i need a new rim to replace the stans grail i cracked a few weeks ago. i would like your recommendations on spokes and rim!
front wheel
hub is a 28h white industries
must be tubeless, 23mm inner width or so
40c tire is going on this
primary use is CX racing
i am below the ENVE price range but above my usual “cheap as possible” price range. thinking something like a belgium+ or light bicycle rim. what is best value in race-worthy tubeless rim?
what spokes?
AFAIK Mavic isn’t shipping them, yet.
edit - holy shit, in stock online! Fucking finally.
I have the weirdest desire for a race bike with those
I know a couple builders that have. I’d would pass.
Big tension drop with tire installed (no surprise to me), relatively low max tension. That’s a recipe for shitty wheels.
Fucking shit Mavic rims and their low tension limits…
My main supplier of Sapim spokes refuses to build with/stock Mavic rims at all due to their ridiculous low tension limit and wonky build quality.
That’s funny, because the only thing I like about Mavic (at least the Open Pro) is the build quality. Everything else about their rims is totally antiquated.
That said, the new tubeless Mavic UST rims are game-changing for tubeless tires. I suspect everyone will adopt UST over the next ~5 years.
How is this actually any different than what WTB and now Alex are doing? Both have the recessed squared off bead area like Mavic? I always assumed the patent expired and Taiwan was “yolo”.
Did Mavic actually change anything besides working with a tire OEM that actually has their shit together?
On that note… last 10 Compass tires I have installed onto DT, Light Bicycle, and WTB rims have been the right kind of tight going on, gave a satisfying series of snaps when seating and locked the bead tight enough that when fully deflated things stayed in place.
Rim Shartq: I want to replace the rear rim on my hybrid because I rode it flat a few months back and really fucked it up. I also do not want to spend much money on the rebuild if possible. Current rim is 36h Velocity Dyad, is there anything that matches the dimensions of a Dyad but isn’t a Velocity so I could take it to a shop but have them re-use the spokes?..
I honestly don’t know what WTB and Alex are doing, and I haven’t read anything about the tech behind the new Mavic tubeless, but I do know that they have a bead and rim bed which allow basically effortless tubeless mounting with nothing but a floor pump, 100% of the time.
Or you can contact velocity and they’ll probably sell you a “crash replacement” rim for half price.
But even a half price Velocity rim is more expensive than many other good options and it’s still a velocity rim.
What about that Alex adventurer rim? Wasn’t that supposed to be cheap and good?
https://www.bikeparts.com/BPC432026/alex-adventure-2-rim-trs-700c-32h-black-silver?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIycjSsOOH1wIVEweGCh2yiwaVEAQYAyABEgL4NPD_BwE
Cheap! And tubeless ready!
No idea if it even comes close to matching the ERD of the Dyad.
I think RR440 is the same, but that’s not exactly a hybrid rim
the 36h Alex Adventure 2 rims haven’t landed yet
I honestly don’t know what WTB and Alex are doing, and I haven’t read anything about the tech behind the new Mavic tubeless, but I do know that they have a bead and rim bed which allow basically effortless tubeless mounting with nothing but a floor pump, 100% of the time.[/quote]
My money is the main changes being to tire bead and tolerances. Seems to me that the “right” tire on the proper inner width rim yields the same results. Its just a crap shoot to find the right combo.
[quote=JUGE FREDD]the 36h Alex Adventure 2 rims haven’t landed yet
https://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=89776[/quote]
Might wait for these to come out. Probably wouldn’t kill me to get new spokes if need be
[quote=ShartAttack]
Might wait for these to come out. Probably wouldn’t kill me to get new spokes if need be[/quote]
Lol, this seems to be the inevitable result of every rim swap idea
If you’re still a 650b rim brake dead-ender and like these rims you better grab the remaining stock real quick.
I’m building a front wheel with an h plus Hydra rim. The erd on the site is 589, had anyone measured it irl?
If you’re still a 650b rim brake dead-ender and like these rims you better grab the remaining stock real quick.[/quote]
Pretty sure they’re still making an unmachined all-black model using the same extrusion
There’s an awesome looking wide/deep disc-only “Eroica” model coming eventually but I haven’t seen it outside of trade show pictures