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Old Wheel

  • 08-03-2012 11:01am
    #1
    PauloConn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Not sure if these are any use, but i had to get a new rear wheel recently due to wear and tear. The old one was a bontrager one and i was seeing if there's anyone who could repair it or would anyone buy something like it? It's not buckled its just that its closed a bit and doesn't seal tight with the tyre so don't get enough pressure in the tube.
    Anyway, if anyone has any idea's what to do with there or if it can be salavaged, let me know.
    thanks
    P


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  • #2
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    ??? "closed a bit"? what does that mean?


  • #3
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,370 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    Give it to rothar.ie


  • #4
    PauloConn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭PauloConn


    kenmc wrote: »
    ??? "closed a bit"? what does that mean?
    I know, the language isn't quiet right but it was early in the morning. Essentially the channel when the tube goes is after getting tighter due to usage i'm assuming. Hope that makes a bit more sense.
    Rothar.ie also sounds like a good idea. Think i'll drop it over to their workshop.
    Thanks for the help folks.


  • #5
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    PauloConn wrote: »
    I know, the language isn't quiet right but it was early in the morning. Essentially the channel when the tube goes is after getting tighter due to usage i'm assuming. Hope that makes a bit more sense.
    Rothar.ie also sounds like a good idea. Think i'll drop it over to their workshop.
    Thanks for the help folks.
    Doesn't sound right to me. Pictures?


  • #6
    PauloConn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭PauloConn


    Alright Kenmc will put up pic as soon as i get home. Took the wheel with me after got it replaced just in case. Not sure you'll see the difference with just the wheel and not tyre or tube in it.
    What exactly are we looking for? I'd like to think it needed to be fixed at the very least or else i just got scammed..... :(


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  • #7
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,460 ✭✭✭lennymc


    sounds to be like the rim is well worn, and its loosing its structural integrity, altho pics would obviously help. how many miles on the wheel paulo?


  • #8
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    I think he means the hoop section is bent inwards making good interface with the pool noodle impossible.


  • #9
    PauloConn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭PauloConn


    I've put up 2 quick pics i took of the wheel. So I was told that the rims had started to narrow (where the red cover is) and the tube couldn't take as much pressure as it normally would.
    I think i'd done about 3,500km on them since i got them just over 3 years ago. Only did alot of cycling one of the years, apart from that it's for the daily commute 9no more than 10k return a day).


  • #10
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    PauloConn wrote: »
    I think i'd done about 3,500km on them since i got them just over 3 years ago. Only did alot of cycling one of the years, apart from that it's for the daily commute 9no more than 10k return a day).
    Short commuting or city miles will wear down your rims much quicker than long cycles. You brake much more often. You should also occasionally check your brake pads for shards of aluminium. They lodge in there and wear down your rims like sandpaper each time you break. Dig them out or replace the pads every now and then.


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