Looking at some new cheapish wheels, saw these and thought they look good deal.
Tesla on tl28 650b rims.
Rims and hubs get pretty well reviewed in the press and sapim spokes as well .
Anyone ride them and have any real world experience of them ?
Read plenty of anecdotal pluses and minuses for superstar.
But really after real world experiences please.
Cheers
I have a pair on 26in and they have been fine. Such is the level of comment about SS on here that I have actually checked the spoke tension after every ride , something I have never done before, with no problems discovered.
The wheels are used on a Soul in the Peaks twice a week and so far (6 months ) are fine.
Be prepared for an octopus attack and you will be reet.
Been running Tesla hubs on SS Sentinel rims all seasons. Hubs absolutley bang on, bearings still super smooth, freehub fine. Nice wheels, mine seem all good - rear needed a little tweak after a month or so but for a wheelset that's seen hard UK & international enduro use, they have done very well.
Maybe look at the SS Tactic rim instead?
I have just had my rear Tesla replaced under warranty (which has taken weeks and been like pulling teeth), but overall I would rate them quite highly. They also currently have the new Tesla Evo's coming in to stock which sound amazing when spun up.
I also have superstar road wheels which had a 1cm radial drift when I bought them and had to be retrued and tightened before riding.
I would recommend going for it but just checking before you ride as things may need a tweak 😉
Jay
Freehub is not good under big loads
Already warrantied once, failed again
Freehub is not good under big loads
Mine's been fine.
I'm bigger than most 😀
Build was fine but free hub on mine failed twice in under 200 miles. Got a refund.
Thanks for all the advice, I am fairly light so prob won't be putting massive loads through them will probably give them a go seeing as the price is so good at the moment.
Had mine about a year now, no problems at all. I am only 75kg in riding gear so probably don't punish them too bad, but on the other hand I do ride plenty of rough stuff with a somewhat rustic technique. TL-28 in 26er size.
TL28 29er setup for about a year, been fine (as have my other 3 sets of Superstar wheels aside from naff original bearings in their Switch hubs). Survived a crash which snapped a frame and bent a steerer, ok it was straight on into a stump but just a minor bend on the lip
I see they now have the Tesla Evo hub which can be bought with an XX1 compatible freehub if thats your sort of thing
I have heard reports of freehub issues on the original Tesla, mines been ok except the odd loud crack noise, never actually slipped
I have some pacenti dl21s on switch hubs and they've been spot on so far.
Ok gone for the tesla evos with the pacenti tl28 on 650b
Will see how they go and report back when have ridden them a bit .
Thanks for all your feedback and input
I know this looks like a blatant plug but I just wrote up a review of the TL28/Tesla combo which can be seen here -
http://thelumberjackmtb.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/thelumberjack-reviews-pacenti-tl28-rims.html
I don't know if this is useful to anyone here on the thread but worth a shot! Feel free to tell me I'm wrong/misguided...
Oh and it is a blatant plug I suppose, Ill apologize in advance, it was well intentioned though!
Mine were built up by Superstar Component's excellent wheel builders
Superstar Components ... have a proven record now of sourcing good kit at reasonable prices and then building it well
Spoke tension held up well for the first couple of weeks (perfectly acceptable) and 5mins in the truing stand squared them away again after some early loosening
So they are excellent wheel builders but you had to retension them - doesn't compute.