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Originally Posted by roger89
I know, I wish I knew that b4 I bought my wheels together with my bike..
But I think it aint that bad. I don't really need high quality wheels. These wheels I have now would last me a long time as long as I don't damage it by accident. I weigh about 128lb.. should be fine.. I hope. |
Originally Posted by thelung
I have put a couple thousand miles on the DA22s that came stock on my F90 and have had no problems.
Pros: Inexpensive, look decent. Cons: Hubs are not super smooth, poorly tensioned spokes. |
My DA22s started breaking spokes pretty early on and I kept replacing until it got up to a one a week frequency when i made the switch to Open Pros laced by wheelsmith and never had another problem.
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Mine have been trash. Metal burrs on the inside of the rim, broken spokes, and need truing every 500 miles. Absurd.
I am ordering Mike Garcia wheels soon. |
I have a set of ALEX 450's that came stockl on a trek 1000 and have no complaints at all. Have about 3500 miles on the set. Use them now as backup set on my rollers but No problems at all. Trued once but was caused by a large pothole I hit.
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I have Alex 450's on my commuter that came with my Lemond Reno. I've lost track of how many times they've gone out of tru. Sometime I feel they would go out of tru by evil stares and harsh language alone, forget potholes.
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My rear Alex DA22s go out of true every 200 miles or so.
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A lot of people dis Alex rims but I've never once had a problem with mine. I run them on my Specialized road bike and my Cross Check commuter. They are strong and stay true. No complaints from me.
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Wow - indeed this thread has been dug up from the dead. As I posted when it happened, I had 2500 trouble free miles on the ALX-295 wheelset that came on my '05 Allez Elite. When the first spoke popped on the rear - the LBS found one that fit (a rolf spoke I think) and put me back on the road. 30 days later, when the second one broke I asked the LBS to see if they can't rework the wheel to make it less likely to keep popping the spokes. Seems there were multiple problems gettting the proper replacement spokes - so the LBS gave me a loaner to ride, and during the next month I ended up buying a mike garcia DTSwiss R1.1 rear wheel while I waited. Well the LBS called one day and said the specialized rep scrapped the wheels, and told me to bring in the bike where they put on a set of Mavic CXP-22's laced to Shimano 105 hubs. Good trade for me, cause I got some durable wheels - which may well end up on a commuter once I get the matching front from Mike Garcia.
I go about 220, and those ALX wheels were solid for 2500 miles, but apparently once the troubles start - cutting the losses is a good idea. |
the alx wheels that came on my dolce have just short of 10,000 miles on them.... no problems at all!
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I had all sorts of problems with Alex 330s, all on the rear wheel. Popped rear spokes, out of true, finally rear hub cracked, all in 2000 miles. That's a brand I would not buy.
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Had a front DA22 on my bike for a few weeks. Its a comfortable wheel to ride on, but it is heavy. A good wheel for cruising around.
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They've been bombproof for 5 years.................on my mountain bike.
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I had an Alex wheelset on my Specialized and they were garbage!
When I upgraded my bike this past year I made a comment about the problem to my LBS (seeing Alex rims on some of the bikes in his shop) and the owner noted that Alex is the largest wheel manufacturer in the world and sells A LOT of rims to other companies who put their name on the rim. He said that my problem was the Alex rims didn't work well with the Richey hubs on my Allez but that as long as you get a quality rim and match it with proper components there is nothing intrinsically wrong with them. So, yeah their budget rims are poor (probably not too much worse than other rims at the same price point) and they're higher end stuff is probably OK (although I wouldn't take the chance with my cash :) ) |
I currently weigh 240 pounds and I have Alex AT 450s on my Trek 1000. The front is fine with 3800 miles on them, however the rear wheel kept popping spokes whenever I leaned into a corner, I replaced the rear with a Mavic CXP-30 and that problem went away.
