Front carbonwheel scrathes

[CyclingStone]

My gearing didn't work and I got a stressful call so I had to go back and then the wheel scratched towards concreate, it was standing up but managed to drag it towards the concreate.....
The biggest scratch is the one I am focusing on but there are a few of them....

It's Primes 50 carbonwheel
Thanks for input.

 

[fossyant]

That's fine -is it a disc brake wheel.

 

[CyclingStone]

That's fine -is it a disc brake wheel.

Rimbrake
I can only speculate why you are asking but I guess you mean that it's bad to have them on the brake area..

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It’s cosmetic

 

[fossyant]

If you are getting pulsing when braking, I'd take a little wet and dry to flaten the scratch. It will be fine. Just breaking will wear down the scratch.

 

[CyclingStone]

It’s cosmetic

Ok. It wasn't a crash and it was standing up the whole time, I just managed to drag it.
The bike have never even falle over so this seems like a huge incident to me. Feels pretty bad

 

[CyclingStone]

If you are getting pulsing when braking, I'd take a little wet and dry to flaten the scratch. It will be fine. Just breaking will wear down the scratch.

Ok thanks. I am clueless when it comes to carbonwheels. To me scratches = damaged. I will keep using it then.

Thanks.

edit: I can't tell about pulsating because I have not ridden it afterwards, but I can take pulsating,. Just wanted to know about the health of it. Risk of collapsing and such.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Carbon fibre suffers from a large force stressing it in a way the designers didn’t anticipate. The weave is key in terms of this. If no large forces were involved I’d relax.

 

[Ajax Bay]

I am afraid my opinion with carbon is the same as always and after all, itäs a personal opinion how much risk you are ready to take when it come to carbon. I am not content with anything other than a scan.

You told us on an earlier thread that you are not content with anything other than a scan when there's damage. Are all these carbon items worth the hassle, given you never know when you might get a stressful call?

 

[CyclingStone]

You told us on an earlier thread that you are not content with anything other than a scan when there's damage. Are all these carbon items worth the hassle, given you never know when you might get a stressful call?

I might go for alu next time. That's what I would say to other people yes.
I am learning more and more how expensive cycling is, especially when you train a lot. Sadly this is my passion and I hate running with a passion otherwise i would startr runniing.

 

[Chislenko]

given you never know when you might get a stressful call?

Probably the post of the year 👍👍

 

[PaulSB]

@CyclingStone I have a few scratches on a carbon wheel and frame. They are absolutely nothing to worry about and certainly not a reason to move to aluminium. You'll be fine.