HELP:My Lightweight Wheel got a hole on one spoke

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lyq0322

Post subject: HELP:My Lightweight Wheel got a hole on one spoke

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:03 pm

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I have a trouble.
I just the new Lightweight wheels last week. I was too excited and didn't do a total checking.
Look at this spoke,a small hole. It's new,I take my bike home and find the small hole.
Will this hole make my wheel weaker than others?
I'm waiting for some answers.
:cry:

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2002maniac

Post subject: Re: HELP:My Lightweight Wheel got a hole on one spoke

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:21 pm

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Location: Utah, USA

See if you can upload a better/larger picture. It's really hard to see what's going on there...

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jdp211

Post subject: Re: HELP:My Lightweight Wheel got a hole on one spoke

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:41 pm

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^^This, the hole looks way smooth to be from a ding. You said the wheels are new?

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petepeterson

Post subject: Re: HELP:My Lightweight Wheel got a hole on one spoke

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:58 pm

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What did the shop say?!?!??

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HammerTime2

Post subject: Re: HELP:My Lightweight Wheel got a hole on one spoke

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:41 pm

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Location: Wherever there's a mountain beckoning to be climbed

Take better pictures, and email them, with the wheel's product number, to CarbonSports for their assessment. Perhaps a CarbonSports representative will show up on this thread, but you should go ahead and send an email.

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roca rule

Post subject: Re: HELP:My Lightweight Wheel got a hole on one spoke

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:58 am

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Location: so. cal.

hopefully you are in europe. better to ask carbonsports, but i think they are going to say that it is safe to ride.

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CarbonSportsGmbH

Post subject: Re: HELP:My Lightweight Wheel got a hole on one spoke

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:19 pm

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lyq0322 wrote:

[...]Look at this spoke,a small hole. It's new,I take my bike home and find the small hole.
Will this hole make my wheel weaker than others?[...]

This "hole" is not really a hole but a cast of some dirt in the spokes mold. This is nothing you have to worry about - it will not weaken your spoke or wheel as the complete bunch of fibres is undamaged.

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