Just received my new handbuilt wheels - One Question?

tweedsolutions

I've just received a pair of new handbuilt wheels from Spa Cycles - 26" XT 6 bolt hubs with Rigida Sputnik 36h rims.

Nowhere on the rims does it say Sputnik. All it says is a Spa Cycles sticker and a Rigida sticker. How can I be sure these are Sputnik rims?

thanks

marcusjb

Measure them?

Ring Spa (who are a good builder)?

ugo.santalucia

If they weigh a ton they are Sputnik...

keef66

I imagine if you ordered Sputnik rims then that's what you have. Phone Spa if you need reassurance. Or look up the specifications and compare them with measurements taken from your rims?

drlodge

Why would you think they are not Sputnik rims?
What are the consequences if they are different rims, other than you got a better wheelset than what you bargained for? ;-)

drlodge

ugo.santalucia wrote:

If they weigh a ton they are Sputnik...

630g? :shock: :shock: :shock:

This is what they should look like:

tweedsolutions

and they don't look like that

drlodge

tweedsolutions wrote:

and they don't look like that

So ring Spa and ask them to confirm the rims, since they don't look like what you asked for.

tweedsolutions

I have and have sent photo's. Just awaiting a response.

ugo.santalucia

The sputnik are quite low cost... any other rim is likely to be an "upgrade", at least in price

Garry H

Aren't Rigida called something else now?

marcusjb

Ryde

I think that is about their 3rd name change in recent decades?!?