3 bikes, 3 wheelsets. Unsure which to use

matt-h

Right i have 3 bikes with the following wheelsets on
Best- Scott Foil - H Plus Son Archetypes, Miche Primato, 20/24 25mm Vittoria Corsa
Club rides - Genesis Volare 853 - Ultegra 6800, Schwalbe ONE 28mm Tubeless
Winter - Dolan Preffisio - Ambrosio Excellight , 105 hubs, 32/32 25mm Gatorskins

I would ideally put Carbon deep sections on the Foil in the new year so effectively have a wheelset left over.
Really happy with the Excellights on my winter bike but would prefer tubeless to stop the flats. I'm really sold on it.
The Schwalbe Ones have been faultless

For comfort i could probably put the Archetype on the Volare and run tubeless and put the 6800 on the winter bike with Schwalbe Ones. My only concern would be the life span of the 6800. I know the Hand Built are fully rebuildable but not so sure on the factory 6800.

Not sure what to do. Its a nice problem to have and not the end of the world either way.
Whats everyone elses thoughts?

Matt

slowbike

Spare wheelsets are handy to have ...

Grill

Slowbike wrote:

Spare wheelsets are handy to have ...

This. I have many wheelsets, but for some reason I find it's never enough.

Bar Shaker

matt-h wrote:

would prefer tubeless to stop the flats. I'm really sold on it.
The Schwalbe Ones have been faultless

You will feel like this right up until the day you get a puncture, or until you realise that all that slop inside the tyre is sapping as much as a supersonic or latex tube would ever do.

dj58

That's a nice combination of wheels and tyres you have there. From my reading on BR regarding factory wheel sets, they seem to be regarded as throw away once the rims have worn out and/or spokes start to break. Many of them use non standard, (i.e. J bend) spokes, that can be hard to source as spares, so they are not easily rebuilt, though hubs can be serviced.

If you were to put them on your winter bike then I imagine that the rims will wear out quicker, but at least you can run them tubeless which is what you wanted.

matt-h

Bar Shaker wrote:

matt-h wrote:

would prefer tubeless to stop the flats. I'm really sold on it.
The Schwalbe Ones have been faultless

You will feel like this right up until the day you get a puncture, or until you realise that all that slop inside the tyre is sapping as much as a supersonic or latex tube would ever do.

Sorry, I don't really understand this.
Sapping what? Power?

Matt

matt-h

DJ58 wrote:

That's a nice combination of wheels and tyres you have there. From my reading on BR regarding factory wheel sets, they seem to be regarded as throw away once the rims have worn out and/or spokes start to break. Many of them use non standard, (i.e. J bend) spokes, that can be hard to source as spares, so they are not easily rebuilt, though hubs can be serviced.

If you were to put them on your winter bike then I imagine that the rims will ware out quicker, but at least you can run them tubeless which is what you wanted.

That's my understanding. However, I think it's straight pull that the 6800 use.
I can run the archetypes with stans tape to make them tubeless but I had them built in a 20/24 combo.
My thoughts have always been more spokes the better on a winter build.



Matt

dj58

That's my understanding. However, I think it's straight pull that the 6800 use.
I can run the archetypes with stans tape to make them tubeless but I had them built in a 20/24 combo.
My thoughts have always been more spokes the better on a winter build.
Matt[/quote]

Yes sorry for the confusion, I should have put (straight pull) in the brackets. What I was trying to say was the handbuilt version of the 6800 32H hub could be rebuilt with J bend spokes and new rim, however not as easy with the factory built version which you point out, also has a lower spoke count.