RIM DAMAGE, best way to address?
10-23-08, 10:04 PM
#1
All-Around Newbie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Cerritos, CALIFORNIA (SOCAL)
Posts: 296
Bikes: 2006 Felt F80
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
RIM DAMAGE, best way to address?
So today while doing a few adjustments and taking my bike for a ride I noticed that when I use my rear brake that I hear a little "bump" sound... it only occurred when I use the REAR brakes... and only at the proper intervals (if the wheel is spinning fast the bump sound more frequent... slow then less frequent)...
I pull back home check the rear rim, and realize that at the outer edge of the rim has a CHIP, about the size of a ball point pen gouge. Will this have any bearing aside from the annoying "bump" sound when I use my rear brake? Should I make an attempt to "resurface" the rim?
Please advise, thanks
I pull back home check the rear rim, and realize that at the outer edge of the rim has a CHIP, about the size of a ball point pen gouge. Will this have any bearing aside from the annoying "bump" sound when I use my rear brake? Should I make an attempt to "resurface" the rim?
Please advise, thanks
10-23-08, 10:19 PM
#4
Over the hill
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 24,183
Bikes: Giant Defy, Giant Revolt
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 922 Post(s)
Liked 1,060 Times
in
618 Posts
10-23-08, 10:33 PM
#5
All-Around Newbie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Cerritos, CALIFORNIA (SOCAL)
Posts: 296
Bikes: 2006 Felt F80
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
It's at the very edge of the braking surface... very edge, that's what I was planning on doing actually the whole sanding thing! But just wanted to make sure it would be okay
10-24-08, 06:28 AM
#6
Making a kilometer blurry
Are you sure that's what's causing the irregular braking? A little chip like that should just rip a little groove into the pad, and you'd never know about it again. I would suspect that the rim wall is actually bent there or elsewhere, and it could be bent back with careful use of an adjustable wrench (pliers would gouge).
Anyway, for a chip, snag, or ridge, sand paper is fine.
Anyway, for a chip, snag, or ridge, sand paper is fine.
10-24-08, 06:30 AM
#7
Ho-Jahm
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Manchester, NH
Posts: 4,228
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Occasionally I get a 'bump' from my rim joint when braking, but it tends to just go away after a while. I think it has to do with temperature, but am not sure.
As for a chip that small, I wouldn't worry about it unless you're doing 15 mile mountain descents regularly.
As for a chip that small, I wouldn't worry about it unless you're doing 15 mile mountain descents regularly.
10-24-08, 10:05 AM
#9
Still on training wheels
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: LIC - NYC
Posts: 257
Bikes: 2008 Cannondale CAAD9 5
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
10-24-08, 01:52 PM
#11
All-Around Newbie
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Cerritos, CALIFORNIA (SOCAL)
Posts: 296
Bikes: 2006 Felt F80
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Thanks for all the help guys, I'm most certain it's there, I checked the rim to see if it was bent, looks all good otherwise for that chip, time to sandpaper it up
Thanks for the thread link sprintr
Thanks for the thread link sprintr
