i just wanted to provide another account of someone who's been frustrated with rear o/c velocity synrergy cracking around the drive-side eyelets. two wheels professionally built less than two years ago by two different builders (one by lesnik and the other by an experienced builder here in chicago ) have developed this same problem.
i wonder if the issue is unique to velocity's o/c rims or not. it's funny, because the local builder suggested going with a non-o/c'd rear, but at my insistence went with the o/c option. i am now considering having velocity replace the defective rims with non-o/c'd versions but still wonder if that's even a factor. either way, i hope the issue is gone with recent batches, because i want to really like these rims. On Thursday, December 6, 2012 1:19:50 AM UTC-6, Tim wrote: > > Ok so I've had the Homer for 2 years and am about to get my third rear > wheel. Here's my story: Peter White built the bike and wheels. Velocity > Synergy with XT hubs and 36 spokes.I hit a pothole pretty good fairly early > in the bikes life. LBS said rim couldn't be tried so they built up another > Synergy with my hub. Fast forward to now. That wheel has maybe 5-7k miles > on it and has stress cracks all over it. They started around the spokes and > spread to the sides. So time for another. I'm working in CT now and found a > LBS that knows what a Riv is. Owner builds the wheels. Well, he says that > Synergy rims (and Velocity in general) are just not that good. I've heard > the same thing out of a couple of other people too, and they k ow more > about wheels than me. Thing is, I can't imagine why Riv and Peter would so > highly recommend them if they're poor quality. But my experiences are > making me wonder, what with 2 wheels in around 10k miles. LBS guy is > recommending a Mavic, I think one of the CXP styles saying they're much > stronger. What should I do??? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/7sNUcq9oZq0J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
