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Cracked carbon rim
#1
anybody out there know where i can get a roval/reynolds 38cm rear carbon clincher wheel repaired and one spoke replaced. its cracked on the spoke surface and not thru the entire wheel.
thanks
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#2
Don't.

There is no good appearing way to make the repair - it will be a large ugly patch attached with a two part epoxy.

The rest of the story is; if you have one crack around a spoke hole, you probably have cracks around other spoke holes.

Likely you need to replace the rim.
Nigel
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