Hey cyclotourist - and all Sorry to come in late on this. Velocity replaced my rear rim.
The first time I saw it seemed to be an electrolysis issue which is how I descibed it to them. They no longer use that particular material on newer rims. The original set were Aeroheads made in Australia. They have replaced quite a few evidently. They were quite nice about it. They even offered to re-lace the wheel for me, but I was in a hurry at the time. Interesting theory about tube valves though. ;) Phil B Sonoma County On Friday, September 18, 2015 at 11:54:10 AM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Third flat in two years from valve stem ripping out of the tube on my > front Velocity Synergy rim. First two were catastrophic during rides, > almost dumping me. The third time was this morning when I went out to the > garage. > > Rim tape seems fine. No burrs on valve stem hole. I put an extra layer of > Velox tape over to reinforce the area. Cut out a small 1X1cm of tube and > slipped over the valve stem to reinforce that. I don't over-tighten the > valve lock-nut and am leaving it off after this morning repair. > > Running out of options here! Any suggestion? If not, is this possibly a > warranty issue for defective rim? I'd hate to send it back and have > Velocity write about me on their blog. > > -- > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
