That's an interesting point about mounting tires on the Synergy OC. I bought a Synergy OC rear from Riv last month. When I went to mount the tire on it, I was very pleased with how easy it was to get on the rim. Actually a little shocked, thinking that the wheel was actually a bit smaller than the new front because that tire took a little technique and muscle to get on.
-Steve Seattle On Thursday, August 9, 2012 9:09:20 PM UTC-7, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > I've built up a set and a half of A23s and a couple of sets of Synergies. > Both rim types are pretty straightforward to build and required similar > amounts of attention to achieve the radial/lateral trueness. I build more > for spoke tension evenness than rad/lat trueness and neither rims gave me > problems other than the typical slight hop at the joint. > > I prefer the Synergies because the available OC version reduces left/right > spoke tension discrepancy thereby resulting in stronger rear wheels. > Truthfully, I only ever had a rear wheel fail once in my entire cycling > lifetime (>30 years), so this may be a technical advantage and not a > practical one. The Synergies were also a tad easier to build due to the > reduced turning friction from having eyelets (even if the spoke/nipple and > nipple/spoke-bed interfaces were oiled). Finally, and this is very > important for me, tires are significantly easier to mount on the Synergies > than on the A23s, often not requiring any tire levers at all for the > Synergies (e.g., for both the GB Cypres and JB Greens, with Veloplugs). > > > > On Thursday, August 9, 2012 5:37:58 PM UTC-7, stonehog wrote: >> >> Has anyone had a chance to build a wheel with the Velocity A23 rims vs. a >> Synergy rim? I'm planning a front wheel SON wheel, and have been using >> Synergy rims to this point. This will be for my Hilsen and will generally >> be pulling rando/road duty with Cypres or Jack Brown Greens. >> >> Brian >> Seattle, WA >> > -- 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/-/ZY6JoXigq1kJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
