Crack in Ksyrium Elite wheel, is it time to replace?

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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    nothing like a trip down memory lane eh?
  • foggymike
    foggymike Posts: 862
    Ah well, you got 2 more years out of them so not too bad really. New rims are about £60 if you can be bothered to sort them out again. Don't chuck them though if you don't fix them - great for posh turbo wheels if nothing else :)

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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,420
    Prhymeate wrote:
    Cheers for the replies. Might look into some Shimano wheels then. I was considering Hunt Race Aero Wide wheels but will trawl through a few more wheel recommendation threads to see what crops up under £500.
    My best deal on the Ultegras was when I bought some in Euros for the French bike two years ago - they were £350 on Wiggle.co.uk and €250 on Wiggle.com for the pair :) - they are the 'tubeless compatible' ones, but still fine with ordinary clinchers (if a bit tight with some tyres). They've done about 8000 miles since, and are as true as new.
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  • prhymeate
    prhymeate Posts: 795
    Thanks again. Buying rims is a good idea, although wheels are a whole new world to me and I don't have any wheel building tools. I do like the 'excuse' to get new wheels as I've ridden on Mavic KE's for 4 years and would like to try something different. Budget is around £400 and saw some DT Swiss RR21's on wiggle for £400, which is about £200 cheaper than anywhere else. I think Hunt, Ultegra and DT Swiss are the ones to choose between at the moment. Need to do some reading up!
  • luteum123
    luteum123 Posts: 1
    Ive had exactly the same type of rim crack in 2 Ksyrium elite rear wheels. Got Zondas now and had no problems.
  • JesseD
    JesseD Posts: 1,961
    I have a set of the Hunt Aero Race Wide's and they are great IMO, light, spin well and feel very responsive, I rate them.

    I am also considerably heavier than you and they cope fine.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,420
    IIRC more recent Ksyrium Elites are ever so lightly heavier than my originals (2010), specifically to address this, I think, so I'd be interrested if this problem is still occurring in more recent wheels. Given their price it's not really good enough, even if they do replace them under warranty if failing with 2 years. Mine, of course, was three years old.
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