How much before a material improvement - wheels..

MattFalle

pblakeney said:

masjer said:

veronese68 said:

To be fair to them the MFs have always said deep rims will make women swoon and fall at your feet

Apparently, so do deep pockets.

Negated if you have short arms.

or no hands.

#medicalman

drhaggis

rick_chasey said:

Wheels aren’t even on a week and I got complimented on my bike by a woman at the lights, who was on one of those e-scooters.

Literally never had that in 16 years riding road bikes

Hell the watts, this has sold deep sections for me.

mrb123

drhaggis said:

rick_chasey said:

Wheels aren’t even on a week and I got complimented on my bike by a woman at the lights, who was on one of those e-scooters.

Literally never had that in 16 years riding road bikes

Hell the watts, this has sold deep sections for me.

Footage has emerged of the woman Rick saw...

MattFalle

drhaggis said:

rick_chasey said:

Wheels aren’t even on a week and I got complimented on my bike by a woman at the lights, who was on one of those e-scooters.

Literally never had that in 16 years riding road bikes

Hell the watts, this has sold deep sections for me.

watts schmwatts

shooom shoooom shooom well hello there.....

£500 well spent.

rick_chasey

Update on the Edcos.

Bearings on the front wheel rusted to oblivion. Had to be replaced.

Not massively impressed just over a year in. Never needed that for a wheel before.

First.Aspect

rick_chasey said:

Update on the Edcos.

Bearings on the front wheel rusted to oblivion. Had to be replaced.

Not massively impressed just over a year in. Never needed that for a wheel before.

Light, strong, cheap - choose two.

daniel_b

rick_chasey said:

Update on the Edcos.

Bearings on the front wheel rusted to oblivion. Had to be replaced.

Not massively impressed just over a year in. Never needed that for a wheel before.

Blimey, that's somewhat remarkable - much wet weather duty, not that that would excuse it.

The races are fine?

rick_chasey

Not even much wet weather work as I use a different bike in the wet….

Maybe it’s overkill but the new bearings were ceramic and £40 each, so £80 for one wheel, and another £20 for the labour.

super_davo

It's not unheard of for bearings to go in a year if there isn't much in the way of sealing, especially if you are cleaning with a power washer or sloshing degreaser over them and not regressing.

But if cartridge bearings, it isn't a hard job to change yourself, I bought a bearing drift set from Amazon for about a tenner and does the job nicely. I pack them out with grease when I refit and seem to last much longer then.

Ceramic is a lot of extra expense for no real benefit.

rick_chasey

super_davo said:

It's not unheard of for bearings to go in a year if there isn't much in the way of sealing, especially if you are cleaning with a power washer or sloshing degreaser over them and not regressing.

But if cartridge bearings, it isn't a hard job to change yourself, I bought a bearing drift set from Amazon for about a tenner and does the job nicely. I pack them out with grease when I refit and seem to last much longer then.

Ceramic is a lot of extra expense for no real benefit.

£5er in it between the steels and the DT Swiss ceramics so went for that.

rick_chasey

Update: rear bearings also absolutely shot to pieces.

The bearings in the hubs in these wheels are made of cheese, FYI.

secretsam

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21053531#Comment_21053531

They should put on a warning sticker for those of us who are lactose intolerant