I guess I'll keep an eye on my eyelets. I recently built up a Synergy 650b OC rear rim. Twice, actually; I dented the first rim on a huge pavement crack within the first week. That was totally my fault.
I'm 220# and I ride these wheels on gravel and commuting, in addition to road touring. I went with the OC rim because it made for a strong, nearly dishless wheel with the Phil FW hub. Tim On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:25 AM, MobileBill <zeusande...@gmail.com> wrote: > Scott > They should have been built up after the rim improvement measures. But > I'm not sure what the likelihood is that you'll experience these problems... > I had a good conversation with Velocity, and they are bending over > backwards to make things right. As annoying as this has been for me, I feel > bad for them -- I think they generally make good products and they've > really made an effort to build rims suitable for Rivendell-style riding. > As they note, there are a lot of OC rims out there that they haven't > heard complaints about. Maybe those riders don't ride as much, or don't > notice, or genuinely aren't having a problem. But for some of us, for > reasons I'm not smart enough to figure out, these Synergy OCs have been an > issue. In my case, it's not excess weight or ill-suited tires. Maybe it's > something about the design coupled with our road conditions or climate or > ... > I did confirm that they have discontinued the OC version of the > Synergy. > Since some asked, I am attaching a photo of one the typical cracks > here. I am told that this kind of cracking can occur on rims by various > makers, so it may be wise to look for this regardless of who made the rim. > At this stage, I'm guessing the rim is still ridable if incredibly noisy, > but I am told it can eventually spread around the rim and virtually split > the rim in two. I'm hoping most of us would notice well before that happens > ... > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
