RollinRoxy

I've read some road bike reviews, and did an advanced search here with this wheelset as my title/read the old threads. Didn't quite find my answers, so posting...

1) How much does this wheelset actually weigh if you have done so yourself, or at a lbs? Easton lists it as 1398g (I know this is without skewers, and assume w/o rim tape if this set specs it).

https://www.eastonbike.com/PRODUCTS/W...x_'09.html

2) In reading here, someone mentioned that Easton used to require that you send the wheelsets back to them for trueing, or the warranty would be void. I will call their customer service during biz hours next week (which I hear is meh), but is this still true?

TYIA!

Rox

Medpilot

My SLX's weigh in around 1500g, but they arn't the 09's.

Easton does not void the warranty if you have them trued elsewhere.

merlin55

I've had my EA90SLs for over 2 years and they don't need truing, unless you damage them. These wheels have Sapim spokes and have really high spoke tension. Once a year or so I will tighten one or two spokes a tiny fraction of a turn and call it good....but the wheels are super true and the spoke tension is so even...It make me sad to think of all the wheels I've built and how true they were

Grasschopper

Ok so the warranty being voided posts probably had me involved on a couple of them. I had a set of Circuit wheels that the rear would not stay true...my LBS trued them 4 times in 4 months before I sent them back to Easton. Easton told me that they had a bad build but since my LBS had trued them they were not going to honor the warranty. They rebuilt the rear wheel and I promptly sold the wheels. Loved the hubs, no reason they should have gone out of true so many times and that warranty policy is BS.

RollinRoxy

Thx to those of you that chimed in and answered thus far.

merlin55

I have a pair of the circuits and a pair of the ea90sl, different rims and different hubs. The new 2009 EA90sl/slx have a red colored freehub which is strictly 10speed. Older wheels have a black freehub which fits 8, 9, and 10 speed cassettes.

zacster

I've dealt with their service dept and had no problems. I had inquired once about Campy conversion and they came right back with a quote and advice. The next time was after I crashed the wheel hard. They recommended that I attempt to replace the broken spokes before I spend the money to replace the rim, and I bought a replacement pack of spokes directly from them. They arrived a few days later no problem. And they were right, I replaced the spokes myself and trued it up and have been riding it ever since. I took the slight dent of the rim out with a pair of vice grips. (Vice grips apply the pressure from one side only, a trick I learned years ago.) And yes, the spokes are tight.

I think their wheels are great. I've seen Mavics that taco'ed just swerving to avoid a dog. These took a head on crash into a car at between 20 and 25mph and only needed a few spokes replaced.