Wheelsets

[rbw1966]

I have a Lemond Poprad (cyclocross) that I use for long rides as well as daily commuting when not riding my fixie. I just noticed that the rear wheel is cracked so its time for a new wheelset.

 

Recommendations?

 

I ride pretty rough on some shitty pavement/trails. I need something durable yet lightweight. I put about 7-10K miles on my bike a year.

[rob]

I just laced up a velocity A23 for my rear. It's kind of a new model, it's like their aerohead rim, but 23mm wide instead of 19 or whatever. Fairly light, strong, and happily runs my 35mm tires. Or, you can just run their aerohead if you want something a little more narrow. Velocity has a touring rim called the dyad which is popular, and bombproof, but fucking heavy.

 

Mavic open pros are good, too. You can spend a little extra to get the ceramic ones, they will last forever. I've heard ceramic rims can brake kind of weird in the wet, though. If I were rebuilding a wheel for long rides, commuting, etc. I'd probably go this route.

 

 

But, let me ask you: Why do you need an entire wheelset? You can just buy a new rim and have your LBS put it on the rear hub you already have.

[rbw1966]

Because I think this wheelset (Bontrager) is shit. I had a bianchi for years and never had to touch the rims, these rims I am always fucking with. These particular wheels have about 35K miles on them.

[Phil K]

I'd recommend you watch out for FW.

[olyclimber]

Get the ones that spin the opposite direction when you're at a stop. Also, the neon underneath makes it look like you're floating. But definitely save most of your budget for the stereo system.

[olyclimber]

Also, min. diameter should be 24 inches, otherwise you'll look a fool and playas will be hustlin your women.

[summitchaserCJB]

+1 for Mavics. Bontragers are pretty good. My wheel basically fell apart, but then again I did put over 20,000 miles on it.

[JBC]

I have a Lemond Poprad (cyclocross) that I use for long rides as well as daily commuting when not riding my fixie. I just noticed that the rear wheel is cracked so its time for a new wheelset.

 

Recommendations?

 

I ride pretty rough on some shitty pavement/trails. I need something durable yet lightweight. I put about 7-10K miles on my bike a year.

 

If you want a pair of wheels that really hold up, forget all the trick/bs wheelsets. Go to a competant local wheelbuilder and have them build you a 36 spoke wheelset. My reccomendation would be to do Phil Wood hubs, and Velocity Dyad rims. they will not be cheap or particularly light, but they will be near bombproof!

 

Jim

[Couloir]

I've been using Aksiums for the past 2 years for CCX and really like them. Still perfectly true after the thrashing I've given them. And for <$250 for a set, they're a great value too.

[Crux]

Laced mine with 36 Sapim Laser spokes to Deep-V rims. The current set is built with DuraAce hubs. Last set had Velocity hubs. Lived on the bike with that set for a year, and it kept rolling through some memorably jarring hits suffered fast in the dark, cold rain and snow, all that: A curb, a pothole, a railroad rail. A couple hits caused denting, but none mattered much as the bike still went fast and true into the summer. In the end, the brake surfaces thinned and the bearings blew.

[rbw1966]

I ended up with a set of Velocity Dyads.

[rob]

bomber

[chirp]

I have a Lemond Poprad (cyclocross) that I use for long rides as well as daily commuting when not riding my fixie. I just noticed that the rear wheel is cracked so its time for a new wheelset.

 

Recommendations?

 

I ride pretty rough on some shitty pavement/trails. I need something durable yet lightweight. I put about 7-10K miles on my bike a year.

 

If you want a pair of wheels that really hold up, forget all the trick/bs wheelsets. Go to a competant local wheelbuilder and have them build you a 36 spoke wheelset. My reccomendation would be to do Phil Wood hubs, and Velocity Dyad rims. they will not be cheap or particularly light, but they will be near bombproof!

 

Jim

 

I would listen to Jim if I were you, he knows his stuff.

[Crux]

Dyad 5mm wider than Deep-V ...interesting!

[olyclimber]

dyad may refer to:

 

* dyad (biology), a pair of sister chromatids occurring in prophase I of meiosis. Can also be used to describe protein morphology using the definition here: [1].

* dyad (Greek philosophy), Greek philosopher's principle of "twoness" or "otherness"

* dyad (music), a set of two notes or pitches

* dyad (sociology), mostly refers to pairs of individuals such as couples, co-authors, twins, and so on.

* dyad pedagogy, in education.

* dyad, in engineering kinematics, a linkage in a planar mechanism that has two possible assembly modes

* dyad, in Obstetrics refers to the pregnant mother and fetus

* dyadic tensor, in mathematics

 

 

 

[olyclimber]

chicks dig mag wheels. those are the ones to get.