Thought I would share this in case any body is in the xmas market for some bling carbon wheels
My shimano C24s carbon wheels recently had a failure and cannot be repaired ...they are 7 years old so I guess these things happen
However I am more concerned that the carbon part is nothing more than a wrap of black electricians tape around the allow wheel
So if you are about to pay big money for carbon wheels I would question what exactly you are getting in terms of money spent and discuss this with the retailer
I assumed wrongly that the black was all solid carbon moulded to a alloy brake surface ..its clearly not even though the wheels are sold and stated they are carbon ( which I guess they are all be it a strip of c
My shimano C24s carbon wheels recently had a failure and cannot be repaired ...they are 7 years old so I guess these things happen
However I am more concerned that the carbon part is nothing more than a wrap of black electricians tape around the allow wheel
So if you are about to pay big money for carbon wheels I would question what exactly you are getting in terms of money spent and discuss this with the retailer
I assumed wrongly that the black was all solid carbon moulded to a alloy brake surface ..its clearly not even though the wheels are sold and stated they are carbon ( which I guess they are all be it a strip of c