I meant to add that, built up with Ultegra 8 sp hubs, the bare wheels weighed in at just over 1500 grams the pair -- honest weight on a mail scale, no skewer but with rim tape -- and again, they were bullet proof.
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 2:36 PM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > Good to know about those rims. I've been using a hoard of Sun M14A > rims that have been bulletproof at about the same weight or a bit > under but they are narrow at 19 mm outside to outside. So far no > problems with the 35 mm Kojaks, but 32 mm Paselas felt weird if the > pressure dropped even a bit too low. > > FWIW, I built my wheeset with Ultegra until I rebuilt it with Surley/SON. > > Jim: any sign of the new hollow axle-cum-shoulder/bearing assembly for > the Surley flip flop hub? > > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I built some lightweight wheels for my 26" bike using Sun ELQ21 rims. They >> are the lightest welded 26" rim I could find and they were pretty >> affordable. 32h only, and black with machined sidewalls. 770 series XT hubs >> are competitive weight-wise with many much pricier hubs. I also suggest >> Kojak tires and lightweight tubes. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/_AFD-nFS7_4J. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
