spinergy rev x for beginner tt'er?
12-30-13, 10:41 AM
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spinergy rev x for beginner tt'er?
I found a decent set of spinergy rev x for $260 and was wondering if they're ok for a beginner time trialist like myself. I have done a couple of the local tt this year and fell in love with it. I'm planning to use just the front and put disc cover on the rears(I'm using my track bike for this). I've read a lot of mixed reviews and from the sound of if the gen4 are the ones to get. The set I'm looking at are the gen4 but this is where I need you guys and gals help me decide if this is a smart investment or not. I'm a noob racer on a budget lol.
12-30-13, 10:49 AM
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12-30-13, 10:59 AM
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USAC, not sure -- look it up, but not likely.
Mediocre durability, not very aero, not very stiff, unfriendly failure response. $260? Wheelbuilder.com disc cover for your rear, and pick up a used deep carbon metal-spoked wheel for your front, and you're in for probably the same money and better performance.
Mediocre durability, not very aero, not very stiff, unfriendly failure response. $260? Wheelbuilder.com disc cover for your rear, and pick up a used deep carbon metal-spoked wheel for your front, and you're in for probably the same money and better performance.
12-30-13, 11:33 AM
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I think the risk is overblown, that unpleasantness with Michele Bartoli's kneecap in the 1999 Tour of Germany was a freakish accident, he probably wouldn't have had much of a career left anyway, and the subsequent UCI change in the rules so that wheels had to pass a "disintegrating shards" test and not have room between the "spokes" larger than main body parts was an over-reaction.
12-30-13, 11:37 AM
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interestingly enough I've, on more than one occasion, had to go up to an official at the start line and point out that those wheels are on the start line and have been illegal for longer than they should have even survived.
12-30-13, 11:57 AM
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I think the risk is overblown, that unpleasantness with Michele Bartoli's kneecap in the 1999 Tour of Germany was a freakish accident, he probably wouldn't have had much of a career left anyway, and the subsequent UCI change in the rules so that wheels had to pass a "disintegrating shards" test and not have room between the "spokes" larger than main body parts was an over-reaction.
12-30-13, 12:23 PM
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Expensive dental work to say the least.
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Nah, just letting my imagination take me a bit further after wr posed the question of what might happen if 1/8 of your spokes failed spectacularly.
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I think the risk is overblown, that unpleasantness with Michele Bartoli's kneecap in the 1999 Tour of Germany was a freakish accident, he probably wouldn't have had much of a career left anyway, and the subsequent UCI change in the rules so that wheels had to pass a "disintegrating shards" test and not have room between the "spokes" larger than main body parts was an over-reaction.
But when applied to operator safety "enhanced risk" might be understating:
https://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-020/
Spinergy notes on their website that you should regularly inspect these (using "especially" with this wheel) but given that most people are quite competent in the nuances of carbon fiber inspection...
OP, I know of a set of Hed trispoke tubulars for $500. PM me if you're interested.
