Repairing Mavic Aksium rear wheel or get another one
f_rederik
Posts: 53
Heard a nasty sound when "jumping" from the road onto the pavement, and realised that my rear wheel hit the small "curb".
(A small note before you all tell me to stick to the roads - this is a nasty section of my commute to work where grumpy drivers on their way to work really don't play nice, and where cycle paths are quite nice. Only problem, of course, is that the entering and exiting the paths is by using "pedestrian style" footpaths where the "interfaces" to the road does not cater for roadies)
Looking at the wheel it is now obvious that it has been damaged to a degree where it actually hits the brakes when spinning it. Oh dear.
Is this something a decent bike shop can sort out for me, or am I better off getting another one?
If getting another, is the task of chaning the casette over to the new wheel a managable task for someone not entirely happy making a fool of himself in the workshop? And do I need any specialist tools?
How much abuse is a wheel meant to whitstand, anyway?
Oh and if I was to get a new rear wheel - any recommendations for more robust wheels that don't cost a million? (ie less than the Aksium, which I bought for about $250 for the set)
(A small note before you all tell me to stick to the roads - this is a nasty section of my commute to work where grumpy drivers on their way to work really don't play nice, and where cycle paths are quite nice. Only problem, of course, is that the entering and exiting the paths is by using "pedestrian style" footpaths where the "interfaces" to the road does not cater for roadies)
Looking at the wheel it is now obvious that it has been damaged to a degree where it actually hits the brakes when spinning it. Oh dear.
Is this something a decent bike shop can sort out for me, or am I better off getting another one?
If getting another, is the task of chaning the casette over to the new wheel a managable task for someone not entirely happy making a fool of himself in the workshop? And do I need any specialist tools?
How much abuse is a wheel meant to whitstand, anyway?
Oh and if I was to get a new rear wheel - any recommendations for more robust wheels that don't cost a million? (ie less than the Aksium, which I bought for about $250 for the set)
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Mavic do offer a rebuild service althugh the cost over a new Aksium rear may be prohibitive by the time labour and carriage costs are added; the RRP of a 2011 rear is £105.00, most stores will transfer the cassette accross for you on collection. As for is this a good wheel, then for the price as far as I'm concerned yes, a more expensive wheel of the same style is not necessari;y more robust against the type of damage you described.
Paul_Smith
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I've just bought a set of these wheels as my cxp wheels were falling apart in 12 months.
Hope they are normally ok without hitting kerbs with them as I haven't been impressed with the previous wheels and wanted to have some good ones that will last?0 -
We seldom have had problems with them, infact I can't recall this last time we did!potters1863 wrote:I've just bought a set of these wheels as my cxp wheels were falling apart in 12 months.
Hope they are normally ok without hitting kerbs with them as I haven't been impressed with the previous wheels and wanted to have some good ones that will last?
They do need maintenance, the cassette can make squeaky noise or not freewheel smoothly, remove the body and clean the back, then a light lube on the white section below often solves this problem, note 'light lube', a heavier version may again cause the cassette to not run smoothly, I tried using a light smear of a fine grease in an attempt to get it to run smoother for longer; but I then got a problem with chain suck!
Paul_Smith
www.corridori.co.uk0 -
potters1863 wrote:I've just bought a set of these wheels as my cxp wheels were falling apart in 12 months.
Hope they are normally ok without hitting kerbs with them as I haven't been impressed with the previous wheels and wanted to have some good ones that will last?
Havent used them that long, but being new to road cycling I guess I was not being careful enough - probably hit the kerb with the back wheel only at about 30 kph. Guess that was too much abuse... Feeling quite silly now though :-(0 -
Is the wheel just laterally out of true, or is the rim visibly dented? The former is easy for a bike shop to fix.0
