I like the pressure release nut
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ENVE really seems to be having a normal one
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I donāt think Iāve ever read a review of Enve mtb rims that didnāt involve the rims being warrantied. My impression is that they are not as on top of their shit as they probably should be for the price they are asking.
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I want to like them because high end merica made rims, but Iām not liking what Iām hearing.
Probably worth re-reading this: https://pinkbike.com/news/review-enve-m735e-wheelset.html
My general impression of ENVE is that they are in deep over their heads
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It looks like We Are One might be an option for made in North America carbon mtb rims that arenāt sketchy. They are priced quite a bit lower than Enve, have a lifetime warranty, are lighter and seem to be well reviewed thus far.
A complete wheelset with their Agent rims and DT350 hubs starts at $1297, compared to $1180 from Light Bicycle with the same hubs and the comparable AM730 rims once youāve added the lifetime warranty. Both with Sapim Race spokes. Fucking around on their configurators, adding the 36t ratchet option to the hubs adds $55 from We Are One and $100 from Light Bicycle, so the price gets even closer.
The Agent rim is a little heavier, but by all accounts rides really well. Iām still not ready to drop the coin on a set of carbon wheels for the mtb, but if I were, Iād for sure be checking them out.
Iām trying to get some Vittoria Corsa Speeds to seat tubeless. First try didnāt workāthe sidewalls collapse inward forming a triangle section. So I put a tube in and pumped it up. I didnāt hear any of those snapping sounds that suggest that the bead is seating. Just took out the tube and the sidewalls collapsed again, forming a triangle. So do I give up and just use a tube?
What rims?
FSE rims
Pertinent question for the winner: how many gallons of sealant required to seal the tires and soak the sidewalls so they stop weeping?
I can answer thatāultimately 8 oz/tire
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Does the guy winning with those tires have anything to do with those particular tires? With mixed terrain, seems like small gains in tires would have less of an effect than on a road ride.
Maybe I donāt know as much about tires as I thought I did.
Itās notable because:
- itās an opportunity for more R* H* puns.
- Jan will blog about it so Iām just warning everyone.
- Running big fat slick tires in an extremely muddy singlespeed race is an unconventional strategy.
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I donāt mind Jan blogging when his tires win races. Thereās a ton of local gravel races I have no idea about so itās fun to learn. Apparently the COG 100 is a G-Ted production and makes sense being a hundred mile single speed championship.
And judging from the finishing time of the winner itās all on pretty well maintained gravel & dirt, so a floaty smooth tire is just what the doctor ordered.
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Oh no, read the blog post on guitar ted on this race. It was craziness
My definition of well maintained is maybe a bit biased towards crappy mountain roads. Those muddy sections? All basically level, and some of them the mud was thin enough to have the undersurface barely visible. That photo of the #4 finisher sailing through a muddy section on his actual-fatbike tires is what I mean; fatter tires tend to stay on the surface, so unless you hit a 15+Ā° mud ramp (thereās at least one picture he took of a muddy road where the thing turns to new gravel on a steep bank, then back to mud when the grade relents) theyāll have enough friction to keep you moving on the surface while skinnier tires will drop deeply into the goo, which will then grab the bottom of the wheels and pull you to a hike-a-biking stop.
Iām all for big slicks in mud (having put G*dās Own T*re to good use in the Odinās Revenge #3 monsoon year) but a winning speed of just over 11mph in a race that only 10 people finished doesnāt sound like a cakewalk.