Wow...I can just feel the endo. Ouch, oh...
I've ridden Mavic Reflex and Open Pros for years before going with a
Riv and Rich built wheels. Despite the annoying "tic" sound that can
occur at times due to the joining piece at the seam, the wheels
performed flawlessly. Alloy all the way.
I didn't
There are other carbon-fiber spoked wheels out there that have been
performing well for years. This particular Mavic rim is just a bad design
and prone to failures. But then again, so are the Ksyriums for that matter,
which are metal rims with metal spokes. I've seen enough of them taco'ed to
st
+1
Rich build all the wheels my wife and I use. If you want the spend
the money and light enough, he can build you something as light as
most "light" wheels out there but with 32 spokes.
On Jun 16, 8:22 pm, Will wrote:
> Hi. After reading the following VeloNews article, I suddenly feel
> thank
One way of looking at this: regardless of the fault (frame, tire,
wheel, rider) the severity of the failure (almost guaranteed crash)
will keep me well clear of carbon spokes.
I've got nothing against Mavic, I have their aluminum rims on three of
my Rivendells.
Angus
On Jun 17, 1:47 am, Big Pa
To be clear, I wasn't advocating Mavic's postion, but felt that their
response should be noted.
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On Jun 16, 2009, at 11:01 PM, Big Paulie wrote:
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> http://velonews.com/article/93240/mavic-responds-to-wheel-collapse-
> article
>
> This is the wheel manufacturer's response... worth reading. Maybe
> carbon spokes weren't to blame...but a carbon frame was.
Even were that the case- and I doub
Although nothing conclusive has been determined regarding the actual cause of
this structural failure (spokes vs. rim vs. tire vs. frame material), when I
get a flat tire on my metal wheels, they don't blow apart like a Christmas
cracker. The culprit here, fundamentally, is carbon and using it
I don't know about the frame being at fault. I can almost see a flat
tire rolling off of the rim, being trapped between the rim and the
fork (causing the marks shown inside the fork in the original
article), and locking the wheel up. That could cause a fall, and
could explain the sheared off val
http://velonews.com/article/93240/mavic-responds-to-wheel-collapse-article
This is the wheel manufacturer's response... worth reading. Maybe
carbon spokes weren't to blame...but a carbon frame was.
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Carbon spokes... what a terrible idea. Sorry, but no weight savings
is worth the risk, not at any level of riding, IMHO.
Karl
On Jun 16, 8:22 pm, Will wrote:
> Hi. After reading the following VeloNews article, I suddenly feel
> thankful for Grant/RBW’s wheel-building philosophies and my Rich
>
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