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What ever happened to the case of the VeloNews reporter that had a bad crash because his front RSys wheel exploded during a race. I recall Mavic was trying like crazy to cover it up--not smart when the customer is a reporter. I can't understand why you would use carbon for spokes, when the wheelset isn't even that light. Having a front wheel fail completely can kill you. Anyone remember the Spinergy?
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What ever happened to the case of the VeloNews reporter that had a bad crash because his front RSys wheel exploded during a race. I recall Mavic was trying like crazy to cover it up--not smart when the customer is a reporter. I can't understand why you would use carbon for spokes, when the wheelset isn't even that light. Having a front wheel fail completely can kill you. Anyone remember the Spinergy?
Mavic did the backdoor version of "it's not our fault, it's yours." My Mavic SSC brakes will be the last Mavic product I ever own. From an engineering perspective, the R-SYS is a bad design.
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I can't understand why you would use carbon for spokes, when the wheelset isn't even that light. Having a front wheel fail completely can kill you. Anyone remember the Spinergy?
Didn't most of the old Spinergys have nylon or plastic spokes?

http://www.thehubsa.co.za/uploads2/2...54218_Wiel.jpg or are you talking about the four-blade wheels?
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Didn't most of the old Spinergys have nylon or plastic spokes?

http://www.thehubsa.co.za/uploads2/2...54218_Wiel.jpg or are you talking about the four-blade wheels?
Well there were the Rev-X wheels that had CF "spokes". I think pretty much all the other Spinergy's had PBO spokes. I could be wildly incorrect.
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IIRC, Spinergy were built with a four wide blades of thin CF sheet material on either side of the hub which were riveted together at flanges in the center of the rim.
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