[brungeman]

So last night on our Wednesday night ride, I was Just Riding Along when my wheel decided to relinquish its structural integrity! DAMN FRENCH!!!! I KNOW THEY MADE THIS RIM KNOWING IT WAS GOING TO BE USED BY AN AMERICAN!!!

I think MAVIC only sends their “seconds” to the USA! If I had money for gas I would be driving to Boston to throw a brick through MAVIC US HQ’s windows!!!

My parents are in France right now as I type, I hope they work out some trade embargos and sanctions on their inferior product producing @$$ES!!!!

THE THING BROKE RIGHT AT THE SEAM!!!

when the seam gave way the other side of the wheel cracked!!!

ps... JK

 

[Dirty]

JRA huh......

what were you really doing?

 

[NapalmCheese]

Hey, I had one of those a couple of months ago!

They don't taste too good

 

[loco-gringo]

JRA huh......

what were you really doing?

I've just ridden along on those with my fat ass without having that issue.

Honestly I would think it was overtensioned to give up at the seam like that. That, or you really cased something.

 

[LOOnatic]

Good 'ol JRA.
I suppose you might say its a JRA royale with cheese

 

[loco-gringo]

I see you're not dead, but I guess it won't hurt to ask if you are ok.

 

[jacksonpt]

wow. I've had a few wheels taco on me, but never had the rim crack/break like that. It's hard to tell from the pics, but if it happened at the seam, was it a bad weld?

 

[OGRipper]

Hmmm, just DRIVING along into the garage maybe?

Seriously, what were you doing?

 

[johnbryanpeters]

How unseaming!

 

[moff_quigley]

I suppose you might say its a JRA royale with cheese

HA! Nice.

 

[Echo]

Damn dude that sucks! I've had nothing but good experiences with Mavic rims though. Wierd.

 

[brungeman]

Just thought I would stir the pot before telling the real story....


we were bombing a donwhill long after dark on a section of trail where I have hit max speed in this park, there is a little rise in the trail enough to get a nice long air off of... you only are a foot off the ground but you fly for ever!!!! with my top speed on this hill around 35, I was a little conservative in estemating 25mph, but the guy with the gps said 27 when I hit the lip with a little more umph than I usually pull up. the trail curves slightly to the right, and I overshot the landing by 10 ft landing on the edge of the trail that was covered with freshly fallen wet leaves. (there is a cliff/drop off to the left) my rear wheel slid on the leave off the drop off, and as I tried to correct a split second before hitting a culvert, I remeber thinking "this is going to hurt" I highsided when my front wheel hit the culvert, and I double cartwheeled before landing on my feet, at which point I had to duck to allow my Yeti to pass me by at aprox. eye level!!!

I am lucky this is all that happened.... My shoulder is sore, and I have a nice bruise starting to bloom just above my knee on the outside of my thigh!

I guess, I have to order a new rim and spokes! this biking thing is starting to cost money.... last week a shifter, this week a wheel! Oh well its all in good fun.... and at least other than all the bumps and bruises, its all in good health!

 

[peter6061]

Rims don't last forever. Sucks that it happened and hope you're okay. Now go get a new rim and rebuild that thing. I've never had a problem with Mavic rims (that was the fault of the rim).

edit: okay, now the truth comes out.... If that's you're normal riding style, you might bump your rim up a bit from a 317 as well. They're nice a light, but don't take a lot of abuse. Glad to hear you're okay.

 

[loco-gringo]

I also hear it's not a good idea to put 70 lbs of air in any of Mavic's tubeless rims. Just in case you were going to see if they would hold up to that.

 

[TreeSaw]

Nice job! Sq-Earl will be proud of that work! He had to bump up from the X317 rims as he was "stop-signing" them rather often

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

I was a bit behind him it was pretty funny...Lucky some ladies on our ride were a bit slow and i got stuck behind them or i might have been using brungeman as a sled down our muddy mess of a trail...

All i could think about was the great picture it would be to have him standing there in all our headlights with a taco'd wheel...The ride was sloppy for everyone...I took a fall that looked like someone pushed the ejection button.

fast downhill + Mud + BIG angled wet root + high preasure = death.

 

[loco-gringo]

How big a hike out was it?

 

[JohnE]

I have heard Mavic customer service is not so great too, are you going to try to warranty/return it?

 

[loco-gringo]

I have heard Mavic customer service is not so great too, are you going to try to warranty/return it?

If they are as bad as I hear they are, he should do it just to screw with them. :biggrin:

 

[llkoolkeg]

Hey, I had one of those a couple of months ago!

They don't taste too good

Their inherent fear of soap and razors is likely to blame.

 

[brungeman]

I have heard Mavic customer service is not so great too, are you going to try to warranty/return it?

At the shop there are some concerns with there customer service (its not the greatest)... but to answer your question, I hardly ever warrenty things!this was purely my fault! only an A-hole would try to warrenty it! We have had people come in with the whole "JRA" story, and I hardly ever believe it! There were only 2 situations where I saw something fail first hand during a JRA incedent... other than that "OPERATOR ERROR"!

the only thing I would warranty out of all my destroyed stuff, at this point are the 2 Race face X-type bottom brackets, that are toasted (one after only 6 rides, the other after 8 or 9) the RaceFace BB's kinda suck!!!

 

[brungeman]

Their inherent fear of soap and razors is likely to blame.

FVCKING FUNNY CHIT MANG... it took me a minute....

 

[brungeman]

How big a hike out was it?

only like a half mile.

If they are as bad as I hear they are, he should do it just to screw with them.:biggrin:

Depending on what you have heard... they are pretty damn bad and it would be funny to try!

 

[brungeman]

I was a bit behind him it was pretty funny...Lucky some ladies on our ride were a bit slow and i got stuck behind them or i might have been using brungeman as a sled down our muddy mess of a trail...

All i could think about was the great picture it would be to have him standing there in all our headlights with a taco'd wheel...The ride was sloppy for everyone...I took a fall that looked like someone pushed the ejection button.

fast downhill + Mud + BIG angled wet root + high preasure = death.

how are you feeling? my knee and shoulder have felt better that is for sure I cant believe I fell there! of all places.... we were moving pretty good though!

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

how are you feeling? my knee and shoulder have felt better that is for sure I cant believe I fell there! of all places.... we were moving pretty good though!

I feel fine...I would still like to possibly do a ride tomorrow night after work before so let me know if you are down.

 

[brungeman]

Nice job! Sq-Earl will be proud of that work! He had to bump up from the X317 rims as he was "stop-signing" them rather often

what rim did he change over to?

I am in the market you know!

I feel fine...I would still like to possibly do a ride tomorrow night after work before so let me know if you are down.

I will keep you posted hopefully I can get in to see the doc tonight! my shoulder is clicking louder and making more noise than a King rear hub!

 

[DRB]

well played sir..... you should have let more folks get indignant with you. That would have been funny.

 

[douglas]

nice job on the rim, keep up the good work

 

[brungeman]

well played sir..... you should have let more folks get indignant with you. That would have been funny.

I know, but if anyone were truly perceptive they would have seen the just kidding in lemon chiffon at the bottom!:biggrin:

nice job on the rim, keep up the good work

any suggestions on a replacement?