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Submitted by
Bernard
a Cross Country Rider
from NH
Date Reviewed: 4/13/2005 4:23:37 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $1 |
| Purchased At: | Icycles |
| Strengths: | Light, strong |
| Weaknesses: | Well i dont consider flex and the fact that they should no be used a weakness, so none. |
| Similar Products Tried: | DT revolutions Competition Wheelsmith butted LOts of spokes |
| Bottom Line: | These things are nice. Not easy to find now, but if you can snag em! They are among the lightest spokes available now. Im running the 1.8/1.5/1.8mm ones. These things are not for heavy riders or the drive side of rear wheels. They do flex, and matched with a light rim they will flex a decent amount even when at 110kgf. But to complain would be like saying "damn my car wont fly". Its not ment to be super stiff or for the rear end of a wheel, any 1.5mm spoke should not be used for that. BUt if you want the lightest things out there and are all about speed, these are for you. Just be careful when building. Truing takes a really long time with these since they twist so much, you can use those "twist resist" tools though. And they are lighter than revolutions(with a cooler logo) |
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Submitted by
Brent
a Weekend Warrior
from Asheville, NC
Date Reviewed: 4/19/2000 10:20:26 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Fish Hatchery w/ extension 14.2 Miles |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Strengths: | super light...always true...gold alloy nips look cool! |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | wheelsmith |
| Bike Setup: | Cannondale CAAD3 XT, Atomb Bomb, Race Face, King |
| Bottom Line: | I have had a set of these spokes laced to a Ringle SuperBubba for over 5 years. They have had very minimal truing since. Otherwise, they are always true, super light and look good. They even have the Ritchey logo at the end of the spoke near the hub!!! Way better than wheelsmith spokes...I've broke several and bent way too many!!! |
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Submitted by
James
a Racer
from Austin TX
Date Reviewed: 12/23/1999 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Flat Creek |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | Weight |
| Weaknesses: | Not for the rear unless you weigh 140. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Every non Ti. Well almost |
| Bike Setup: | 98 S-works |
| Bottom Line: | Front wheel has 2000 miles 6 races a trip to the mountains, and never had to true.Light is right |
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Submitted by
bottle of coke spoke
a Cross-Country Rider
from the big smoke
Date Reviewed: 11/16/1999 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | I choked on my coke |
| Duration Product Used: | more than 3 years |
| Strengths: | These spokes smoke. |
| Weaknesses: | I choked on my coke when my spoke broke. |
| Similar Products Tried: |
Mini moke Egg yolk Neck yoke |
| Bike Setup: | What kind of bike did I use? |
| Bottom Line: | These spokes smoke, others joke. (Where's Tone Loc?) |
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Submitted by
Spokeboy
a Cross-Country Rider
from Spoke City
Date Reviewed: 11/12/1999 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | spokestroker |
| Duration Product Used: | more than 3 years |
| Strengths: | They hold your wheels together. |
| Weaknesses: | Sometimes they break |
| Similar Products Tried: | Some different spokes. |
| Bike Setup: | A bike with some wheels, and some pedals and a seat and some other things. |
| Bottom Line: | It is a spoke - a is a piece of metal with some more metal on the ends. eighteen nineteen twenty twenty one twenty two twenty three twenty four twenty five twenty six twenty seven twenty eight twenty nine thirty thirty one thirty two thirty three thirty our thirty five...I think that should be enough. |
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