Handbuilt Wheel Benefits

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  • aracer
    aracer Posts: 1,649
    acorn_user wrote:
    Hand built wheels don't have to be 36 hole Ultegra hubs on Open Pro rims!
    Indeed - I might have a Record rear hub, but the rim is a 24 hole, 38mm deep AC420. Far, far more exclusive than a set of Mavics.
  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    aracer wrote:
    acorn_user wrote:
    Hand built wheels don't have to be 36 hole Ultegra hubs on Open Pro rims!
    Indeed - I might have a Record rear hub, but the rim is a 24 hole, 38mm deep AC420. Far, far more exclusive than a set of Mavics.

    Is that the one you have on your tandem?

    Geoff
    Old cyclists never die; they just fit smaller chainrings ... and pedal faster
  • aracer
    aracer Posts: 1,649
    No Geoff - the tandem has 32 hole rims. Rigida DP22 rims (it takes MTB 26" wheels, and these were certainly the only V shaped rims that size when I built them ~10 years ago) on Sachs Quartz hubs. The AC420s are part of my current new bike project.
  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    aracer wrote:
    No Geoff - the tandem has 32 hole rims. Rigida DP22 rims (it takes MTB 26" wheels, and these were certainly the only V shaped rims that size when I built them ~10 years ago) on Sachs Quartz hubs. The AC420s are part of my current new bike project.

    OK, thanks. I must get round to sorting out our tandem again.

    Geoff
    Old cyclists never die; they just fit smaller chainrings ... and pedal faster

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