Does a slight strip mean the hub is completely useless for brakeless riding?
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Does a slight strip mean the hub is completely useless for brakeless riding?
threads are still very deep so i just wanted to make sure. does it look bad?
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* what's the widest cog thread on the market? i hear EAI is thick but is there thicker?
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* what's the widest cog thread on the market? i hear EAI is thick but is there thicker?
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Why did you make yet another thread for this
take it to where you bought it; nobody can tell anything from your cel phone pictures
take it to where you bought it; nobody can tell anything from your cel phone pictures
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Those wheels are funny in person because you're all like 'whats the big deal? Oversize bmx mag wheels?'
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i laughed. no one in NYC riding those crappy wheels hasn't had problems with the rear hub. a word to the wise... don't buy aerospoke rear wheels. they're complete and utter crap.
if you do buy them, don't come whining when they fall apart.
that is all.
if you do buy them, don't come whining when they fall apart.
that is all.
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I laugh everytime I see some kid in Brooklyn on one of those wheelsets. They're heavy as **** and yes, the hubs strip almost immediatly after 100 miles or so. What's the point in riding carbon if they aren't lighter than standard wheels?
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They aren't carbon per se... some kind of polymer. They could be carbon reinforced, but they are essentially plastic.
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Originally Posted by johnprolly
I laugh everytime I see some kid in Brooklyn on one of those wheelsets. They're heavy as **** and yes, the hubs strip almost immediatly after 100 miles or so. What's the point in riding carbon if they aren't lighter than standard wheels?
i bought them for looks but mainly for the strength they are said to have (ill put that to test and hopefully they don't fail). im not looking to have he lightest thing in the world. i just took them to the shop and he fixed things so i rode from 42nd to E233 Whiteplains. Let me say HOLY CRAP these bastards are hard to pedal against but they provide a great workout at the sacrifice of top speed.
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hahaha. I think they "look cool" - like as a concept sketch from a industrial designer looks cool... I threw a set on my KHS, picked it up and it felt a lot heavier. Decided to go with a traditional build.
Why invest the money into a set of wheels that you can't true or repair if they crack?
Why invest the money into a set of wheels that you can't true or repair if they crack?
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Originally Posted by johnprolly
hahaha. I think they "look cool" - like as a concept sketch from a industrial designer looks cool... I threw a set on my KHS, picked it up and it felt a lot heavier. Decided to go with a traditional build.
Why invest the money into a set of wheels that you can't true or repair if they crack?
Why invest the money into a set of wheels that you can't true or repair if they crack?
*A-spoke has a deal to replace them for $150 damaged or not so that could be counted as a bonus i guess? at least its not car insurance or gas $$$ is what i say to justify things
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better get a new hub or a front brake
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Originally Posted by Gyeswho
i heard it takes ALOT to put these out of commission and they don't just go out of true. the riding i do is not about tricks but riding to get places and i *wanted* but did not need these but i've had my eyes on these wheels for a while now. yea they are stinkin heavy as a pair but if they can handle the holes of NY without needing service then i think they are worth it, but this is just me. i may be a fool for getting them but i hope they serve me well
*A-spoke has a deal to replace them for $150 damaged or not so that could be counted as a bonus i guess? at least its not car insurance or gas $$$ is what i say to justify things
*A-spoke has a deal to replace them for $150 damaged or not so that could be counted as a bonus i guess? at least its not car insurance or gas $$$ is what i say to justify things
why the hell would you buy a wheel where the only answer to fixing it is sending it back to the manufacturer and then paying them 150 bucks to fix something that they built like crap in the first place and was destroyed--not in an accident, but just from normal use.
that doesn't sound like the indestructable, practical product you're trying so hard to convince yourself and everyone else that you've bought. keep the front and ditch the rear. get a HED rear or--better yet--a traditional spoked one.
if it's just looks, it's just looks. fine, but that's really all it could be. there's nothing practical about their rear wheels.
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Originally Posted by visitordesign
i'm still confused though. when i rebuilt my front wheel on my comuter in the fall when i was hit, i built a new deep-v onto the phil from the destroyed wheel with the same spokes and nipples--total cost, one deep-v and a few hours to dismantle the old wheel and build the new one. i beat the hell out of my bikes on the same streets that you do. the wheel hasn't even gone a hair out of true.
why the hell would you buy a wheel where the only answer to fixing it is sending it back to the manufacturer and then paying them 150 bucks to fix something that they built like crap in the first place and was destroyed--not in an accident, but just from normal use.
that doesn't sound like the indestructable, practical product you're trying so hard to convince yourself and everyone else that you've bought. keep the front and ditch the rear. get a HED rear or--better yet--a traditional spoked one.
if it's just looks, it's just looks. fine, but that's really all it could be. there's nothing practical about their rear wheels.
why the hell would you buy a wheel where the only answer to fixing it is sending it back to the manufacturer and then paying them 150 bucks to fix something that they built like crap in the first place and was destroyed--not in an accident, but just from normal use.
that doesn't sound like the indestructable, practical product you're trying so hard to convince yourself and everyone else that you've bought. keep the front and ditch the rear. get a HED rear or--better yet--a traditional spoked one.
if it's just looks, it's just looks. fine, but that's really all it could be. there's nothing practical about their rear wheels.
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Originally Posted by doofo
dude stop buying the most expensive ****
your problems will be half as exspensive and your ride will be 7/8 as good
your problems will be half as exspensive and your ride will be 7/8 as good
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Originally Posted by Quacker
just thow it up on ebay. I mean hey you bought it why not some other sucker?
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I had been riding my front aerospoke for a while and recently had them send me a track hub for it. if you look at the other thread about this you can read about it all. Right now its working good, but the begining was annoying. I haven'thad any strippage but it seems like it might be a good idea to use loctite on the threads that hold the hub in place, cause it seems to be a problem area.
I will keep you posted if it fails or anything, and then i will pop the front hub back in and ride it that way.
I will keep you posted if it fails or anything, and then i will pop the front hub back in and ride it that way.
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Originally Posted by G0balistik
I had been riding my front aerospoke for a while and recently had them send me a track hub for it. if you look at the other thread about this you can read about it all. Right now its working good, but the begining was annoying. I haven'thad any strippage but it seems like it might be a good idea to use loctite on the threads that hold the hub in place, cause it seems to be a problem area.
I will keep you posted if it fails or anything, and then i will pop the front hub back in and ride it that way.
I will keep you posted if it fails or anything, and then i will pop the front hub back in and ride it that way.