On Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 10:09:22 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: I'm curious about putting lighter wheels on my Roadini. Anyone running really light weight wheels? Carbon? Noticeable changes in speed/comfort/stats?
The lightest wheels I ever put on my Rivendell Road were SunTour Superbe Pro hubs, Araya titanium tubular rims, 28 spokes (straight pull on the front) and sorta light tubular tires. Eventually the ferrules started pulling through the rims on the front wheel and I had to retire them. The wheels on that bike now are Campy Daytona hubs, pretty light FIR rims, 32 spokes, with 32mm Rene Herse extra light tires and latex tubes. Joe Young built the wheels long ago and I've never had to touch them. My experience was that the loss of weight was noticeable on hard accelerations, somewhat noticeable in low-speed handling, and invisible everywhere else. Comfort-wise, 32mm extra light clinchers with latex tubes vs not-especially-well-glued-on-tubulars is like comparing my Porsche Cayenne (with air springs and adaptive shock absorbers) to my Honda S2000. I'm curious what carbon rims you would look at that you think would save much weight. Most carbon rims are pretty deep section, for aerodynamic benefits, and are pretty heavy as a result. Astral Veil 3 are "only" 32mm deep and weigh 410g. Velocity A23 are 450g. Ted Durant Milwaukee, WI USA -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0fed1446-6a42-4870-afce-2488212e2e03n%40googlegroups.com.
