Broken nipples and rays

windfed

Member
Nov 2, 2021
13
8
Piacenza - Italy
Rail 2020 9.9 XL, carbon wheels, tubless since the beginning (Stan's liquid), I broken 4 rear wheel rays (at nipple level) in the last 2 runs....
After that, tired to repair single reay everytime, I decided to change all nipples (now silver ALU) and rays, increasing ray section.
I weight 90kg... I wonder if that issue was due to corrosive liquid ... or biker's weight.
I didn''t do anything different in the last runs... no jumps, no bike park, just good strong all mountains' trails, as usual.

did you get a similar issue?
 

BrentD

Well-known member
Jun 25, 2020
168
134
New Zealand
Not carbon wheels but had the same issue with the Bontrager Line Comp 30s on my Rail 9.8 and I only weigh 75kg. Another riding buddy had the same issue with the same wheelset on a Slash 8 though he is closer to 120kg. I replaced them with a set of Light Bicycle EN933 carbon rims on DT Swiss 350 hubs. Haven't looked back, the extra lateral stiffness of the carbon rims is really noticeable on a heavy bike like the Rail.
 

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