matticus
Guru
... and these are presumably also a type of wheel where rim replacement is expensive. Once again, an easily avoidable problem 🤷‍♂️
Rim vs Discs - again.
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... and these are presumably also a type of wheel where rim replacement is expensive. Once again, an easily avoidable problem 🤷‍♂️
T4tomo
Legendary Member
If you use the correct brake blocks, carbon rims don't wear much at all compared to alloy rims.
firstly the block compound is softer, so the block wears rather than the rim
secondly, what tends to wear alloy rims more quickly is little bit of alloy transferring from rim to brake block and thus wearing the rim. That doesn't happen with a a carbon rim.
That said, like @Webbo2, I try not to use that bike in the wet
firstly the block compound is softer, so the block wears rather than the rim
secondly, what tends to wear alloy rims more quickly is little bit of alloy transferring from rim to brake block and thus wearing the rim. That doesn't happen with a a carbon rim.
That said, like @Webbo2, I try not to use that bike in the wet
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
This is true. I speak from bitter experience. I mended my ways and things got a lot better.
No idea as I’ve never had to replace the rims.
matticus
Guru
[carbon wheels:]
(OT: I did know carbon required special blocks! A friend of mine - far from an idiot, but very new to bikes - had her TT bike upgraded with carbon wheels. The idiot bike shop didn't bother selling/fitting the necessary blocks 🤦 )
Good news
I admit I did not know this - it certainly makes sense.
(OT: I did know carbon required special blocks! A friend of mine - far from an idiot, but very new to bikes - had her TT bike upgraded with carbon wheels. The idiot bike shop didn't bother selling/fitting the necessary blocks 🤦 )
