I have one of the Orange QB's. Those came with Mavic rims. Even though I ride primarily fixed, I do use the brakes. Mine failed at the eyelet -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/4468308813/in/photolist-sdaq9-7NRfx8-5ZGi3A-7NRfBB Since the original Suzue hub was a little tired, I decided to just have Rich (handsonwheels.com) build me up a new wheel with a different hub. He does phenomenal work. Araya rims are hard to come by these days. Probably a Box type construction. Velocity Synergy, Atlas or NoBS from their touring line are all pretty stout. Rich used one of them on mine - the centered type with eyelets. http://www.velocityusa.com/product/rim_applications/touring - Jim / cyclofiend.com On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 12:27:31 PM UTC-7, Ted Shwartz wrote: > > The rims were by Araya. I am not sure they are available in the United > States anymore. Fyi, not much wear on rims from breaking as the bike was > set up with a fixed gear. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
