I have several wheelsets built with Velocity Aerohead rims, and thousands of miles of use on them. Never a single problem.
Eric N www.CampyOnly.com CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy On Dec 5, 2012, at 11:19 PM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok so I've had the Homer for 2 years and am about to get my third rear wheel. > Here's my story: Peter White built the bike and wheels. Velocity Synergy with > XT hubs and 36 spokes.I hit a pothole pretty good fairly early in the bikes > life. LBS said rim couldn't be tried so they built up another Synergy with my > hub. Fast forward to now. That wheel has maybe 5-7k miles on it and has > stress cracks all over it. They started around the spokes and spread to the > sides. So time for another. I'm working in CT now and found a LBS that knows > what a Riv is. Owner builds the wheels. Well, he says that Synergy rims (and > Velocity in general) are just not that good. I've heard the same thing out of > a couple of other people too, and they k ow more about wheels than me. Thing > is, I can't imagine why Riv and Peter would so highly recommend them if > they're poor quality. But my experiences are making me wonder, what with 2 > wheels in around 10k miles. LBS guy is recommending a Mavic, I think one of > the CXP styles saying they're much stronger. What should I do??? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/BhLh3DtKnJkJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
