Fellow Luddites and #ProfAmateur warriors;
What do you use to remove glue and tape residue from your carbon tubular rims?
The proper stuff, or is there a household item which works well without damaging carbon rims.
Cheers
i’ve had quite a bit of success with WD40.
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Mine have got an aluminium brake track but I used an old plastic tyre lever that had snapped off. I ground the end to the exact shape of the rim and used that as a scraper.
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I used white spirit. probably not ideal but as long as you wash it off well after. didnt cause damage but they were PoS Planet Flex 50’s so i didnt care too much
Tbh I’ve not had much of an issue with the tape I’ve used; it normally just comes off with the tyre. Any residue I just wipe away with white spirit like Hammerer; then wash that off using soapy water.
What does that mean???
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PoS - Piece of Shit
50’s - 50mm wheels
Planet Flex surely you heard that one? What everyone at velodrome calls them as their bikes flex as do their wheels under load.
I thought POS was well known!
I like Planet X generally but their wheels seem to be a real blind spot, rarely hear a good word about them.
the track frames are awful. you get in a bunch with one of those and they are all over the place as they bend under stress and the torque put through them is a lot higher than a time trial bike for instance.
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NOPE!
PoS = Point of Sale.
Not heard any of those sayings.
Methylated Spirits seem to be better than White spirit.
No, he means to clean rims, not drink.
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Surely that’s only when talking about EPOS?
Anyone in the know, knows POS is an adjective to describe sub-optimal items 
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EFTPOS?
PDQ’s? (pretty damn quick’s)
Don’t you just buy new wheels? 
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there was life (and retail) before tintin net…