Cat-
Thanks for the information. Sorry for the late thank you.
I've been out. I'll probably follow the same dictum, "use'em
up, throw them out". Thanks again.
SG
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> "Scott Ghiz" <
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> > Anyone have good or bad experiences with these? I'm a
> > recreational rider and don't plan to race. I basically
> > got a deal I couldn't refuse and purchased them. I also
> > got a set of replacement spokes. I've ridden almost 1000
> > miles on them with no problems yet... keeping fingers
> > crossed.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > SG
>
> I have a set of these that I got because we had an older
> set of carbon spinergys that had to be sent back. In a
> word, spinergy sucks. The xaero lites have a weird dust
> seal in the rear hub that sometimes binds up, preventing
> the rear hub from freewheeling. Before you have this
> problem as I did (with scary results), you may want to
> remove the seal (Spinergy's recommendation to my
> LBS...they actually told the LBS to do it or I wouldn't
> get my wheel back for WEEKS). Spinergy's customer service
> sucks even worse. They actually LOST one of my husband's
> wheels a few years ago and it took forever to get a
> replacement, their turn around time for warranty is
> abysmal, and they are completely unresponsive to emails.
> My wheels shipped with 2 different skewers and I was
> completely unable to get anyone to respond to my request
> that I get two matching ones (this type of **** just burns
> me up). I have put about 5000 miles on them since the
> little seal problem with no other problems surfacing
> (thank goodness). Also, note that if they need truing, you
> have to remove tire/tube and rim strip (p*i*t*a), and use
> a nut driver from the inside of the rim. Not too handy if
> anything should happen on the road. For that reason, I do
> not use them on trips. I had Vecchio's build me a lovely
> set of Record hubs/Ambrosio rims, and a great lacing
> pattern. I will probably just burn up this set of
> Spinergys in training and never buy another.
>
> Cat who hates to be the bearer of bad news ;<
