Different riders do different things to wheels, regardless of their weight, cargo loads and primary terrain. You could construct a perfectly adequate or overbuilt wheel set for some and they'd consume them in short order while others seem to glide through years before wear is enough to consider replacement..
I remember pondering why certain customers should have a wheel build card good for a free tenth build after nine stamps. A light rider who rides like their wheels are the face of a hammer can eat a wheel set on road or off in no time but a rider who distributes both output and input energies carefully can baby a set of wheels for a very long time. There will always be that one time event that kills a wheel in a single strike. Unfortunately we all have to learn where we are on that spectrum by going too heavy or too light at some time. Going a bit strong at first may result in dreams of lighter wheels releasing from the bonds of physics but going light can leave you calling for a ride or worse. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 12:39:05 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > I had to laugh at this. I'm not a heavyweight but I do weigh between 170 > and 175 and often carry rear loads, but I've been using 19 mm (outside) 370 > gram 559 rims both on and off road for decades (still have a stash: Sun > M14A) in 32 rear and 32 or 28 front; wheels never went out of true, and > only times I broke spokes was twice using Revolutions with aluminum nipples > to carry 35 lb rear loads on 22 mm tires; brass nipples and 14/15 gauge > fixed that. (I never got pinch flats either). I've used the same wheels off > road with some violence, with no problems. My 29er wheels are 32 spoke; no > out-of-true; and I never had out-of-true problems with lightish 622 road > rims on- or off-road. (Pressure is another puzzle. I put 90/80 in 23s, > 50-45 in 28s, 35-30 in 40s, and 18 to 21 in 60s.) > > OTOH, one of the nicest feeling wheelsets I ever rode was a many-owner > pair built around old 40 hole Campy Record hubs on a 1960s Paramount track > bike belonging to my brother (he was partly serious). Like butter and > perpetual motion. > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 8:21 AM Nathan F <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ... Wheels are a real sticking point for me because the general advice on >> here can be quite dated. When Riv-built Rivs come into the shop I work, >> they are frequently the most overbuilt bikes I've ever seen. We're talking >> a 100lb woman riding 36H touring wheels for riding in the city when they >> could easily, and safely, be on 24H cyclocross race wheels. Onetime someone >> had a bike that, again, they were just riding in the city (no loaded >> touring) with a 42H rear wheel. It's utter madness. Once you add in the >> propensity for Riv owners to ride terrible tires--I've been so happy to see >> Riv overhaul their tire program--these bikes end up not being as fun to >> ride as they should be. >> >> > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4bb75baf-80ae-48ce-aff7-9a117408d630n%40googlegroups.com.
