question about spinergy rev x carbon wheels

[ddidds]

hello

i am interested in buying a pair of 26" spinergy rev x carbon wheels and i wanted to get a little bit of feedback from you guys

i weight 95 kg's and i was told that they could not take this kind of weight


what do you think about them ? are they good? reliable? suitable for heavy people?

cheers

Alecs

 

[jacks2ts]

They were good in there time and if i'm correct spinergy don't make them any more so if there second hand i'd advise you not to buy they do do a warrenty scheme you can pay into but i would steer clear even if there new . I've been running spinergys for years now and i can not fault them , they are xyclone disc's and they can and have coped with every thing i've done DH/XC . You can pick them up on ebay for around £250/80 plus shipping and spinergy will honour the warrenty if you by from USA but are base'd in the uk. you'll pay to much for them if you buy in the UK.Just one thing more i've only had to change the bearings once in the 8 years i've had my preasent set.

 

[ridevintagemtb]

I've had a couple pairs, and I've known many people with more experience.

Forget the warranty. Spinergy will just you a discount on a new pair of PBO spoked wheels. Not the same.

Here are some tru-isms:

The rear hub is a ticking bomb. Every Spinergy Rev-X ROX rear hub assembly will at some point in time explode into pieces. Mine is currently in pieces. Its been J-welded back together twice.

You will go crazy pinching tubes getting wire-bead tires onto them. Then, when you finally do, you wont be able to get a valve extender to seal.

You will slice the ever loving sh!t out of your hands. They are banned from UCI races because [World Champ] Paolo Bettini sliced his hands and complained.

They are heavy and flexy.

That all being said, I think they make cool noises in the words ala T-disc, and they look sweet.

 

[marin man]

spinergys

I had some spinergy rev x back in the day and found them bomb proof! I had to sell them when I was skint but have just bought some more cost me about 400 with the shipping and they look great.The ones I just bought have the stiffeners between the blades and are defo stiffer for it but you can buy the stiffeners after market on fleabay.(recomended)

 

[ridevintagemtb]

I stand by what I said regarding Spinergy wheels.

 

[lee-m.c.]

hello

i am interested in buying a pair of 26" spinergy rev x carbon wheels and i wanted to get a little bit of feedback from you guys

i weight 95 kg's and i was told that they could not take this kind of weight


what do you think about them ? are they good? reliable? suitable for heavy people?

cheers

Alecs

i had some of these wheels with disc hubs & a 20mm front. i weighed 90kg & gave them a lot of abuse. they stood up to it.Only thing is they attract a lot of attention to your bike

 

[marin man]

I have some of these at the moment (see mount vision 1997) I also had some b.i.t.d.and they worked faultlessly,the ones that people talk about that collapsed seem to be nearly all road wheels.I think that the extra length of the spokes makes them flexy and that when roadies lean on each side of the bars to sprint or climb they can not take the load.The ones I had years ago did split at the rim join,but only after crashing the back wheel into a log at about 25 mph and the rim was repaired by the importer free of charge.And surely the whole point of retro biking is to attract attention by using something that no one else can find/afford.

 

[cannondale king]

someone local said they road behind marin man bitd and that his endorpin used to flex like hell with these wheels fitted so much that he wouldn't even test ride it :shock:

 

[marin man]

That may be the case but it never broke and I was quite heavy (13.5 stones).Who needs suspension??(just put weight on and buy an endorphin) I loved that bike more than I love pies and other health food!!!!!

 

[elite504]

Ditto from experiance all that Ameybrook says. Defo.
Flex. . . get off the bike, hold the bar in one hand, and standing on the fllor, push down on one of the pedals, and watch the spokes neaest you flex and fold, its quite shocking, and you can feel them twist in a granny gear climb.
And teh rear hub design is shocking. Small imperial cartridge bearing one side, regular cone the other. Thightening the cone introduces side load o a bearing that was never designed to take it, and even with genuine SKF bearings they don't last long.

Eye of the beholder, but they look neat to me on the right build. ..