Velocity A23 wheelset -white rims

I do get ask to build with the Velocity A23, it is a light 450g rim, wide and not deep. It is tubeless ready, what not to like. Velocity also foa white version of this rim. The customer was very specific on this build, black hubs so Miche, white rims, red nipples, black spokes. Given his weight a 24F/28R with Sapim Laser all round I felt is appropriate.

Given the powercoating on the rims these are 15g heavier than normal A23's so wheelset weight is 1640g. 

Velocity Deep V wheelset Chris King R45 hubs

This is a very special wheelset. The Chris Kin R45 11 speed hubs are a improvement on the 10 speed hubs. The 10 speed hubs had the non drive side flange 34.6mm from the centre of the hub, tooo close in book. The NDS bracing angle is more important for lateral stiffness than the DS bracing angle, it is just the way the physics of structures works out. However the 11 speed hubs has the NDS flange 36.2mm from the centre as the DS flange has moved inboard by 2mm. This arrangement works better if using shallow rims and thin spokes. However this is not what has been done here.

So I coupled the gold R45 hubs to Velocity Deep V rims in 20F/24R spoke count. The spokes are Sapim Laser and the nipple gold Sapim alloy. A Laser spoke and alloy nipple weighs the same as a CX-ray spoke and alloy nipple but the Laser is stiffer.

The spoke lengths for the front are 271mm and the rear 279/277mm. These wheels are stiff and quite light.
Front 756g rear 907g.

Feast your eyes on these.

H Plus Son TB14 wheelset perfect for more classic bikes

Most bike these days have wheels with deep alloy rims black spoke black hubs e.t.c Many older bike are stuck if they want to keep the period look. However H plus Son make the TB14 in 32H and 36H drillings. It is shallow and 23mm wide. The rim is double eyleted. For a customer with an old Vicount I have built the silver TB14 rims on polished Novatec A171F172 hubs (same as ambrosio Zenith) with Sapim Race spokes.

Classic wheels to give an old bike a new lease of life. What could be better. Rear wheel weight is 1008g and the front is 857g. Not even heavy.

Kinlin XR-200

Kinlin XR-200 wheelset built 2x front 24H and 3x rear 28H. I was forced to use this lacing as the spokes for radial front and 2x rear are unavailable again.

Hubs used are Miche Primato's 10/11 speed for shimano/sram. Front wheel; weight 666g and rear 814g. Thee are for a cat 2 racer under 70kg.

Light weight and they will last but soft brake pads whould be used with these rims. The rims are 22mm deep 19mm wide and weight just 385g. They make great wheels for criterium racing and very long climbs on a weight weenie bike for a light rider.

When did you last see these? Dura Ace 7700 hubs 16H and 12H pairs with slotted spoke holes!

I have them for TT wheels of course. So if you are in the need for something special then get in contact. Special order carbon rims in these drillings are coming.

I also sell Tifosi CK7's an excellent Audax, light touring or do it all road bike. I generally do not sell the standard spec as I am a bit of a bike snob and so it seems are my customers, I prefer bikes to be just right you know all the kit is matching and of the same tier, handle bar and stem of the same brand and the colour goes with the finish of the rest of the bike. For this reason I fit Veloce cranksets in stead of the Miche Team EVO and I also fit the glossy black Deda RS01 seatpost Zero1 stem and RHM01 bars which match the glossy black of the groupset. Details you see like this make me happy.

This bike went one better a Brooks saddle, deda finishing kit and deda bar tape as the bar tape brand should match bars and stem if possible, Veloce triple groupset 28mm Gator skin tyres and the glossy black SKS mudguards. The wheels well I showed the customer some H Plus Archetype rims on Campagnolo Record hubs and well he went week at the knees so those went on.

I really like this and if he had not paid for it I would have happily kept it.

Well this is something unusal for the U.K just because of the hubs. The rims are the polished H Plus Archetype, spoke Sapim Laser with alloy nipples and the hub well they are Ultegra 6600 28H. A bit unusual but I can get these and I have another pair on the shelf.

Weight rear 972g Weight front 770g Not bad for wheels with Ultegra hubs.

I don't build wheels on Monday normally to much post to do but I was riding these on Sunday.

Yes 26" tubular  with Geax tubs. Well I did a 50 mile race on these and they were faultless. To early to tell if that was luck or not but the ride and handling well no clincher I have tried has come close. Over bumpy ground and there is lots of that at thetford, the ride is smoothed out more but the main advantage is in climbing out of ruts, off camber corners, bumpy corners and the like, I just found confidence inspiring traction pulling out of all these things. I will be using them again. I will be buying a couple more Geax rims but but Chickens Cycles are dropping the line. I will try to find another source.

I built the wheels with XTR hubs and Sapim Race spokes. I will try out other tubs in time but for race day wheels there is nothing better. Light too. The rims weight 390g so the wheelset weighed 1573g. While you can built/buy lighter wheels, these have no weight limt and they are very stiff. I own a set of 1350g MTB wheels (that I built myself) and while these a good wheels, I prefer these tubular wheels.

These maybe more expensive than a tubless set up but the traction you get certainly makes them worth it for me.

Wheels due for shipping on Monday. Customer supplied the Mavic M261 CD finish rims and the Shimano M730 7 speeed UG hubs (which the customer bought from me a few months ago). The wheels have been built up with Sapim Race spoke. I am sure the bike they are for needs period wheels like this.

The other wheel built up for shipping is a 32H silver H Plus Son Archetype on a shiney Novatec hub (same as ambrosio Zenith but cheaper!). I think this hub and rim go well together. What do you think.