For anyone that has bought Topolino wheels, did they ever creak? If so, did it go away after time?
Background:
I bought a Tilite ZRA s2 a few weeks ago. I opted for the 25" Topolino wheels. From the get go they creaked horribly. It's like I'm pushing a poorly maintained old beater chair.
Issues: Some of the spokes were loose. I tightened them a quarter turn, but that is as far as I was willing to go in tweaking these very expensive wheels that I don't want to damage. Furthermore, the chair handled poorly, so I checked the alignment of the rear wheels and they were toe'ed out 7/8" :eek1: (the minimum allowed is 1/8"). To me that speaks volumes about Tilite's lack of quality control. Anyway, I aligned the chair properly. While the chair now handles great with substantially less creaking of the spokes, some creaking still remains.
As my chair vendor is two hours away, I asked them to let a local bike shop professionally adjust my Topolinos at their expense. (I did after all just buy a new $4730 CAD wheelchair from them and naively thought they would want to keep me as a happy returning customer.) I was wrong! The long and the short of it is they refused--stating that their Tilite rep. is telling them that noise is "normal" for the Topolino wheels. "The spokes just need a while to be broken in", they're saying. Sounds like bullsh!t to me, but what do I know. I've been running quiet, trouble-free Spinergy Spox wheels for the last 12 years. Hence, my leading questions...
Please let me know your thoughts.
Background:
I bought a Tilite ZRA s2 a few weeks ago. I opted for the 25" Topolino wheels. From the get go they creaked horribly. It's like I'm pushing a poorly maintained old beater chair.
Issues: Some of the spokes were loose. I tightened them a quarter turn, but that is as far as I was willing to go in tweaking these very expensive wheels that I don't want to damage. Furthermore, the chair handled poorly, so I checked the alignment of the rear wheels and they were toe'ed out 7/8" :eek1: (the minimum allowed is 1/8"). To me that speaks volumes about Tilite's lack of quality control. Anyway, I aligned the chair properly. While the chair now handles great with substantially less creaking of the spokes, some creaking still remains.
As my chair vendor is two hours away, I asked them to let a local bike shop professionally adjust my Topolinos at their expense. (I did after all just buy a new $4730 CAD wheelchair from them and naively thought they would want to keep me as a happy returning customer.) I was wrong! The long and the short of it is they refused--stating that their Tilite rep. is telling them that noise is "normal" for the Topolino wheels. "The spokes just need a while to be broken in", they're saying. Sounds like bullsh!t to me, but what do I know. I've been running quiet, trouble-free Spinergy Spox wheels for the last 12 years. Hence, my leading questions...
Please let me know your thoughts.
New Creaking Topolino Wheels
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