Old 05-09-19, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jsigone
I’d put some miles on it before throwing away the wheels. If you feel them flex allot when out the saddle, climbing, hard sprints or hard pavement holes than start looking. Those oem giants looks like the shimano 500 or something that came on my old cannondale. The spokes are incredibly strong to make up for lack of number of them. It actually rode real smooth just weighed a ton, almost 2k grams.
I actually ordered a set of Velocity Deep V rims built on Shimano 105 hubs. I probably won't toss the Giant wheels, but I just won't feel confident on that 16 spoke front wheel, even if the spokes are pretty strong.
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