I've just managed to melt my Campagnolo Bora One front wheel on a descent from Mt. Fuji.
What are my options?
Suck it up? Repair the rim? Replace the rim? Plead "not fit for purpose" to Campag?
I've had them 2.5 years so they are no longer under warranty. I've contacted Campag here in Tokyo but haven't had a response yet as it's been a national holiday.
The very slight lump on the brake rim track, causes the offside brake pad to lock up as the rim pass through it. The front end then starts to judder on further application of the brake.
There is no crack and only the very slightest of surface damage and a very slight warping to the fibres of the clincher part of the rim that is visible from above, when the tyre is removed.
Are Campag, as a company, sympathetic or defensive to this kind of thing? I have the means to suck it up but it strikes me that a wheelset of this value should be able to withstand a pretty rough descent.
I totally accept that it is my fault but am a tad annoyed that such an expensive wheelset has been affected in this way.
I've descended countless mountains in the past with no consequence, although I did blow a tyre on Monte Zoncolan eons ago with ally rims!
Due to the steepness of the road and the hairpins, I was heavy on both the rear and front brakes but am genuinely surprised that this has happened.
I'd rather this not descend into a debate about the merits and demerits of carbon vs ally rims, disc brakes vs rim brakes or even Shimano vs Campag!
I own and have used all of the above. I am simply canvassing opinion on what has happened and what I could and should do next.
Thank you in advance.
What are my options?
Suck it up? Repair the rim? Replace the rim? Plead "not fit for purpose" to Campag?
I've had them 2.5 years so they are no longer under warranty. I've contacted Campag here in Tokyo but haven't had a response yet as it's been a national holiday.
The very slight lump on the brake rim track, causes the offside brake pad to lock up as the rim pass through it. The front end then starts to judder on further application of the brake.
There is no crack and only the very slightest of surface damage and a very slight warping to the fibres of the clincher part of the rim that is visible from above, when the tyre is removed.
Are Campag, as a company, sympathetic or defensive to this kind of thing? I have the means to suck it up but it strikes me that a wheelset of this value should be able to withstand a pretty rough descent.
I totally accept that it is my fault but am a tad annoyed that such an expensive wheelset has been affected in this way.
I've descended countless mountains in the past with no consequence, although I did blow a tyre on Monte Zoncolan eons ago with ally rims!
Due to the steepness of the road and the hairpins, I was heavy on both the rear and front brakes but am genuinely surprised that this has happened.
I'd rather this not descend into a debate about the merits and demerits of carbon vs ally rims, disc brakes vs rim brakes or even Shimano vs Campag!
I own and have used all of the above. I am simply canvassing opinion on what has happened and what I could and should do next.
Thank you in advance.