cholas Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Just bought this rim and on taking the tyre off I found the below. Is it scrap or useable? (my first use of photobucket, so hopefully the pics are accessible) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedco Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Sorry to say its more than likely that its scrap. Get a wire wheel on a drill & start cleaning around the valve hole. If you get to solid metal straight away you should be ok to use it. You may find its all oxide with 0.5mm of solid ally holding it together. Mine was like this, i hit it with a hammer & it collapsed. Imagine that happening just as you do a nice drop off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taff4 Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Just bought this rim and on taking the tyre off I found the below. Is it scrap or useable? (my first use of photobucket, so hopefully the pics are accessible) Scrap ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholas Posted February 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Ah well, at least I have a hub and Z's if I can get it apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholas Posted February 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Also, what are the offsets for the rear wheel aaaand I'm looking at a Talon hub. Are the disc or drum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantic200 Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Ah well, at least I have a hub and Z's if I can get it apart. best thing to do is buy a tubeless rim from central wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholas Posted February 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 That's a possibility I've looked at. I'd like a tubeless rear wheel. SM products do a set of Z's for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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