🚴♂️ Elevate Your Cycling Game with the WTB Laserdisc XC!
The WTB Laserdisc XC Rear Bicycle Wheel is a high-performance 26-inch wheel featuring 28 spokes, 950g weight, and 135mm hub spacing, compatible with Shimano and SRAM systems, designed for clincher tires, and includes a skewer for easy installation.
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So far, not so good (8 month follow-up review)
OK, so I've only had this rear wheel for about 2 weeks, and have only put about 125 miles on it. But, so far, it's been great. The wheel is slightly larger than the wheels that came stock on my '07 Specialized Rockhopper, so tires are a little more difficult to mount, but that's not a big deal. I'm a big guy (Clydesdale) @ 270lb, so I probably should have ordered the 36-spoke version. I purchased this wheel mostly for road cycling / commuting, but have done a few miles of off-road. I'm running 26" x 1.5" Kenda Kwest tires @ ~95psi. Out of the box, the wheel was perfectly true, but the spoke tension seems a little too low to me...but I'm not a professional wheel builder, so what do I know? I'll throw it on my truing stand after I've got at least a few hundred miles on it, and will report back here with the results.[update - October 10, 2011]Just got finished with a 120 mile down the CA coast - from Half Moon Bay to Carmel. About 40 miles into the ride, this wheel started to wobble. I checked it out, and found that several of the spokes were loose. I did a quick on-the-bike truing of the wheel, while tightening up the spokes that worked loose. I found a bike shop about 20 miles further, and had them do a minor truing of the wheel. Unfortunately, it didn't last more than another 45 miles when I broke a spoke, and several more spokes came loose, about 15 miles from the end of the ride...at which point, I was praying for it to simply hold together. I'm going to contact WTB.[update - December 16, 2011]I've attempted to contact WTB, but so far have received no response from them. In the meantime, I've basically rebuilt the wheel...replaced the broken spoke, loosened all of the spokes, and re-trued & re-tensioned the wheel. I've put maybe 100 miles on it since. I'll put another hundred or so and check the tension of the spokes and trueness of the wheel.[update - May 18, 2012]Several months, and many hundreds of miles later. Still no response from WTB. I removed the wheel and put it on the truing stand last night. I guess the rebuilding & re-tensioning was a pretty decent job, as it was still mostly true (very slight lateral movement). I've got to say that the materials and design seem to be very good...it's too bad the people (or machines) building these wheels at the factory don't tension the spokes nearly enough.
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