my cracking synergies are both o/c, but one is 36 hole (lesnik built) and the other is 32 (LBS built). i should say the 32 has seen much less use, though the cracking is not quite as extensive. also, the front synergies are just fine.
On Sunday, December 9, 2012 12:20:45 PM UTC-6, Earl Grey wrote: > > I seem to remember from past threads that it was particularly the 36 hole > O/C Synergies that were cracking. If you have cracked a Synergy, can you > state whether it was O/C and 36 hole? > > I have two 32 hole O/C Synergies on two bikes, with one around 4000 mi/3 > yrs, the other maybe 1500mi/2 yrs, mostly unloaded, but the second one is > on my rim-braked rigid 29er and sees a lot of single track. Both of them > are fine. I weigh 175lbs, but bought non-O/C Synergy rears for my next two > projects to be safe. Getting rims shipped to Thailand is an expensive pain > in the rear. The only bike I have ever broken spokes on is a tandem with > no-name hubs that don't support the spoke elbows well, so for me the O/C > benefit is theoretical and not worth the risk, though as I said, both my > O/C Synergies are fine so far. > > Gernot > Thailand > > On Sunday, December 9, 2012 5:45:39 AM UTC+7, Leslie wrote: >> >> I thought it was pretty clear to be predominantly a batch of O/C >> Synergies, some Chukkers too it seems... And Velocity not only is easily >> swapping rims, but have made production changes to address... >> >> I'm curious to see if the problem continues, or if it is solved... >> > -- 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/-/AC9HUpDIZlQJ. 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.
