Besides that one photo we’ve all seen… how many other’s have gone “boom”?
Surely that Dirt guy from MASH SF / Macaframa would’ve killed his by now?
I just bought one, and was unaware of any dramas with them. I read some reviews, some really good, some bad. Hard to tell on the internet what’s good and what’s bad these days. What’s the photo that you are talking about? Do they have a bad rep?
It is well established that the four-spoke Spinergy has some some serious design/engineering flaws.
This doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to fail when you use it, but why use a wheel that you’re uncertain about?
The other issue is that the wheels on the market/ebay etc are OLD, and getting to the end of their service life.
Intrinsically bad wheel design + old delaminating carbon fibre = 
Read up here:
http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-020/index.html
Spinergy wheels are constructed of carbon fiber and as such the failure mode is not gradual, as is the case with a metal spoked wheel, but sudden, catastrophic and often without any warning. This aspect of composite wheel design makes it most important for the design be robust. The number of sudden wheel failures, while being driven over flat ground, raises the possibility that these wheels suffer from whirl-mode flutter.
Stay the hell away from them.
Out of curiosity i hit up Dr Google and found this:
it includes lists of failures but seems to have been dormant since 98 or so, that bodes even more badly as these wheels are now another 10 years older.
I wouldn’t ride them as they just look too flimsy, and sometimes that’s enough to make me doubt them. In 5 spoke I might be more convinced.
looks like you just bought the wrong wheels horatio.
cos on teh internetz one bad photo equals 1000000000000 good reviews 
Hasn’t stopped Mavic: 
the wheel maintains its integrity 
In regards to the H Plus Son JAMS, you’re not worried are you? :mrgreen:
I’m not.
heck no, i’m more worried about them being stolen
my old housemate had one.
it 'sploded.
Oh god, not the best road to have a stack. Imagine the road rash.
I remember when a bloke arrived at crit racing with one many many moons ago. It wasn’t long before they were banned but I thought they were amazing. People were saying they could cut arms off if you hit the deck with one. To a fifteen y.o this wheel was off the chart.
Fixed. Or something like that.
From memory i’ve seen 2 of the generic copies and one real spinergy in the bin after street riding failure.
on the copies the ‘spokes’ start to feel like old cardboard when they get old.
Spinergy Report 1: The following Epidemiological Investigation Report dated 96,12,05 is a report conducted by the Wisconsin Bureau of Consumer Protection on behalf of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). It details a Spinergy Wheel failure that lead to the victim breaking his back.
This report was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. We thank the Consumer Product Safety Commission for their cooperation and prompt assistance.
The wheel in question suffered similar damage to that shown in Report 2.
The Epidemiological Investigation Report reads in part: I Product Identification: The product involved in this case is a customized component on a SCHWINN PARAMOUNT SERIES 3 bicycle purchased on Feb. 5, 1993. The original wheels on this bicycle were removed and replaced with 2 - Carbon Bicycle Wheels known as : SPINERGY REV X, SP-CW, FRONT CLINCHER. These carbon bicycle wheels were manufactured by: SPINERGY, INC. 45 DANBURY ROAD WILSON, CT 06897 II PRE-INCIDENT
The carbon bicycle wheels were purchased on DECEMBER 8, 1995 from FOND DU LAC CYCLERY, 73 S. MAIN ST., FOND DU LAC, WI 54935. The victim informed that these wheels were only put on his bicycle when he was racing. He added that he participated in approximately - 15 races between MARCH and JUNE, 1996 but these carbon wheels were only used in 4-5 of those races. No problem was experienced with these wheels until June 22, 1996, the date of the incident.
On JUNE 22, 1996, the victim competed in a bicycle race held in WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI. It was a non-qualifying race and open to all levels of bicyclers. The race covered a 32 mile route around WISCONSIN RAPIDS and began around 5:00 PM. The victim was wearing a lycra T-shirt, shorts and a helmet.
III INCIDENT
During the race at approximately 6:20 PM, the victim was in the front third of the pack. They were within a few miles of the finish line on a straight away and all traveling about 37 miles per hour. One of the bicyclers in the front of the pack went down. Within seconds, this caused a “domino” effect within the pack and more bicyclers fell down. The victim suddenly swerved to the left to avoid hitting any fallen bicyclers. That was the last thing the victim remembers before falling off his bicycle. The victim recalls his lower jaw slamming into his upper teeth as the top of his head hit the pavement. The next thing he remembers is lying on the pavement stunned. Other bicyclers with minor scrapes came to his aid. He began checking various body parts to see if he could move them. He remembers feeling a pain between his shoulder blades and thought it was from the impact. When he stood up the pain in his back increased and he decided to lay back down and wit for medical assistance. It took about 15 minutes before an ambulance could get to him. The paramedics decided to take him to the hospital for x-rays and follow-up.
Following the race, the victim learned that his bicycle had continued on down the road a few feet after he had fallen off. When his bicycle was found, everything was intact except for the front wheel. The outer part of the rim had detached and the bladed spokes had shattered leaving no support for the forks of the bicycle. It appears that the shattering of this wheel is what caused the victim to fall off of the bicycle resulting in serious injuries. There were no witnesses to the victim’s individual incident.
IV. POST-INCIDENT
The victim arrived at a WISCONSIN RAPIDS hospital at approximately 6:45 PM and X-rays were taken as well as a MRI. These tests showed that the victim had a broken three of the vertebrae in his back.
Stolen from http://home.interlynx.net/~pjdu
^ the description of what happened just sent chills down my spine…
ouch
did anyone go to the melburn bicycle film festival last year
i have tried to find the “king of skitch” video on the interwebz
essentially this guy running dual yellow spinergies clears 5 stairs
result = fireworks
gave all the hipsters in the audience heart attacks, many lolz
something is seriously wrong with that whole getup