Asking this here because I don't wanna trawl all the Wanted/For Sale threads to see if the information I seek is there... and because the only reason I'm getting this wheel is because it will look pretty... so... yeah. I've seen some of them in this thread so figured you guys might know about them to some degree. This question has been asked before but not answered really: here
Anyways, I'm picking one of these up tomorrow at 9am (not this exact one but it's a front 700c clincher). Is there anything I should look for other than the obvious "Don't buy it if it's cracked"? And, do I really need to be paranoid about it? Are the horror stories to be taken lightly? I'm not a light lad but I'm kinda thinking any of these that were gonna break, have broken by now. It's not too expensive so I'm happy to take a punt but all I really wanna know is if there's a tell-tale way of identifying if it's one of the infamous exploding wheels or one of the later ones that are apparently sound.
Theo? You have one right? Did I see it on your lo-pro? What's your take?
Apologies for slight OT post.
Here's a kitten on a bike.
Asking this here because I don't wanna trawl all the Wanted/For Sale threads to see if the information I seek is there... and because the only reason I'm getting this wheel is because it will look pretty... so... yeah. I've seen some of them in this thread so figured you guys might know about them to some degree. This question has been asked before but not answered really: here
Anyways, I'm picking one of these up tomorrow at 9am (not this exact one but it's a front 700c clincher). Is there anything I should look for other than the obvious "Don't buy it if it's cracked"? And, do I really need to be paranoid about it? Are the horror stories to be taken lightly? I'm not a light lad but I'm kinda thinking any of these that were gonna break, have broken by now. It's not too expensive so I'm happy to take a punt but all I really wanna know is if there's a tell-tale way of identifying if it's one of the infamous exploding wheels or one of the later ones that are apparently sound.
Theo? You have one right? Did I see it on your lo-pro? What's your take?
Apologies for slight OT post.
Here's a kitten on a bike.