rim depth for racing

henderson_mk
henderson_mk Posts: 637
edited January 2008 in Workshop
hey folks,

as i'm planning on racing this coming season in club races and open races... I was going to treat myself to a nice set of wheels... the ones that are currently standing out are the edge 1.0 68mm wheels.... but... I'm a bit worried that they're too deep to do races on.

The courses are normally rolling, a few hills but notjing close to alpine and a few laps of each.

Do you reckon 68mm deep is just too much for road racing? Or would it be fine in the bunch?
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  • steve23
    steve23 Posts: 2,202
    i rung up british cycling and asked them same thing, they said.....

    "theres no limit to the depth, but NO tri-spokes, NO discs and a minimum of 12 spokes."
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  • henderson_mk
    henderson_mk Posts: 637
    well thats good to know that its actually legal... :)

    i guess its more the handling aspect i'm a bit worried about.
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  • aracer
    aracer Posts: 1,649
    Whoever you spoke to at BC doesn't know their own rules. Anything with a rim more than 2.5cm deep or with less than 16 spokes is a non-standard wheel, and has to be on the approved list to be allowed. Edge wheels aren't on there.
    http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/News/2 ... eels.shtml
  • henderson_mk
    henderson_mk Posts: 637
    well how does that work then for peoples who maybe build up the likes of a planet-x rim themselves?
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  • aracer
    aracer Posts: 1,649
    You can't use them for road racing.
  • henderson_mk
    henderson_mk Posts: 637
    well that fairly sucks! :(

    is anyone likely to check at open races and things though?
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  • celbianchi
    celbianchi Posts: 854
    You can see why the rule exists though for safety.
    If it has not had the breakage test and collapses in the sprint in a buch of 60 riders, you're not going to be Mr Popular with the bunch.
  • henderson_mk
    henderson_mk Posts: 637
    oh I can totally see why its in place :-) safety first and that...

    it just sucks a bit that you can't come in with a nice set of custom built wheels though... i was thinking of getting edge rims built up on dtswiss hubs for racing this season.. and any reviews/tests seem to bring them out as stronger than zipp's.... but it looks like I might have to pick something from the approved list. :(
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  • celbianchi
    celbianchi Posts: 854
    In fairness in all the races I have done (E/1/2/3 and 2/3/4 level - no PC's) I can't recall a beady eye being cast over the 150 or so wheels on the start line.

    They don't even tell some clowns who don't have their bar ends plugged to plug them for safety!!!!!
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Yes at the lower level I reckon you'll be fine, never been at any level higher than lower myself so I can't comment on that! As for handling - never ridden deep section rims myself but plenty of people race on Cosmic Carbones and equivalent - they are probably slightly less deep than yours - having talked to club mates who have these sort of wheels it may be a case of OK in some conditions not in others.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • steve23
    steve23 Posts: 2,202
    it says you can use the mavic Cosmic Carbone SSC wheels, so would the cosmic carbone premium sl wheels be ok?
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  • aracer
    aracer Posts: 1,649
    I should imagine anything by Mavic (or any other big company) will be OK. I should have mentioned that that list is quite an old one - there is a more up to date list somewhere.
  • steve23
    steve23 Posts: 2,202
    thanks aracer

    does anyone have the up to date list?

    thanks
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  • steve23
    steve23 Posts: 2,202
    found it

    http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stleveli ... dnews=1628
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  • wildmoustache
    wildmoustache Posts: 4,010
    where are you racing ... i have never ridden them but apparently zipp rims handle better in cross-winds than other deep sections due to their profile. if it's often windy then something like 303s or 404s might be worth considering

    by the way, on the UCI list, how is it that the elite planet x riders race on their non-approved wheels?
  • wildmoustache
    wildmoustache Posts: 4,010
    where are you racing ... i have never ridden them but apparently zipp rims handle better in cross-winds than other deep sections due to their profile. if it's often windy then something like 303s or 404s might be worth considering

    by the way, on the UCI list, how is it that the elite planet x riders race on their non-approved wheels?
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Did you get that from the Zipp marketing literature ? :lol:

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