Originally Posted by
simonaway427
Well, regardless of how poorly manufactured these rims are perceived to be, I think you'd be hard pressed to find one that simply folds in half - you're exaggerated just a bit there.
That is, unless Cav rides chinese rims
And no, I didn't mean crash replacement. I meant smaller things like spokes breaking, hub failures, rim defects etc....
That was a Zipp 404, and after that happened the wheel straightened out enough to ride across the finish line on. Here is a pic of the wheel after the fact.
This being said, I recently bought a pair of Easton EC90TT wheels for crit racing. The front rim was cracked and destroyed. I bought the pair for $300, and the back was mint. At the time a local shop that is an Easton dealer told me for $350 I could get the wheel crash replaced through Easton. I figured $650 total would be a nice set of crit wheels. Well the priced changed once I bought the wheels to $550 for the replacement, so now I am thinking of going Novatec/China 50mm tubie front for $180+shipping on ebay. For a crit wheel I don't really care. I can alway change the bearings if I need to, and having a good Easton hub in the back is always good. I am seriously considering it now.