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Re-lacing a Pro-Lite wheel with good spokes

  • 17-08-2011 2:38pm
    #1
    cantalach
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    I recently bought a set of Pro-Lite Merano wheels and I am very unhappy with them. In less than three weeks and 1,200km, I have had two unprovoked spoke failures on the rear wheel. By 'unprovoked' I mean that they just failed spontaneously without hitting anything. Two friends of mine have had the same happen to their Pro-Lite wheels, albeit over a slightly longer time period and with the Bracciano model rather than the Merano.

    So I'm wondering if, rather than just endlessly replacing one crappy Pro-Lite spoke with another, I'd be better off to just bite the bullet and get the whole lot replaced with a set of DT or Sapim spokes. One of the things that attracted me to Pro-Lite was the very conventional design, i.e. a standard J-bend at the hub and a standard nipple hole at the rim. So in theory it should be a straight swap, right? Does anyone know any reason why this would be a bad idea?


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  • #2
    doozerie
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    I wouldn't describe Pro-Lites as a very conventional design. By appearance they are but they make a big thing of the fact that they over-tension the spokes when building their wheels. The manual/guide on their website used to give an order in which to un-tension *all* of the spokes in order to slot a new spoke in and then you obviously have to re-tension them all again - I haven't checked their site in a while but I can't imagine they've changed the design since, as it is the increased tension that they say makes their wheels strong and reliable. I think they might also mention something about using very specific spokes which are capable of handling that high tension.

    So could you do a straight swap? I don't know but personally I wouldn't be keen to try it myself. The first thing I'd try would be to contact Pro-Lite directly and report the issues you've been having, maybe they'll offer help. For what it's worth, I've done a little over 1,600km on a pair of Pro-Lite Luciano's (a grade below Merano, I think) and I've had no problems with the spokes at all.


  • #3
    levitronix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭levitronix


    a set of cx-rays would be the way to go, should set you back about 50 euro , will make the wheel a better wheel, put new nips on as well


  • #4
    levitronix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭levitronix


    tension them up to 120kgf should do the trick on the ds


  • #5
    cantalach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭cantalach


    doozerie wrote: »
    I wouldn't describe Pro-Lites as a very conventional design. By appearance they are but they make a big thing of the fact that they over-tension the spokes when building their wheels. The manual/guide on their website used to give an order in which to un-tension *all* of the spokes in order to slot a new spoke in and then you obviously have to re-tension them all again

    Thanks. Yeah, I was aware of the high tension thing. I guess what I meant by conventional design was the fact that they take a spoke with a J-bend at one end and a 'standard' sized nipple at the other end (unlike, say, the straight pull spokes with those proprietary fat nipples that you find on Mavic factory wheels).
    I think they might also mention something about using very specific spokes which are capable of handling that high tension.

    Or not as the case may be!
    levitronix wrote: »
    a set of cx-rays would be the way to go, should set you back about 50 euro , will make the wheel a better wheel, put new nips on as well

    Yes, it was them that I was leaning towards.


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