So a few posts ago I talked about the Tirreno Razza 900 bike I got from Performance. I still love my bike, everything is great, except for the wheels. Now I know that I am 250 lbs, and I know that I ride a minimum of 75 miles a week. I ride hard. All of these thing shouldn't matter for a good aluminum wheelset.
So what happened? It all started a few months ago. I was riding to work and I hear this loud noise. I figured I had just rolled over a rock and it plinked off my frame. No biggie, just a little chipped paint. But then I heard a sound like plinko, the spoke had broken. These are beefy looking spokes, but the nipples are not double butted, that doesn't matter. The spoke had broken about 10 mm above the nipple. Not at the bend, and not in the middle. I took it in, the guys at Performance were great, they suggested that maybe there was a defect in one of the spokes. OK I thought, stuff happens. They replaced the spoke and off I went.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Easton Velomax Vista SL Wheelset Sucks
Two days ago, I was riding home from work, this time I was on totally smooth pavement, the plinko game in my back wheel started up again. I just knew it was the replacement spoke. What are the odds of multiple spokes breaking? But just as I had hoped it wasn't, another spoke had popped. I had been told several times by friends that the Mavic Open Pro wheels are the best for hard riders, so when I took the bike back to Performance again, I bought a new wheelset. I'm still waiting for it to come in, but I'll post about it when I get it.
The problem? I have a pair of 5 or 6 year old Ritchey DS Pro wheels on the Specialized I bought from a friend a few years ago. I rode that bike hard before I got this one. I have never broken a spoke. I bought a vintage Italian steel bike, I rode that pretty hard before it got stolen, I never broke a spoke. I bought a pair of Mavic Kyserium (sp?) wheels for my mountain bike and the spokes have never broken. Even the cheap wheels that I replaced with the Mavics never broke, came out of true, sure. But popped spokes, never.
Basically that wheelset sucks. I'm looking forward to riding the open pros.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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