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That is a smoking deal... those rims are made by We Are One in Canada and are excellent. You cannot go wrong at that price! Please report back and let us know how you like them, I suspect you will be very pleased.
ccand51997 wrote: I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. And maybe some of that is based off of my weight, which is only about 150 pounds. I've never ridden a carbon rim--this is true--but I've also never said to…
ccand51997 wrote: I"m running 19, 23, 25 and 29mm ID aluminum rims. I'm not sure what you mean by you can't get that in aluminum. I did not say aero wheels were important for gravel; in fact, I specifically said…
ccand51997 wrote: Carbon fiber made a big difference in aero frames, but I'm not sure they did much in other areas other than drop a couple of pounds and increase the cost considerably. When newbies ask me about gravel…
My search for the right tires ended when I found the G One RS, enough grip, reliably fast, reliably puncture resistant (only downside is expense). Now I only obsess over pressures. Of course, it is going to be much more…
thumper88: note I did say "all other things being equal", so I did consider casing durability. Now this comes down to the skills of the tire developers: getting the balance right between casing durability and tire…
There are a lot factors here. Note that a supple casing, is LESS likely to flat all other parameters being equal. The reason for this is that a supple casing will deform more around a sharp object (pointy rock) and…
shiggy wrote: The widest Roval road rim is 21mm. Enve and Zipp, 23mm. Road pros ride what they are told to, and have skills that can compensate for the deficiencies to have gains on other areas. Riding deep section rims…
shiggy wrote: best AERO performance. Has little to nothing to do with the handling performance, which IME is crap. I am barely OK with the handling of a 38mm tire on a 25mm rim. That is pure nonsense. Plenty of World…
stu wrote: I agree the tires feel firmer both radially and laterally on a wider rim but I've never used pressures anywhere near low enough to risk casing collapse in cornering. I think that's more likely to be an issue…
Angstrom wrote: It's only of academic interest to me at the moment because the biggest tire my current gravel bike will fit is a 40. ;-) I'm on 38s now and see no reason to go smaller. I have no doubt that a large…
martybike wrote: Even if most pros have a lighter body mass, the weight is distributed over the two wheels, so an increase in weight has to be quite dramatic to use weight over tire width as a factor. Remember that…
I agree with most of the article. It is important that everyone's exact situations will be different, rider weight, course, etc. For a gravel race, there is a slight benefit for aero wheels with as narrow a tire as…
As the front end of the bike rises, you'll want to adjust your position. Maybe a slightly longer stem, plus sliding the saddle a bit forward on the rails (to compensate for the slacker seat tube). All of this will slow…
Rene Herse has this kind of option as well. Of course it all depends on how resistant the tire is to flats... I have 32 mm Vittoria N.EXT tires on my spare wheels for road riding, and even these can handle light gravel…
Hi folks, I have the following for sale: Easton EC-90 crankarms (175 mm)+Easton 42T 1x ring, Garbaruk 40T 1x ring, WolfTooth 40T oval 1x ring All parts are low mileage (one season use on arms, less than that on the…
For road riding, why not a road tire? I have a spare wheel set, and for winter here when the dirt is often wet/icy/snowy, I ride the road some. On my spare wheel set I put on Vittoria N.EXT tires in 32 mm, tubeless,…
Yeah, that seems weird... Could be bad brake set up, or it could be a defective part, which happens occasionally. Never had it happen to me, and I have been running Shimano calipers on MTB and now on gravel bikes ever…
I have found GRX (8xx series for me) to have very good durability, like most things Shimano. It is too bad you hav had this experience. It might be telling to know more what happened to your FD though... If you…
"Offsetting pressure there's also a geometric factor. Consider riding on a reasonably uniform field of broken glass, i.e. any paved road near my home. In a given distance a wider tire will roll over a larger number of…