I have several wheelsets built with Velocity Aerohead rims, and thousands of
miles of use on them. Never a single problem.
Eric N
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On Dec 5, 2012, at 11:19 PM, Tim wrote:
> Ok so I've had the Homer for 2 years and am about to ge
TIm,
I had a Velocity Razor rim crack at nearly every drive side spoke hole
(rear wheel). It never occurred to me to contact them about it, so I
rebuilt the rear wheel myself with a FiR rim. After the fact, I mentioned
it on the phone to a guy there (don't remember why I even called) and he
offe
Yeah, I never had to deal with Mavic directly so I shouldn't speak of them.
When I had Mavic rim failures it was always the builder (usually Excel) taking
care of me. In fact I've never had to deal with Velocity directly either. It's
always been Rich built Velocity's for me and he's always kept
On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 23:19 -0800, Tim wrote:
> LBS guy is recommending a Mavic, I think one of the CXP styles saying
> they're much stronger. What should I do???
FWIW, I have had Mavic rims crack, too: MA40, back years ago, and fairly
recently a couple of MA3s. However, unlike with the Velocity
On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 23:28 -0800, Toshi Takeuchi wrote:
> There have been some bad batches of Velocity rims. I bet if you
> contacted Velocity, they would replace the rim free of charge, but you
> would have to build up the wheels.
Velocity has not only replaced cracked rims free for me, they ha
These wheels take a lot of punishment and wear over time. Riding style, rider
weight and terrain have to be taken into consideration. Even though I have
learned to ride with a certain amount of finesse I still consider myself to be
a clyde weighing in the 190-240 lb range throughout my cycling "
There have been some bad batches of Velocity rims. I bet if you
contacted Velocity, they would replace the rim free of charge, but you
would have to build up the wheels. All of my Velocity rims have been
good so far. I hope it stays that way.
I built my first Mavic CXP wheel. It looks like a r
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 Sy
