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Gemma Kernich
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I posted this to rec.sport.triathlon, thought I might post it here too...
"Gemma Kernich" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:...
>
> "RLIrwin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Has anyone tried these - they seem to be a good value.
>
> Short story:
> Yes, I have, IMHO they are ****.
>
> Long Story:
> I got a pair of new clincher Krysiums Sl's from the shop, a few days later
> the shop rang, bring them back in, try a pair of new Spinergy Tiliums
> instead, if I didn't like them I could have the Krysiums back. I did the
> swap, and rode out to the evening crit. By the time I had done the 9km on
> smooth roads to the race the front wheel had developed a wobble (side to
> side) and so I had to open up the brakes, by the end of a 40min crit the
> back one had just as bad a wobble as well as a 'hop', with brakes rubbing.
> On closer inspection the front hub had been machined with an eccentricity
> (the flange had a 3mm wobble on one side) and the back had a couple of
bent
> spokes (from shipping) - these were the s tainless steel spoke model (SS).
>
> Went back to the shop, and they gave me another pair straight out of the
> box. 20km later two spokes had come undone on the rear wheel, it was
> getting badly out of true. Additionally, between the 2 sets of wheels
there
> was a lot of difference on the freehub drag, one set would almost wind
your
> legs backwards when coasting.... anyhow, went back to shop to have them
> trued, the best wheel guy in there was complaining how hard they were to
> true, was shaking his head and cursing. Took them for about 50kms more
> riding, and as as they were going out of true again, I swapped them back
for
> the Krysiums at the shop. Shop owner said he wasn't going to get any more
> in.
>
> Couldn't understand that someone could build the first front wheel up
> without seeing the hub had an eccentricity in it! Must have been late on
a
> friday after drinks, either that or their quality control is terrible all
> the time. Either that, or they send all the rejects to Australia...
>
> FWIW I'm 5'11", female, 80kgs and have ridden 32spokes conventional
wheels,
> 16 spoke shimano wheels, 16 spoke shamals, 24 spoke Zipps and have NEVER
had
> any trouble with wheels before. These ones were almost unreal.
>
> If you can stand constant truing and want a cheap carbon deep aero rim
then
> they're for you. I couldn't afford to trade in the reliability issues.
> Note you can't true the wheel without taking the tyre and tube off, and
you
> need to carry the special tool. The best thing going for them was that
they
> looked good, and the brake surface was pretty nice, well, it woull have
been
> nice for braking if the brakes weren't waving from wide to side...
>
> I note they're going cheap now here in Oz too, about A$1250 a pair,
compared
> to A$1350 for Krysiums.
>
> Cheers
> Gemma
>
>
"Gemma Kernich" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:...
>
> "RLIrwin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Has anyone tried these - they seem to be a good value.
>
> Short story:
> Yes, I have, IMHO they are ****.
>
> Long Story:
> I got a pair of new clincher Krysiums Sl's from the shop, a few days later
> the shop rang, bring them back in, try a pair of new Spinergy Tiliums
> instead, if I didn't like them I could have the Krysiums back. I did the
> swap, and rode out to the evening crit. By the time I had done the 9km on
> smooth roads to the race the front wheel had developed a wobble (side to
> side) and so I had to open up the brakes, by the end of a 40min crit the
> back one had just as bad a wobble as well as a 'hop', with brakes rubbing.
> On closer inspection the front hub had been machined with an eccentricity
> (the flange had a 3mm wobble on one side) and the back had a couple of
bent
> spokes (from shipping) - these were the s tainless steel spoke model (SS).
>
> Went back to the shop, and they gave me another pair straight out of the
> box. 20km later two spokes had come undone on the rear wheel, it was
> getting badly out of true. Additionally, between the 2 sets of wheels
there
> was a lot of difference on the freehub drag, one set would almost wind
your
> legs backwards when coasting.... anyhow, went back to shop to have them
> trued, the best wheel guy in there was complaining how hard they were to
> true, was shaking his head and cursing. Took them for about 50kms more
> riding, and as as they were going out of true again, I swapped them back
for
> the Krysiums at the shop. Shop owner said he wasn't going to get any more
> in.
>
> Couldn't understand that someone could build the first front wheel up
> without seeing the hub had an eccentricity in it! Must have been late on
a
> friday after drinks, either that or their quality control is terrible all
> the time. Either that, or they send all the rejects to Australia...
>
> FWIW I'm 5'11", female, 80kgs and have ridden 32spokes conventional
wheels,
> 16 spoke shimano wheels, 16 spoke shamals, 24 spoke Zipps and have NEVER
had
> any trouble with wheels before. These ones were almost unreal.
>
> If you can stand constant truing and want a cheap carbon deep aero rim
then
> they're for you. I couldn't afford to trade in the reliability issues.
> Note you can't true the wheel without taking the tyre and tube off, and
you
> need to carry the special tool. The best thing going for them was that
they
> looked good, and the brake surface was pretty nice, well, it woull have
been
> nice for braking if the brakes weren't waving from wide to side...
>
> I note they're going cheap now here in Oz too, about A$1250 a pair,
compared
> to A$1350 for Krysiums.
>
> Cheers
> Gemma
>
>
