Originally Posted by
halbj613
maybe you got really expensive rear hubs...
thanks for the help. i went ahead and bought them
gonna have a local guy check out the bearings and everything. hope they work out well
the local bike guy said he cant check the carbon though (doesnt know if its got issues on the inside) is this something i should be concerned about?
thanks so much
I wouldn't worry. If they look good and damage free except for normal wear and scratches then they should last you a long time.
The wheel guy does regularly work with carbon wheels doesn't he? I'm not a wheel person myself, but I'd think there may be some things a wheel person might do differently, or tension wise with carbon rims as opposed to alloy.
Maybe some of the knowledgeable carbon wheel types will pipe up about that.
But no, I wouldn't worry any more about carbon than my alloy as far as "hidden" damage thing biting you.
You might need to read up casually and find out the things to do and don't with carbon. And where they might give you grief if you like to do high speed mountain descents riding the brakes for miles on end. But that'd probably be bad for alloy too if these are rim brakes instead of disc.