What wheel is this?
09-02-09, 07:45 PM
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09-03-09, 01:24 AM
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I dont know but that guy has been running a rev x for time. I've heard the smaller ones are more reliable though
09-03-09, 09:39 AM
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You guys are babies! The first gen had a design flaw in the hub. Look for models with 3 piece hubs(between the blades). The reason for the catastrophic failures was the hub was a simple tube, with cir-clips holding the blades apart. Being held apart at the hub gives the blades their rigidity and the wheel its strength.
The cir-clips were strong, but the vibrations and oscillations of the blades at speed was enough to make the clips fail, the blades then flopped together, lost their strength and the wheel collapsed. And history was made. They continued making the wheels for over 10 years with the redesigned hubs. They are very popular with a lot of racers still and have held up to 1000's of miles of riding. Out of all the wheels sold, the reports of catastrophic failures are few, and limited to the 1st gen.
Mavic R-sys on the other hand is a different story...
The cir-clips were strong, but the vibrations and oscillations of the blades at speed was enough to make the clips fail, the blades then flopped together, lost their strength and the wheel collapsed. And history was made. They continued making the wheels for over 10 years with the redesigned hubs. They are very popular with a lot of racers still and have held up to 1000's of miles of riding. Out of all the wheels sold, the reports of catastrophic failures are few, and limited to the 1st gen.
Mavic R-sys on the other hand is a different story...
09-03-09, 09:46 AM
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carbon won't tell you when it's going to fail like steel will
09-04-09, 09:50 PM
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i didnt know there were still people around that actually believe carbon spontaneously explodes
09-04-09, 10:43 PM
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Up until 2009 only one carbon wheelset had ever finished paris-roubaix. Not as in one model, but one set of two wheels on one bike. While carbon isn't exploding for no reason, there's something to be said for aluminum wheelsets
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09-04-09, 10:53 PM
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