I can't believe what these things are going for on ebay. They average about $450 for very old carbon wheels. I was going to put a pair on my commuter for fun, but fun doesn't go up to $450. I was thinking I would give $200 or so just for that commuter look, but forget it. Are these things becoming collector items. The last pair I checked went for $550. That is insane.

I can't believe what these things are going for on ebay. They average about $450 for very old carbon wheels. I was going to put a pair on my commuter for fun, but fun doesn't go up to $450. I was thinking I would give $200 or so just for that commuter look, but forget it. Are these things becoming collector items. The last pair I checked went for $550. That is insane.

I have a pair from 1994 out in the garage. Some people had big problems with them, I never did. Medalled at states a couple of times on them in the mid 90's. I was thinking of putting them in a local consignment shop for $200, maybe I will eBay instead. Mine are tubular, they would be nice commuter wheels with cross tires and sealant.

I would put them on ebay and double your money. I really cant justify tubbies for commuting as the roads are riddled with red neck beer bottle graveyards to my office. I know they got a bad rap for failures a few years back, but maybe that is the appeal for a commuter. Nothing like getting some sick time off for doing an endo on the way to work from a wheel failure. It is about 32 miles each way and everyone thinks I am nuts anyways, that would just seal the deal.

I broke one of my Spinergy X-Beam stiffeners a few months back and paid out the nose for a new set on eBay. I found out calling Spinergy direct that they have stopped producing them :cryin:

Get a spare set while you can.

Sheldon Brown did an interesting review on lateral wheel stiffness on his website. He of course put some Rev-x wheels against the test. He found the origional Rev-x wheels to be very flexy, but the later years (1998+) to be much stiffer. He also found the wheel stiffeners actually made the wheels performance worse on the lateral stiffness test. I found that very ironic.

Yeah, people just like 'em I think.

A training buddy used them for his everyday wheels, he says they are just everythingproof. He rides a LOT and weighs 185, so I guess if they work for him...

The wheels themselves were actually a good performing wheel but they didn't stop making them because they were to good. They fail catastrophically when they do fail. Other wheel designs when they fail may break a spoke, wear thru a side wall or crack around the spoke holes. Rev-x wheels would do things like fold in half midway thru a corner, or taco when standing up to sprint. I have seen first hand someone go into a corner, have one of the blades break and the wheel self destruct, his face looked worse then the wheel after he went face first into the asphalt.

Most people just didn't examine the wheels before every ride to see if there were any cracks developing in the spokes. All spokes will fail. When a Rev-X fails, very bad things happen.
I picked up a set 5 or 6 years ago for $100