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Gravel89
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by Gravel89 on Wed Feb 23, 2022 4:42 pm
Do you any of you use the Miche R-DX Hub or the Damil Hub? My LBS advised me for this Italian brand. Because of Brexit the good UK products are now on the EU market really expensive
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Aesch
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by Aesch on Thu Mar 17, 2022 3:33 pm
I've been happy riding wheels so far with cx Ray and building them myself with pillar 1420 spokes. This was a choice based on availability and price. These are light and thin spokes and I'm contemplating building a gravel wheelset that might benefit from a slightly heavier spoke. However I have no idea what would be a good choice. A pillar 1422? Or a pillar wing variant? Or maybe a dt swiss aero comp? Any ideas or advice? Thanks!
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iankovski
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by iankovski on Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:58 am
Hello, guys.
So I'm buying a second hand bike and it comes with a pair of Corima WS 47 Black. Since I'm a bit heavy, about 86kg right now, and this is a wheelset not much indicated to daily training, since it's expensive at least to me, I want to ask you a couple of questions: 1) do the wheel can bear my heavyweight as*? 2) is it a good idea to buy a spare wheelset for the daily basis? 3) which fair and nice wheelset is recommended for 80kg+? 4) as I want to try the tubeless magic, better to have it in carbon/aluminum?
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Yoln
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by Yoln on Fri May 06, 2022 12:37 am
Building a wheelset with carbon Ti SP rim brakes hub. 28H for the rear with 3x lacing on drive side and radial on left side. Usind CX sprint. What tension would you recommend (and especially how different should it be between drive and non drive side?) ?
Thanks
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Marin
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by Marin on Fri May 06, 2022 9:12 am
Yoln wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:37 am
Building a wheelset with carbon Ti SP rim brakes hub. 28H for the rear with 3x lacing on drive side and radial on left side. Usind CX sprint. What tension would you recommend (and especially how different should it be between drive and non drive side?) ?
Thanks
Tension right side as high as your components allow. Left side tension is determined by geometry.
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Yoln
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by Yoln on Fri May 06, 2022 1:06 pm
Marin wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 9:12 am
Yoln wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:37 am
Building a wheelset with carbon Ti SP rim brakes hub. 28H for the rear with 3x lacing on drive side and radial on left side. Usind CX sprint. What tension would you recommend (and especially how different should it be between drive and non drive side?) ?
Thanks
Tension right side as high as your components allow. Left side tension is determined by geometry.
Thanks! Makes total sense
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alanyu
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by alanyu on Wed May 11, 2022 5:28 pm
Yoln wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:37 am
Building a wheelset with carbon Ti SP rim brakes hub. 28H for the rear with 3x lacing on drive side and radial on left side. Usind CX sprint. What tension would you recommend (and especially how different should it be between drive and non drive side?) ?
Thanks
With 28 spokes do you really need CX sprint?
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USAisDOA
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by USAisDOA on Mon Jun 06, 2022 4:49 am
LouisN wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 2:37 pm
This thread used to be « livelier »...
Louis
So what happened to the English chap with the bike shop? He used to respond almost to everything. He never read what he typed hence so typo's. Good dude... I forgot his handle. I used to really enjoy reading some of his exasperated responses to some of my off the wall post ideas, most of which worked for me. Einstein of all people stated that you never learned a damn thing if you don't make some mistakes.
So if you're out there Englishmen.. I built a gravel bike aluminum frame last fall mostly to play with discs. And I built triplet on both ends 16 8 front and back. Radial rear left----eight "stoppers", works just fine
enjoy this one englishman.
Gosh.... I live so dangerously
I believe almost nothing I read and 'hear'
I believe roughly half of what I see with my own eyes.. in person.
I do not
carbon.. anything
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shimmeD
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by shimmeD on Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:14 am
So what happened to the English chap with the bike shop? He used to respond almost to everything. He never read what he typed hence so typo's. Good dude... I forgot his handle. I used to really enjoy reading some of his exasperated responses to some of my off the wall post ideas, most of which worked for me. Einstein of all people stated that you never learned a damn thing if you don't make some mistakes.
So if you're out there Englishmen.. I built a gravel bike aluminum frame last fall mostly to play with discs. And I built triplet on both ends 16 8 front and back. Radial rear left----eight "stoppers", works just fine
enjoy this one englishman.
That was bm0p700f who hangs out at thecycleclinic.uk I think he got sick of coming here, shame that since I enjoy(ed) his posts.
to Malcolm.
And yes you're right Malcolm doesn't like weird wheel builds like yours!
Less is more.