Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

Cheers, will probably steer clear then. A friend had a bit of a nip-slip, with it falling into the rim the other day & seemed like a right faff to resolve. Don't want that!

DT Swiss 350 / Kinlin xr26t / Sapim race; would make a solid set of wheels, reasonably light, last ages, highly unlikely to break.

If the DT hubs are a bit over budget, Novatec will probably be fine as well. I'd say get Zenith hubs but can't seem to find a disc version through a very superficial Google attempt.

Kinlin XR26 to novatecs can be found at AliExpress for £200

Is this scuff terminal? I just got ridden into by a fuck wit school kid who rode off crying before I could find out who he was

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This angle shows the worst bit more closely

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I’d have it looked at by a carbon repair company. If it’s not structural damage they could fill it up with epoxy and sand it down to avoid it eating up your brake pad.

Not before my week’s riding in Portugal next week I won’t. Little cunt...

Oo, that does sound like a good option. Cheers for the suggestion.

Is the brake track coming away from the rest of the rim there? Ouch

No, there's no deformation of the track as a whole, so no apparent structural damage. It's just the gouges. I've lightly sanded the tiny protrusions off so it's outwardly smooth, but the gouges are still there. I think it'll be ok, just going to have an annoying tick under braking for the rest of the wheel's lifetime. And the resale value is obviously fucked now, which is a shame as I was thinking next summer might be a good time to sell them on and get something new.

I'm in two minds whether to leave them at home for my week in Portugal and take my alu wheels. I seem to have taken the worst of the impact, sore fingers, arms and ribs now. Kicking myself for not taking the names of two witnesses who were in 100% agreement that the kid was looking over his shoulder when it happened. Adrenaline and anger got the better of me. Smashed bottle cage, cleat and torn pro team jersey also part of the bill. I'd be happy with his parents paying the insurance excess but without those two witnesses I've got bugger all chance of that.

Could you claim on household insurance?

I could, but the excess is £350, so unless I'm going to go the whole hog and claim for a new wheel it's not worth it. If the school gets back to me with the kid's details and I can get his parents to agree to pay the excess I'll do it. If not I might just have to learn to ignore the ticking and accept a monthly brake pad bill.

LBS mechanic said the wheel is written off and he wouldn't ride it down the road let alone around Portugal. Insurance claim is looking the likely solution.

Have just had some wheels built up by SBC. Hope Pro 4 disc, Kinlin XR26T rims, Sapim Race spokes. I'm running them with Schwalbe ONE 30mm folding tyres.

The difference over the basic kit Fulcrum Racing Sport wheels I had already is immediately obvious. Just generally faster, but most noticeable through corners. The bike feels way more stable and predictable.

LBS mechanic said the wheel is written off and he wouldn't ride it down the road

That's what I'd say if I had liability to think about. The thing is, I don't think I have a single bike which would be certified as fit to ride by anybody who thought I might sue them if it broke. I'm not saying whether your wheel is dead or not, but if it was mine I'd have enough confidence in my own ability to make that decision for myself. As soon as you pass that decision to somebody else, you're either asking an amateur whose opinion is worth nothing or a professional who is duty bound to opine that anything which is damaged is dead. To prove that something is still as strong as it should be, you either have to do a destructive test in which case the result is moot, or non-destructive testing which is more expensive than just replacing the part.

re the Zipp: The yellow is probably Kevlar, suggesting a structural layer is damaged.

a structural layer is damaged

A structural layer is damaged when your steel frame gets a bit rusty. The question is whether it's so damaged that the margin of safety is gone.

That yellow layer is visible all around both sides of both rims at certain angles when it catches the light and has been since I bought them so I’m not worried about that.

The rim safety is a moot point now anyway, my doctor wife gave me a once over and suggested that my rib is actually broken. Waking this morning after a painful night’s ‘sleep’ and I’m sure she’s right. Breathing is painful so lugging a bike bag to Portugal for a week is a pointless, painful risk that I can’t be fucked to take

A few years ago I broke a rib on Tuesday and rode the whole next week in the Alps. Getting the bike there was not easy; walking hurt so much I could not have run after anybody helping me schlepp the bike box had decided to run away with it.

And the roundabouts on the bus. Ouch.

Interesting. I’m riding on my own so being slow doesn’t matter. I might ‘sleep’ on it again and make a decision tomorrow

Mid to upper range clincher rim brake 622 wheels, for 23mm tyres and a 69kg rider. Any recommendations?

Edit: Aluminum.

https://www.marktplaats.nl/a/fietsen-en-brommers/fietsen-racefietsen/m1433099313-reynolds-strike-en-assault-carbon-wielen.html ?

Am I a joke to you?