Originally Posted by
ausdb
Are you talking about the Roval Fusee EL 28's? if so then can you please have a look at these photos on Flickr
Roval Wheel and tell me if your spokes broke in the same place? I have a two and a half month old 2010 Roubaix Expert and have broken numerous rear drive side spokes in less than 1500km of riding.
If Specialized are saying that the failure is due to incorrect threadlocker then I think they are trying to blow smoke up your you know what!
Every time a spoke has broken on mine there has been about 1mm of thread left on the nipple and the failure point is right in the middle of where the spoke passes through the wall of the rim. To have threads in this section seems to be a poor design to me but I don't design wheels and are just starting to battle with my LBS and in turn Specialized on what they are going to do to resolve the issue.
My Roval Fusee SL 28 spoke broke in the same place as yours.
I don't fully understand the problem with the wheel, but Specialized readily admitted a problem and warrantied the wheels. I don't think they would benefit by making up a reason for the failures.
I did opt for an upgrade to the Fusee SL 25 from the original equipment Fusee SL 28.
I received the new wheels yesterday. I am very happy with them so far. I have not heard of problems with the SL 25 wheels.