Shineray / XinYuan X5 review

**bikerdoc** · 09-22-2013, 02:50 PM

Woa, that is a serious safety issue... I'd be swaping the whole wheel to a mag wheel to be done with it. The other option would to be swapping all the OEM spokes to something aftermarket and imported or made by a foreign company. Notwithstanding that affected bike owners should be reporting the issue to the dealer concerned or Shineray - maybe even both.
A failure of spokes could lead to a catastrophic outcome!

**zhu** · 09-22-2013, 03:08 PM

yep x2 spokes also break like this. Shineray needs to deal with whoever makes their spokes. As was mentioned it is a real pain on a trip, even if you have spares having to remove the wheel the tyre and the nearby spokes to replace the broken ones. It seems to me the angle of the bend is not correct and the head of the spoke is not sitting happily in the hole.

**ShuBen** · 09-22-2013, 03:16 PM

Have informed the Shineray quality guy already. Lets see how they react..

**ShuBen** · 09-23-2013, 02:24 PM

here the detailed order dimensions of the spokes for a rear X5 wheel.
both sides left and right use the same type and length.
I hope it makes your ordering easier.

spoke dimensions.jpg

**Serpentza** · 09-23-2013, 02:48 PM

shuben, you have precision.. I'm guessing German or Japanese ancestors? :thumbup:

**ShuBen** · 09-23-2013, 03:06 PM

Yep ... German with German ancestors, engineering background & technical affinity.
HOW DO YOU KNOW??

**Serpentza** · 09-23-2013, 03:09 PM

because with my mixed English/German/Dutchman ancestry, I want to do what you did.. but the best I can do is uploadfromtaptalk1379948927161.jpg
The spoke is about this big...

**ShuBen** · 09-23-2013, 03:16 PM

looks like 3.574639822 inch long

... but you don't drink your beer from wooden mug anymore, do you?

**Symon260z** · 09-24-2013, 01:38 PM

This spoke failure is really putting me off buying an X5, I am ok with the DIY aspect of owning a Chinese bike but I am not ok with serious safety issues.