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Old 09-12-11 | 06:41 PM
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Bikes: 2015 Cannondale Evo Hi mod

Is this normal...

I have had my boyd vitesse 30mm wheels now for a couple months. straight off the bat I felt there was a lot of flex in this wheel but didn't know if it was really flex or if it was the fact that it was so much lighter than my previous set and just not used to it. I posted a thread earlier asking and Mr. Boyd made a suggestion that i tighten the hub using 2 5mm allens. Which I did, but did not see any difference in the amount of movement side to side. I would guess there is 1/16 of play side to side. The skewers are TIGHT, the hub is as tight as I can get them by hand (didn't want to try to get them any tighter). There also seems to be some flex in the rear. In this video, it shoes the rear wheel moving. It is hard to show since it is such a small amount of movement. When I tried to flex/move the wheel I tried to do so without jaring the rest of the bike but as you can see in the video, there is a little bit of movement in it. If there is a better angle to which you think it would show more let me know and i will try it. the wheel is true and doesn't appear to be off balance or wobbly while I'm riding.

http://vimeo.com/28962104

is this a normal amount of play/flex???
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