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Just to add my 2cents. I'm 6'4", 220 lbs and my New Raleigh Supercourse came with Alex AT400 rims. I busted 6 spokes in the first 600 miles. All on the rear rim, all on the drive side. Not sure if the rims are to blame, or the spokes, or just the combination of the two together. I was really getting bummed out about it. My LBS gave me a replacement rear rim- Mavic XCP. While he was swapping the rims for me, another guy came into the shop with the exact same problem. And, I have a friend who also purchased a Raleigh Supercourse in '05 and she also has had at least one broken spoke. In my opinion, the Alex's are not very good. I have now ridden another 600 miles on the Mavic with no problems.
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UPDATE:
It finally happend! I noticed a broken spoke on my rear Alex AT450, non-drive side lastnight for my commute home. I grabbed some replacement spokes from the LBS, but I have no faith in Alex Wheels...at least the lowend stuff. I didn't feel like fixing it last night, so I borrowed the wife's rear wheel, Alex DA22 :eek: |
I have a pair of Alex-ALX 290 wheels that came with my 05 Specialized Roubaix.
I've got 3,800 plus miles on them. I popped TWO front wheel spokes at the hubs, back to back, on the smooth and flats, one week apart at the 1,500 mile mark. That had me worried there for just a minute! Since then, no troubles before nor since. At my ride level, I $ee no need to upgrade until/unless I have to. POST EDIT: Forgot that I replaced the Free Wheel at the 3,000 mile mark. |
i have a set of the alex r 500's on my scott speedster s3, and i already have an issue with the rear wheel, it seems to have gotten tweaked while riding and now i cant keep the spokes evenly tensioned.
i am wondering if my upgrade to the mavic krysilum might come before i thought. dont have any money for that now sadly |
I had the ALX295s on my Roubaix from stock until this month when I replaced them. Back hub started to go, and the rear wheel was slowly, but surely working its way out of true. I had about 2200 miles on them when I replaced them. I'm already much happier with the feel of the hand assembled mavic pros I got to replace them. When I started riding indoors on my rollers this year I could really feel the "squish" of the ALX rims when I got out of the saddle. I don't get any of that on the mavics. I'm 6'2", 190lbs.
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Originally Posted by Grimmreaper
I currently weigh 240 pounds and I have Alex AT 450s on my Trek 1000. The front is fine with 3800 miles on them, however the rear wheel kept popping spokes whenever I leaned into a corner, I replaced the rear with a Mavic CXP-30 and that problem went away.
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I was looking for reviews on the Roubaix bike that had these wheels on and this is what a reviewer said.
Wheels Somebody needs to tell the wheel designers that removing most of the spokes from a wheel means that you will need to either a) make the rim stronger or b) make the spokes stronger - preferably both. Specialized have specced the flash-looking Alex A-Class ALX295 on their Roubaix bikes, sadly they have neither of the wheel prerequisites. Radially (up/down) they are aggressive and harsh and laterally (side to side) they are so mushy you have to let the brakes off to prevent the pads rubbing when you crank the bike out of the saddle. Take a look at the weedy front hub and it'll explain more of the flex. Wheels need to be strong and taught first and lightweight second, these were simply neither one thing or the other. The only saving grace for the wheel department are the tyres. Specialized began their business making tyres and the Specialized All Conditions Pro tyres are the best they've produced since the Turbo tyre some twenty plus years ago. Grippy in the wet and fast rolling, they also kept the thorns and glass at bay during some rotten weather in the test period. My advice would be to upgrade the wheels at the earliest opportunity, they simply don't live up to this otherwise excellent bike. I just don't know why they didn't go for a complete 105 group and a better set of wheels? It would be a far more sensible option - to meet the price point and keep the bike riding as it should. I decided on switching the stock wheels for my old set of slightly heavier Mavix Axiums. |
Originally Posted by DMeado
I have not had any major problems with this same set of rims, but this weekend, pretty much out of the blue (having carried out regular checks), the rear one cracked on a downhill stretch of road. So, I am now nursing a nasty case of roadrash and browsing online for some better alternatives as the replacements. :rolleyes: None of my local stores seem to have a good word to say about Alex rims, but I hadn't really had a problem, except with the rear needing trued every 1000 miles or so.
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Originally Posted by cydewaze
Nice re-dredge of an 04 topic. lol!
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240 lbs, commute everyday. Rode for about 3 months now. Adjusted one spoke. No problems so far (knock).
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