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Anyone riding the new Easton EA90SLX wheels?
Anyone riding the new Easton EA90SLX wheels? There's a pair for sale on the local Craigslist at a good price. The specs look good (in terms of wide rims, weight, etc.), but any searching for reviews turn up the old 9/10-speed narrow and flexy version.
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Anyone riding the new Easton EA90SLX wheels?
Maybe. I'm not sure if mine are the newest, or are the older version simply upgraded to 11spd.
1400g 17.5mm inner 25mm outer Sound right? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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I'll admit I've kind of talked myself out of it given a number of complaints online about spokes pulling through and cracking the rim. |
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True, I was going from memory (incorrectly)... just checked and they are 22.8-23.0 or so on the outer width.
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These are 16/20 spokes and ride nicely from what I can tell. I'm not super sensitive to flex, since my older Fuji frame has a bit of flex already. For the sub-$200 price I paid, I'm very very happy to have a lightweight set like this.
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Do they have aluminum nipples? I have the older version which came with red aluminum nipples and could pretty much count on breaking a spoke every six months. That sucked since releasing the brake caliper on the front wheel MIGHT give enough clearance to ride home. I have since replaced about half of the nipples on the front wheel with brass. Otherwise they ride nice and changing the free hub is a snap.
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These:
https://www.eastoncycling.com/produc...a90-slx-wheels. I think the red spoke nipples are a previous generation. Looks like the MSRP is $1200, so I'm guessing a sub-$200 pair is also a previous generation. |
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