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@Hovis
Not sure if I should be asking this here or in the mechanics thread but here it goes. I just bought this carbon wheel:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300605163052?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1193
Arrived today, extremely excited with the apparent bargain I had scored. Upon close inpection, there is a kink on the edge of the rim on one side. It looks like it deviates out by about 2mm, like the rim has bent outwards. The kink from where it starts to where it ends is about 2 inches long. Its just on the one side so its nothing to do with truing.
What do you think it could be? No visible cracking or anything like that there, doesn't appear to be fragile. Could a tyre lever do this? Or a blow out? Should I be sending this back to the seller?