eBay and Craigslist finds

To be honest, this is a disgrace.

"have taken it to a bike shop to check if the wheel is still rideable", I'd be interested to know which bike shop & what exactly they had to say. I'd be riddled with guilt if i sold a defective product to someone and they suffered harm because of my small monetary gain.

http://www.londonfgss.com/attachments/5513d1233741993-p1010337.jpg

^^^ Thats not a small chip.

Sadly some poor chump will pay for this, but if raleigh felt it safe surly he would have kepted the wheel instead of hawking it on to fund buying a new one.

Emailed him asking to remove the tape so i can see the chip.

"hi, i can get you a close up picture of the chip but i wont remove the tape as i got it taped at the bike shop and i dont wish to go back and get it taped up again. th size of the chip is approx 1cm x 3cm.
Because the thing will fall apart when you take the tape off?

it's special electrical tape i bet ;)