Back in October, I had purchased a set of the Velocity Thracian wheels for the SXP, as a birthday present to myself... I expressed concerns at that time whether they would hold my weight (220), and was told they should hold up just fine, and Velocity would guarantee them. PCF did the spokes, and I have never broken a spoke on them in over 2000 miles of riding.
As mentioned elsewhere, yesterday I noticed a "ticking" sound coming from the rear wheel on my SXP, and found what appeared to be a loosened spoke, and thought it was due to a stripped thread on the spoke nipple... But it performed OK for the rest of the century ride yesterday...
[Side note -- different issue: As I was cleaning the bike last night after the 10-mile rainstorm we had gone through, having it up on the rack, I spun the back wheel to check the spokes again -- and could hear water sloshing around inside the wheel! I wound up removing the tire/tube from both back and front wheels, and had water drain out the valve hole from inside the "triangular" rim body.]
I found and examined the suspect spoke again, and it had loosened up again --- So, I switched out to my old AlexDA wheels, and this morning took the offending Velocity up to PCF, and handed it to a tech. A few minutes later, he brought the wheel back to me, saying, "You've got several places with cracks forming, and a couple bad ones!"
Sure enough, there were at least 5 spots where cracks were starting to form where the spoke nipple enters the rim -- I had never really examined it that closely (with my reading glasses on - natch!) before then!!! They've got a call in to Velocity now to determine replacement conditions. I haven't been home yet to check the front wheel -- but it doesn't carry the same stress, so it's probably OK.
Anybody else have these wheels, or a similar issue of cracks forming at spoke holes? I believe that would have truly sucked, to have had that rear wheel fail during a 35 mph downhill or turn... (!!!!)
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