Johan Bornman Posted May 25, 2013 Share I have ridden 2 sets of eastons, currently riding ea90. On both sets, 26000km - used 2 sets of rear bearings and 4 spokes. I highly recommend eastons.Anecdotal evidence seldom probes anything. We listed the reasons Eastons are inferior wheels to others and that remains. Four spokes over that distance is dismal. Wheels can be built to have spoke life way beyond the life of the hubs and rims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Willemse Posted May 25, 2013 Share Wayne. You are completely wrong. We at CWC is also the agents for Tacx and we get our Tacx directly from Tacx in The Netherlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Potgieter Posted May 25, 2013 Share Wayne. You are completely wrong. We at CWC is also the agents for Tacx and we get our Tacx directly from Tacx in The Netherlands.But there is no mention of you on the tacx website? Whereas there are other RSA companies that are? Let's Ride 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let's Ride Posted May 25, 2013 Share Anecdotal evidence seldom probes anything. We listed the reasons Eastons are inferior wheels to others and that remains. Four spokes over that distance is dismal. Wheels can be built to have spoke life way beyond the life of the hubs and rims. I must agree. Easton wheels are not good. Had a friend whose spokes kept on snapping and the wheel was brand new. Not a very good wheel if that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodbadugly Posted May 25, 2013 Share Ek het n paar fietswinkels gebel en raad gevra oor die Easton EA 90 xc.Volgens hulle het Easton nou n special op hulle wiele.Die enigste probleem met die wiele is blykbaar die speke,wat probleme gee.Ja. Want daar is nie genoeg speke nie. DIPSLICK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoo Posted May 25, 2013 Share Now honestly Chris, with all due respect, how would you know whether you're a recognised agent, or not? Did you ask Wayne, before assuming the you are?A rookie mistake..... Then back to the wheels in question, I'm all for Easton and both my road bikes are shod woth them. Have yet to break a spoke or having bearing issues, though I do know of a guys who has. Then I know others, who like me, swear by them. Now back to Chris........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sias Posted May 25, 2013 Share Be very wary of the EA90 wheels! I have a set and had to replace two sets of bearings and eventualy both hubs had to be replaced. The rear hub is not sealed as Johan said and when the dirt got in there, it made a moer of a noise. The front hub failed totally after the bearing apparently seized ! So far I haven't lost any spokes...Make no mistake, the wheels are light and very, very fast, but I had to wait more than a month for the agents to make up their minds if they were going to replace under warranty or repair. They wanted me to pay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Potgieter Posted May 25, 2013 Share Now honestly Chris, with all due respect, how would you know whether you're a recognised agent, or not? Did you ask Wayne, before assuming the you are?A rookie mistake.....its interesting that tacx show no record of them being agents. The agents have confirmed cwc are grey importing. Cwc staff admit on the phone that I cannot have a tacx trainer repaired anywhere else but at cwc. And your only contribution is rife with sarcasm. Not cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Potgieter Posted May 25, 2013 Share Antoo, If CWC doesn't do grey imports, why do they have a big disclaimer on there site? But in another thread (before the crash) They confirmed in writing that they do not do grey imports? All I am saying, is don't lie...if its a grey import, say so. Let the customer choose where they want to spend their money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted May 25, 2013 Share I bought a bike that was speced with Easton EA70 26" wheels.I broke 3 drive side spokes after 3 weeks and the wheel was rebuilt in a week.2 weeks later 2 spokes on the front went and the wheel was rebuilt in 5 days.Been riding them on my hardtail now and no problems. pista 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Potgieter Posted May 25, 2013 Share Apologies for the hijack all. Back to Easton wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skott5 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Riding Easton havocs on my TB and they been flawless so far - 7 months Ysterperd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted May 25, 2013 Share Riding Easton havocs on my TB and they been flawless so far - 7 months Easton Havoc are awesome wheels pista 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Luke. Posted May 25, 2013 Share Riding EA90's on my 29'er. I am currently 93kg, have broken a ton of stuff over the years, but never any of my Easton stuff. Things like the EC90 SL fork I had for about four years - lightest fork available - took an absolute hammering, tons of mileage and no hint of failure whatsoever. The EA90 XC wheels are quite new though, lets see how they go, but I'm feeling optimistic. Edited May 25, 2013 by Lucky Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fantana Posted May 25, 2013 Share arendoog and Warren911 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let's Ride Posted May 25, 2013 Share A real pity what CWC said on this thread. Makes me never want to support them. Arrogance does not attract customers. But I will soon forget this and will probably buy from CWC again. Edited May 25, 2013 by Let's Ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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