shimano wh-r550 wheels
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Postby Parrott » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:42 pm
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Postby LuckyPierre » Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:25 pm
The older 540 wheels are a totally different beast and seem to be really good.
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Postby Aushiker » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:09 am
Yeah including my new CRX 1 apparentlyLuckyPierre wrote:Not many people say nice things about the 550's (or the 500's) - strangely, there's a sh*tload of bikes sold that have them.
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Postby Halfanewb » Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:03 am
The cous uses them and has not had any problems but then he is only 80 odd kilos. Mine would be out of true at the end of every ride but then i was 110 kilos at the time, so i upgraded to a set of velocity deep v's 32 3x spoke which have copped a hammering and are as true as the day i bought them.
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Postby Parrott » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:58 pm
I didn't think they'd cop that. I can feel mine flex when sprinting up hill. Change to older wheels with a higher spoke count and the flex is gone. They feel easier to maintain a higher speed on though. It's just that with only 20 spokes to begin with they must have higher stress on the spokes and when one goes they dont like it?
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Postby Mulger bill » Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:20 pm
500's, 80kg, 800+km and still true
EVERYONE I've spoken to has bagged 500 and 550's, to the stage where I started looking around... I don't ride light and am still learning to spin rather than mash, am I lucky or on borrowed time?
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Postby mikesbytes » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:47 pm
500 doesn't have the spoke problems, 550 has better performanceKev365428 wrote:Is the 500 better or worse? (say better, say better, say better, say better - guess which wheel I have? )mikesbytes wrote:The 500 is a completely different wheel to the 550.
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Postby sogood » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:47 pm
Ehhh... I think there's some contradictions here. One would have to assume that broken spokes and performance don't really equate.mikesbytes wrote:500 doesn't have the spoke problems, 550 has better performance
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Postby mikesbytes » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:43 pm
When the 550 spokes don't break, the wheels perform better than the 500sogood wrote:Ehhh... I think there's some contradictions here. One would have to assume that broken spokes and performance don't really equate.mikesbytes wrote:500 doesn't have the spoke problems, 550 has better performance
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Postby Mulger bill » Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:56 pm
Phew, that'll do me thenmikesbytes wrote:500 doesn't have the spoke problems, 550 has better performance
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Postby Parrott » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:05 pm
So they are known to break spokes, I've heard a few people say they are a good training wheel. Which is another way of saying they're not a good race wheel I guess.mikesbytes wrote:When the 550 spokes don't break, the wheels perform better than the 500sogood wrote:Ehhh... I think there's some contradictions here. One would have to assume that broken spokes and performance don't really equate.mikesbytes wrote:500 doesn't have the spoke problems, 550 has better performance
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