Hi everyone,
bought a set of Campagnolos last year and unfortunately one of the rear Rims has a lot of bondo on it, covering a long crack.
The rest are fine and now I need another 10X15 rim. I know they are rare, but if you have one or a set of 15x10 let me know.
Best regards and as always, sorry for my bad english,
Georg
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Early long rib 15” x 10” or later short rib 15” x 10”? Also, who did you buy them from? If there’s someone out there scamming Pantera owners, we all need to know who it is.
Could the crack be welded and the wheel refinished?
short rib, thanks for the hint.
I bought them from a friend, who bought them more than 10 years ago and never installed them. That's all I know.
I gave the rim to a specialist who welds magnesium and has his own business repairing rims and he refused to weld it. The rim itself also has a massive radial run out (hope thats the correct word) and had 80gramm alone without tire.
I will definitely not use the rim and won't sell it to anyone.
Has anyone tried the following:
There is a simple test for the health of a Campy wheel when the tire is off. Hit the wheel with a hammer (the part that normally cover by the tire) and it should ring like a bell. The bell like sound means the wheel is probably healthy. If the sound is dull or different than the other wheels in the set then the wheel most likely has a problem.
Georg, is it possible to try this test on your damaged wheel?
I already hit the Rim with a little hammer. I got hit back by a piece of bondo that flew of...
As soon as I get back the rim from the welder (who won't weld it), I can perform the test. To be honest, I am looking forward to hit it with a hammer. 
Do not destroy it. Somebody might like it as a souvenir or part of furniture.
Thank you, but I already have a V12-Coffee-Table, I don't think my Wife would approve additional "Special furniture"...
@steve: i tried your test, but i couldn't hear a significant difference.
@all: here are 2 pictures of the damaged part of the rim. As you can see it is exactly where the tire would sit.
And embarassingly it is a long rib, not a short rib. So if somebody has a long rib rim he wants to sell, please contact me. 
Georg, thanks for doing the hammer test. It looks like the test is of no use if there is damage to the outer part of the rim. In the near term I will be refinishing a set of Campy wheels and will test all four when the tires are off. Based on this episode there is no guarantee that the wheels are good if they all sound the same. Contrarily, if one is off it could point to an internal issue.
Hi Steve,
I had a little bit of remorse after reading your post. You definitely can hear a difference if you hit the wheel very close to the crack, but a few cm away (1 inch or so) you can't hear anything.
Because the crack is so close to the bend, it may not have that big of an acoustic impact.
But, Georg, since you are located in Germany, I would be interested in your wheel. I live in Belgium. ;-)
Find another welder. That wheel is difficult enough to replace and worth enough to spend a few hundred dollars to weld, anneal and refinish it. Note to welders- the alloy Campagnolo used on street wheels is different from that used in the GR-4 and other Campy 10" race wheels.
As can be seen above, I won't sell it.
I wrote Roin an Email and he got back to me yesterday. As nobody wants or can sell me their rims, I think those are the way to go.
But I have to say, not cheap either.
Don’t forget Marvic. They also have exact replicas. Perhaps more “exact” than Roin!
Roin rims were around $1K each last time I priced them. NOTE - ask Roin if his wheels are legal here in the US - I doubt it. I had a set of rims stopped by customs a few years ago because of that. Fedex could not get them released until I filled out paperwork. Just trying to make you an informed buyer prepared to navigate the US Department of Transportation. PM me if you want more info.
