Hey all,
Thought I had a buckled rear wheel today after I started getting a bit wobbly, flipped the bike over and thought the same.
On getting home for a better look after cleaning the wheel up a bit I notices two 'rips' in the outer layer of the tyre, one on each side, not in exactly the same place on each side but each rip is about 5 inch long and overlap 80%.
Any thoughts on why this would be? here's a pic, tyre is a rocket ron, with a good 500miles on it ops:
I'm just checking now if the wheel is truish without a tyre on, and if so will fit a Ralph I have as a spare.
EDIT:
On further inspection there is a hairline crack in the rim, it goes all the way around, you can just about see it in the pic if you look close.
Bugger, new wheel time I guess.
I wonder if there is any way I could claim on warranty , bike is only 7 months old
Thought I had a buckled rear wheel today after I started getting a bit wobbly, flipped the bike over and thought the same.
On getting home for a better look after cleaning the wheel up a bit I notices two 'rips' in the outer layer of the tyre, one on each side, not in exactly the same place on each side but each rip is about 5 inch long and overlap 80%.
Any thoughts on why this would be? here's a pic, tyre is a rocket ron, with a good 500miles on it ops:
I'm just checking now if the wheel is truish without a tyre on, and if so will fit a Ralph I have as a spare.
EDIT:
On further inspection there is a hairline crack in the rim, it goes all the way around, you can just about see it in the pic if you look close.
Bugger, new wheel time I guess.
I wonder if there is any way I could claim on warranty , bike is only 7 months old