over their lunchtime? Mario and Luigi eating at their desks. Accidental lunch spillage landed in your rims?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,356
    Send it off to the lab to get tested, At least you'll put this thread to bed but it might cost you a Penne.

    I'll get my coat.

    Where tf is that climbs in the UK thread ffs? All I have come across is pasta wheels and mushroom @rses. :roll:
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