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Wolber Rim Failure
I borrowed someone's freewheel removal tool to remove a threaded on
freewheel from a wheel with a cracked rim. I thought I had the proper tool but I could not find it. I said that I thought it had been improperly trued which caused the crack around one of the spoke holes. He looked at the label on the rim, Wolber with Wheelsmith spokes, and said that these rims had a design problem and because of the single eyelets that they often cracked at the spoke holes and that it had not been an over-tightened spoke that caused the crack. He had owned a bicycle shop in the past and worked for one of the larger bicycle manufacturers in the U.S. (well technically an importer now since they don't actually build anything). I think that they are the Wolber GTX rim. I did a Usenet search, and sure enough, a lot of people were having those rims fail and getting them replaced for free https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.bicycles.tech/klhEg8HDmWM/ah1sbgbCcjgJ. They were probably harder on their equipment than me so they were lucky enough to have a failure within the warranty period. My wheel lasted longer so it's out of warranty now. I already ordered a new wheel so it probably doesn't matter anymore, but shouldn't the manufacturer replace the wheel for free? The broken wheel is only about 25 years old. I can't go back to the dealer that sold me the bicycle as they are long gone, but it seems like the manufacturer should have done some sort of recall when this problem was first discovered. This was not a terribly cheap bicycle; at the time I purchased it it was a mid-range model. I was down at the manufacturer's headquarters (the bicycle manufacturer not the wheel manufacturer) a few months ago for a meeting and if had cracked just a little sooner they probably would have found me a replacement for free. Very nice people. BTW, I am just kidding, I don't expect a free wheel replacement after 25 years. |
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You didn't give the model of the rim however anodized rims fail at a much higher rate than non anodized ones. You can see the ones I photographed in the flicker group https://www.flickr.com/groups/bicyclefailures/ several bicycle shops have stated on their websites they will not sell Mavic rims because of the high failure rates.
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http://t.dell13.us.msn.com/?pc=MDDCJS&ocid=DELLDHP running Mavic into the ground is a cyclical internet phenomena |
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On 8/15/2014 6:46 PM, wrote:
You didn't give the model of the rim however anodized rims fail at a much higher rate than non anodized ones. You can see the ones I photographed in the flicker group https://www.flickr.com/groups/bicyclefailures/ several bicycle shops have stated on their websites they will not sell Mavic rims because of the high failure rates. There are no identifying regarding the model on the rim. I have read that Mavic rims should be avoided at all costs. |
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RIDERS USING Mavic RIMS are stricken with incurable athletes foot
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On 17/08/14 07:20, sms wrote:
On 8/15/2014 6:46 PM, wrote: You didn't give the model of the rim however anodized rims fail at a much higher rate than non anodized ones. You can see the ones I photographed in the flicker group https://www.flickr.com/groups/bicyclefailures/ several bicycle shops have stated on their websites they will not sell Mavic rims because of the high failure rates. There are no identifying regarding the model on the rim. I have read that Mavic rims should be avoided at all costs. My front wheel has a Mavic Open Pro Ceramic rim. The hub has been replaced, and is now a SP PV-8 dynamo hub, laced radial with 32 DT Revolution spokes. The rim has been in use for (as far as I can remember) about 15 years. That means 150,000km so far. Here it is, on my bike, where I was riding on Saturday. A 5km stretch of dirt road with some short steep hills of 15-18%. 155km for the morning. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55102679@N05/14948765991/ -- JS |
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well then James can you offer a word or two on why Mavic is run into the ground ?
I see this but use double wall CR-18 Sunrims, never light rims so what do I know ? |
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On Sunday, August 17, 2014 7:08:10 PM UTC-4, wrote:
well then James can you offer a word or two on why Mavic is run into the ground ? I see this but use double wall CR-18 Sunrims, never light rims so what do I know ? mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm http://goo.gl/elSQBl |
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