Zuus Wheels

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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,289
    ssharif wrote:

    Extremely dishonest folks to continue taking orders right up to the point of shutting down.

    I think it was poor trading practice to take advantage of Zipp name and come out with some kind of look/soundalike, so I am not surprised...
    left the forum March 2023
  • pippi_langsamer-2
    pippi_langsamer-2 Posts: 1,470
    In other news, I bought a set off of them when they were the new kids on the block, and 4 years later, they've still not seen a truing stand...

    But yes, very unscrupulous in their behaviours recently, and I hope those affected get their recompense...
  • bobones
    bobones Posts: 1,215
    Pippi Langsamer wrote:
    In other news, I bought a set off of them when they were the new kids on the block, and 4 years later, they've still not seen a truing stand...

    But yes, very unscrupulous in their behaviours recently, and I hope those affected get their recompense...

    I would be checking the nipples on your rear wheel if I were you!

    After three and a half summers of use, a couple of the nipple heads on my rear wheel gave way and on closer inspection there was serious galvanic corrosion throughout. See the hand-built wheels thread for details.

    I've just rebuilt with new nipples and the wheels are back to looking and performing their best: there's years of life left in these yet.

    I was always very happy with the quality of the wheels and the support I received 4 years ago, but obviously things went very wrong somewhere down the line. I never had the dodgy Zipp lookalike logos either!
  • pippi_langsamer-2
    pippi_langsamer-2 Posts: 1,470
    Cheers for the heads-up. I'll check the nips...
  • lakesluddite
    lakesluddite Posts: 1,337
    Is anyone who does have Zuus rims running them tubeless? I think the latest (ie last!) lot they had in were allegedly TR but I tried to set mine up tubeless at the weekend and could not get them to stay inflated. They seemed to seat okay, but the air was just p1ssing out of the sides.
  • ssharif
    ssharif Posts: 3
    They changed their rim supplier in 2019, that's what Alyson told me. She said in order to improve the quality they did it. However I will take everything with a pinch of salt now considering the company zuus sports was dissolved in January and they started trading as carbon c afterwards. Most likely reason would have been cost saving!

    If you can't seat it properly then maybe the rim is not up to the task!
  • Hereford Flyer
    Hereford Flyer Posts: 26
    Is this new company called 'Oosk' up in the Lakes anything to do with Zuus?
    Oosk the number one selling tyre sealant ? in what country.

    They have a 117 reviews on their website all have the same date of 4th July 2019, a couple mention Zuus in them - something is not right?
    Possibly connected to Zuus Sports who went bust?
    https://oosk.co.uk/tubeless-rim-tape-road-and-mtb/?revpage=11%20#product-reviews
    https://oosk.co.uk/
  • Tiesetrotter
    Tiesetrotter Posts: 432
    A friend just used these guys seemed a good company reselling Chinese wheelsets from a UK base with QCing.

    https://www.moriartybikes.com/
  • bobones
    bobones Posts: 1,215
    Also Chinese carbon from UK warehouse here https://icancycling.com/collections/uk-warehouse
  • rider_x
    rider_x Posts: 3
    Hereford Flyer wrote:
    Is this new company called 'Oosk' up in the Lakes anything to do with Zuus?
    Oosk the number one selling tyre sealant ? in what country.

    They have a 117 reviews on their website all have the same date of 4th July 2019, a couple mention Zuus in them - something is not right?
    Possibly connected to Zuus Sports who went bust?
    https://oosk.co.uk/tubeless-rim-tape-road-and-mtb/?revpage=11%20#product-reviews
    https://oosk.co.uk/

    100% the same person. Saw an advert pop up on my Instagram for "Oosk" so tried to search for the profile. Lo & behold, look what pops up:

    https://www.instagram.com/oosk_1/
    Profile name: "Gary French" (https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/comp ... 3/officers)

    I'd steer well clear...
  • k3vinjam3s
    k3vinjam3s Posts: 266
    Tiesetrotter wrote:
    A friend just used these guys seemed a good company reselling Chinese wheelsets from a UK base with QCing.

    https://www.moriartybikes.com/

    I recommend moriarty too. Very happy with mine so far and good value and customer service also.
  • edward.s
    edward.s Posts: 222
    There are 4 'Gary Lee French' listed on companies house. All with Cumbria addresses, and September 1965 DOBs. the companies they are associated with are Zuus, Carbon C, trendy kitchen ltd and Aghoco (who traded as Bike Kit Ltd). All listed as dissolved other than Carbon C, which shows as active. I suspect all 4 are the same person at different addresses.

    No listing for the new company as yet but it could either be very new or a trading style of another company.

    For sure I'd avoid this one.

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