[warnette]

Cleaning my bike today and noticed what appears to be cracks all along the rim. Im not a big guy and suck to much to ride that hard...
Is this just the paint cracking or something more?

 

[padrefan1982]

I'd be curious to know: 1) does the rest of this rim look like that? 2) what does your other rim look like?

 

[warnette]

I'd be curious to know: 1) does the rest of this rim look like that? 2) what does your other rim look like?

The rest of the rim looks like that and the front wheel to a lesser extent.

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[PepperJester]

Looks more like scratches to me then cracks but it's hard to tell from a photo.

 

[Terra YSN]

Have the same issue with the same rims. Shop took a look, spoke to specialized. Word was it's just cracks in the anodized finish.... Rode my wheels (hard) all summer and fall last year and they did not explode!

 

[skiwi]

Hard to tell from the photo - it could just be cracks in the paint. Take it to your LBS and get them to check it. I would say that it would be very rare for an alloy rim to crack longitudinally like that....