Hello 'burners,
My teenage son is a huckwit and has managed to crack a perfectly good carbon rim three days out from a race. Aparently 'a rock hit it' but anyone can see this is a combination of not enough tyre pressure and a significant shortfall in skill. Runs insersts
I'm all for telling him to forget about the race and it's his own stupidity which has got him in this situation but he's talking about buying a rim and getting it laced which will need spokes and be a $500 exercise.
So, now we need to talk about being dodgy. The rim is still true and spoke tension is good, but it's let the air out. I say just run a tube and 35psi, but as many of you know 15 year olds know everything and I'm just the guy who makes things harder than they need to be.
I've got laminating epoxy from making carbon race car stuff, but I reckon this calls for the old faithful West 105 and a shed load of microballoons to make a paste which can be smeared on liberally on the inside to make it air tight, outside I'm not too sure about. Maybe micro balloons and super glue?
Thoughts / suggestions / alternatives?
Clearly adoption has been discussed with my wife, she isn't too keen but I'll talk her around.
My teenage son is a huckwit and has managed to crack a perfectly good carbon rim three days out from a race. Aparently 'a rock hit it' but anyone can see this is a combination of not enough tyre pressure and a significant shortfall in skill. Runs insersts
I'm all for telling him to forget about the race and it's his own stupidity which has got him in this situation but he's talking about buying a rim and getting it laced which will need spokes and be a $500 exercise.
So, now we need to talk about being dodgy. The rim is still true and spoke tension is good, but it's let the air out. I say just run a tube and 35psi, but as many of you know 15 year olds know everything and I'm just the guy who makes things harder than they need to be.
I've got laminating epoxy from making carbon race car stuff, but I reckon this calls for the old faithful West 105 and a shed load of microballoons to make a paste which can be smeared on liberally on the inside to make it air tight, outside I'm not too sure about. Maybe micro balloons and super glue?
Thoughts / suggestions / alternatives?
Clearly adoption has been discussed with my wife, she isn't too keen but I'll talk her around.