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Well built?
What are the bearings like?
Is the freehub a nice servicable one like hope hubs, or a sealed unit that develops play in 5 minutes and has to be replace at almost the same cost as a new wheel?
seem fine - got them on my TT bike spin freely and it certainly sounds like a servicable freehub rather than a pissy shimano bolt in number.
im near certain they are just rebadged version the ones xero badge up - mine came in a xero box and when compared to some xeros they have alarming similarity. not that this is a bad thing - i sold stupid numbers of xeros when i was in the shop
Nice, lightweight, cheap wheelset with good bearings. Only downside IMO is the freehub body was made of cheese on mine. Cassette dug into the splines after very little usage and was very hard to remove.
Last group ride all the shitty hope and crapy shimano were still working, the planet X sacked it after 5 miles.
My mate tried them and reckoned they flexed when climbing hard - rims rubbed on the break blocks; sound likely?
My mate tried them and reckoned they flexed when climbing hard - rims rubbed on the break blocks; sound likely?
Not on mine and I'm no lightweight.
bit flexy. mine buckled quite easily but if you're handy with a spoke key thats no real problem.
All the bits seem ok to me after about 1000 miles
Not on mine and I'm no lightweight.
He may have been unlucky with the ones he tried but he is a fast rider, light though. He usually rides a Prince with R-sys wheels so maybe he's a bit picky.
He usually rides a Prince with R-sys wheels so maybe he's a bit picky.
Yes that could possibly be it.
The prices have gone up 25%! Did they read this thread? Not so much of a bargain now, although still good. Might wait and see if the cycle sales guys have them cheep.
Handy enough with a spoke key, currently have shimano r-550 which took an extra half turn on each of the drive side rear spokes to eliminate the rubbing on the brake blocks so guess the same might have worked on these.
Mine definately flex. if you set the computer magnet towards the outside of the wheel radius and position the magnet so that it works well with the pick up, about 3-4mm. When sprinting moderately hard out of the saddle the magnet hits the sensor. Also, the rim hits the brake blocks.