A shattering experience - A post-recall, R-Sys wheel failure

[Jim]

For all those who have the mavic r-sys wheels and got them replaced during the recent recall, i don't want to be Johnny rain cloud but you mightn't wanna be doing 70km/h sprints on them just yet, check out:
http://www.velonews.com/article/93054/a-shattering-experience---a-post-recall-r-sys-wheel-failure

[Murphs]

Watch out Charlie!

[RUBICON]

Ouch!  Was looking at a new bike yesterday with the salesperson telling me the second generation recall mavics were as safe as a house!

Might send him that link!

[Chicken]

You didn't ask him for clarification 

What he may have meant was 'as safe as a house made of sticks in a cyclone on a coral atoll' 

[RUBICON]

Rang the dude today. he said did they have the 3 stripes to show they are the second generation...I said YES

He said Are you sure theyre the R SYS carbon spoke recalled ones....I said YES

He said "Can you email me the link so I can read about it myself"...I said YES

He said do you still want me to quote the bike with those wheels....I said NO.  What the.......

[wannie]

Maybe it wasn't the wheel that failed first.... 

http://www.velonews.com/article/93240/mavic-responds-to-wheel-collapse-article

[jock]

Maybe it wasn't the wheel that failed first.... 

Come off it Wannie, that's just Mavic trying to protect their insurance premiums and market share.

It doesn't matter if another component "failed first" or not, the problem is that the Mavic product is not suitable for its use as designed and promoted.  Whether Mavic can successfully deflect blame or not is not important.  A wheel needs to be able to hold its structural integrity under all sorts of load conditions, not just give up like a cyclist with glass cleats.

As an example I'll surrender a 20 spoke ALEX A100 radial front wheel which gave out on me at 60+kmh.  The root cause of the problem was the hub which failed across two spoke holes under load.  The hubs in radially laced wheels have to bear massive loads compared to tangentially laced wheels.  Despite the massive compromise to structural integrity the wheel remained ridable (albeit wobbly!!!!).  The Mavic product failed completely in an instant.  Not good enough.

[Jason]

I agree i think we all should stay clear of these wheels i am using Fulcrum now i have a set of mavic not the new one's  but i much rather ride the fulcrum, after hearing so many story's on mavic's new wheel i would stay clear of them altogether if you get them on a bike get rid my advice