My friend Joris and I went on a 5 day, 700km bike packing trip through The Netherlands. The main Route was the ”green divide” but we added a lot to that along the way. I just built a new gravel bike for this trip, the Winspace G2. We where prepared for a lot, but couldn’t see coming what happened on day 1….
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Man the solution was easy… WHEELIE! HAHAH ure the man!
"spend peanuts you get monkeys" cheap chinese parts I'd say poor quality alloy nipples, you wouldn't use this stuff on the aircraft you fly in, going cheap has ruined your holiday ….. lesson learned!
I have similar wheels, the nipple is indeed more fragile than the spoke, which depends on which angle you look, could be a good thing (those blade spokes are so strong) or a bad thing (whole system). The carbon rim is so stiff, it just won't bend, and the spokes are so stiff, so only the nipples. I don't have this bad luck, but with extensive use (5000+ km), with the corrosion from the tubeless sealant (I got a valve leak), degreaser, snow melter, one of my wheel's nipples started to fail. After a small accident, when try to true the wheel, i notice how fragile they become, and realized some of them were already failed. When you try to tighten them, some just break… I'd like to take this this way: the failed nipple just means that the rim and the spokes are good. AND by the way those tubeless nipples are a pain in the ass to fit.(you'll know when you try to do it yourself), better outsource that to a bike shop or the manufacturer. Have fun with your journey!
Never seen a wheel fail like that. Just wondering what the discrepancy was regarding the build or materials of the wheel
The performance of these gravel bikes are awesome. But the durability is short-lived.
Jasper, you're never expecting this to happen but it did. Just motivated me into checking out kevlar emergency bike spokes to carry.
I got a stick through my front wheel on an old 26er mtb on a night ride. It only broke one spoke so my wheel wasn't as damaged as yours. But my face was in much worse condition because that's what I landed on.
Winspace wheels…. Do not think will buy one.
who could think such a nice nipples can make so many problems? 😉
Peerenboom fietsen saved the day 👌👍🤘deel je trouwens ook de route ter inspiratie?
Some video titles exaggerate
This truly was a disastrous event for a long trip ride
Glad they provided some Hadid nipples!
Is your mate riding a CAAD12 with CX tyres? More information please? So good you managed to continue with the ride and make it in time. Kudos!
Are you guys riding in circles?
Jasper, I was wondering what chain lube you use?
we can say xhat we want about mavic but best quality wheel for the prce paid
Now the questions are coming I realize I never said what even happens to the wheel🤷🏼♂️😅 it didn’t JUST BREAK WITHOUT REASON🤪 next part I’ll give a little explanation
Good time to pop a wheelie.
No big deal, that's what racing is all about.
One question: what went wrong?
In other words: can you please give us a root cause analysis?
If you buy cheap.. you buy twice…
There is something seriously wrong with your wheel set if that can happen. Too weak nipples or the spokes are too short (not enough threads trough the nipples)
I would never use so few spokes during bike packing. What for? Tiny performance gains? A few hundred grams more and this would never happen.
Great that the bike shop could save your day! At 5:23 is that the Nationalpark "De hoge Veluwe"?
Jeez, that is a proper failure. Glad you got a replacement wheel finally sorted to hopefully finish your trip, not the best advert for Winspace G2 wheels!! I was considering buying them as a good price with the discount code, but going to go for my original plan of Scribe Gravel wheels I think. Shame as they looked good
Have you checked out the Aero Tailfin rack? 20 l volume without the shaking of a saddlebag (but same aerodynamic benefits), no screw points needed, expandable to 64 l with two panniers on each side (with slightly worse aerodynamics) , but very expensive, around EUR 500 for just the rack
Nothing, absolutely nothing defeats the cycling legend Jasper….. FACT 🤙🏻🇳🇱🤙🏻
Gravel is 💩🤣 as well as lightweight components
Awesome! Good Luck!!!
How does that even happen lol. Insane