SRAM S30AL Sprint Wheel

vectra0
vectra0 Posts: 128
edited June 2012 in Road buying advice
Anybody own these wheels or know anything about them?

all info greatly received :-)

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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,413
    they're similar to the s30al race, but with slightly heavier hub and spokes

    i've got a set of the s30al race, this was 2010, they're nice, but i had a broken spoke after a few months and the hub was crazing, sram replaced the wheel under warranty

    there were a few people reporting similar experiences with broken spokes

    i measured a brand new wheel (not the warranty one) and found spoke tension was way out - it was true, but not tensioned to sram's published figures

    i'm sure someone else on br said that the spoke hole drilling was part of the problem

    it's possible that these were early production issues, i don't remember seeing reports recently

    they were ok to ride, light for the price, a bit flexy out of the saddle, but with the low spoke count that's not unusual
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • vectra0
    vectra0 Posts: 128
    Thats what all of the reviews/reports are say... lots of spoke breaking.
    they are £200 on chain reaction... bargin or wasting money?
  • vectra0
    vectra0 Posts: 128
    thats rear wheel sorry
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,708
    I'm a sram fan but I think you can do better for that really

    Go handmade or mavic or something like that...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mattwood
    mattwood Posts: 148
    I have them on my best bike. I find them fantastic wheels :)

    As said, they're a bit flexy out of the saddle, but they manage my bulk ok :) My rear wheel is currently shot from a small argument with a van - but I will be replacing it with another.

    For the money CRC are asking, they would be good wheels!
  • vectra0
    vectra0 Posts: 128
    Thanks peeps for the responses :-)

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