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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Pulled the trigger on the Elite Wheel DRIVE wheelset
« on: September 17, 2022, 10:39:28 AM »
Quote from: 1Sigma on September 16, 2022, 03:27:29 PM
1) that’s a shame. Air shouldn’t escape from factory-installed tape.  Sorry to hear that that happened to you.
2) have you contacted Elite about the bearings? Under no circumstances should there be problems with the bearings after only 500km.  If you have a bum bearing for some reason, it should be covered under warranty. 
3)yea, those bite marks are perfectly normal for an alloy freehub without a bite guard

ad 1) I think the pre-installed tape is just too narrow. Also with 23mm one has to be careful to center the rim tape in order to have a good overlap of the asymetric spoke holes.
ad 2) Contacted yes and also explained what happened. But I did not insist on some kind of warranty.
ad 3) True - never before removed a cassette after less than 500km and therefore was somehow surprised that it already looks most of my other free hubs...

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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: Pulled the trigger on the Elite Wheel DRIVE wheelset
« on: September 16, 2022, 06:39:53 AM »
A quick report on my experience withe the Elitewheels Drive 40D.
  • received mid of June
  • since then only around 500km
  • using them tubeless with the Vittoria Corsa Speed G2.0 TLR 25mm

In general the wheels feel great. Very responsive and stiff. I enjoy riding them. However for comparision I do not have another carbon wheel set, only my main aluminium training wheel set (which is a bit less then 300g heavier).

Now to two problems:
(1) I had quite some problems to get them working tubeless, always lost at least a bit of air. Air leaked out through the small hole on the side of the rim. Investigating further, the pre-installed rim tape did not 100% cover all of the spoke holes. Sealant was below the rim tape at some of the spoke holes and filling them. I exchanged the rim tape with 23mm wide tape, which is 1-2mm wider then the original one. Since then, no problems any more.
(2) During inspection of the rear wheel, I noticed that the ball bearings are already no longer running smoth. Affected is one or both of the bearings of the free wheel hub. Also the free wheel hub showing already some wear from the cassette, I decided to order another free wheel hub. Not quite cheap, did cost me around 80€ including shipping and customs duties. Good quality bearings would have been about 30-40€. So next time, if necessary, I will just replace the bearings...

Attached a picture of the old free hub where one can see the wear from the cassette.

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