Rim joint repair

Bought a Campy disc that's been crashed. I bought under the belief that it'd only be good for display purposes but hopefully it might be repairable. It'll only really be used for going and getting coffee and intagram likes so I doubt I'll be putting it under too much stress.

Anyway the rim has come apart at the rim joint and there's a tear in the Kevlar. Not worried about the tear but hoping to get some advice on the rim - glue? Weld? Fucked?

Can post more photos but I think this pretty much shows it all...

Thanks in advance!

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Fucked. Bin. Do not ride unless you can afford expensive dental bills.

Anyone else got any thoughts or feelings?

I'd say so too. You could do a cosmetic fix and it may even hold for 1 ride or 100 rides but you'll never know when it will go. Hardly worth it I reckon. As its a rear (right?) I doubt any crash would be too spectacular but you never know.

Yep 'Tis a rear. I doubt I'd even use it for 100 rides haha

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personally i would find the right glue to bond it with then weld the seam together.

it wouldnt be as straight forward as that, you would need to do a lot of prep but it would more than likely do the trick. it was bonded to make the thing in the first place. despite what most people think, you can fix most things. ive welded up big bastard cracks in frames and you would never know they were once there. my feelings would be the same for this wheel. that its fixable and once done (if done properly) you wouldnt know any different and it would be structurally sound.

since its the rear it wouldnt be catastrophic, would probably start to snag on brake if youre running one or you may feel its slightly not right if it starts to come apart. front wheels are the danger.

I'd start off by getting some a new(er) tyre on there, aired up and see what that does to the joint.

I reckon a decent epoxy would do wonders for that. Once there's air in the tyre it's going to be applying pressure to keep the joint together anyway, and the worst case, even if the joint fails suddenly, is going to be that the rear wheel locks solid.