Neuvation R28 aero review - Page 3

Hmm. No. I have a sponsor now (its a bike shop) so if I ever need to replace them, it'll have to happen after the 19th february.

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thank you crank n' cycles...If you are ever in SW WA, take a trip to Crank N' Cycles.

see the thread in the aus section regarding neuvations and what i'd think are comparable in terms of $$ and performance.

as an example twe will do you a handbuilt set of wheels for $100 more and weighing in at only 100g heavier. the quality difference is not comparable. neuvations are junk.

--brett

New update.

The rear R28 was sitting around wallowing in its own crapness so I decided to do something with it......
I grabbed some DT competition (I think) spokes that I had laying around, luckily just the right length, and I re-laced the rear non-drive to 2X with elbows out. The difference is incredible. I couldn't see much point changing the drive side (yet) because I not only do not have spokes in the same length, but the dishing means they won't gain much in terms of stiffness anyway. I am going to tie&solder them today (Yes, I know it makes bugger all difference in the lateral stiffness, but it looks cool) mainly because if a spoke breaks (likely) I don't want it whipping around and possible damaging anything, and also it keeps the wheel a little striaghter in that case as well.

I will post pics too. Initial ride reports are that the 2X rear with DT spokes elbow out make it much MUCH stiffer. Must be the swiss-ness of the spokes

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thank you crank n' cycles...If you are ever in SW WA, take a trip to Crank N' Cycles.

Excuse my dodgy tying&soldering job. These are the much improved Neuvation R28Bobby

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thank you crank n' cycles...If you are ever in SW WA, take a trip to Crank N' Cycles.

Gee got some nasty looking bends on some of your outside spokes there Bobby.

WHy dind't you go one in one out and avoid the horrible first bend on a few of those spokes?

I like the spider man like pattern you have with the ties on the bladed spokes.

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If they start breaking, I will.....

I used so much wire because the gold matches my KMC X10 chain

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thank you crank n' cycles...If you are ever in SW WA, take a trip to Crank N' Cycles.

Our experience has been just the opposite.

My wife and daughter have about 11k miles on them (They both run these wheels) and my daughter races them. Among many good races she has a state championship and a 10th place finish at an NRC road race.

One note however, they both weigh under 130 lbs so these wheels are not being tested by a "Clydesdale" rider