Ymerej

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sean.hwy

I am at 149lbs. For my road bike 24 spokes is enough then? I was thinking of going with the cheaper dtswiss 350 hubs. Since I want this to be nice rims and kick my current road rims to my gravel bike should I upgrade to the DTSwiss 240 ? There's a lot of hills where I live. I would prefer lighter over aero if I had to chose between the two.


My current road bike 2019 system six rims that I want to put on my gravel bike.
Hubs
Fulcrum Racing 400 DB, 12x100 front, 12x142 rear
Rims
Fulcrum Racing 400 DB, Alloy clincher, 35mm deep
Spokes
Fulcrum double-butted, Stainless, Bladed

Last question do these guys every sales? Should I wait for Black Friday? Or they never have sales just buy them now and enjoy.

jfranci3

Sean -
1) 24 high end spokes are over kill for you. I think those fulcrum are 16f x 21r big spokes. Traditional rims are super shallow by todays standards - like 14mm deep vs your 35mm rim. That bigger rim is WAY stronger than the shallow rim. The higher end spokes are also a more resilient than the basic ones (1.5x stronger and 4x more durable). As a result, you don't need as many to get a stiff durable wheel. I'm 200lb, I've broken quite a few wheels, and I haven't had an issue on 24x24 bladed spokes on modern rims after lots of abusive miles. Anyway 24x24 is standard disc brake.

2) DT 350 are not a low end hub. The DT 240 is the same hub with 60gr more material machined off the hub shell. The 240 does use the new EXP mechanism in back, which is louder than the old one. 60gr on a 10% climb is equal to a .5w power difference. I'd get the 350 hands down. 60gr isn't worth $250 and quieter is better. For $24, you can do their flyweight and take 100gr off the rim, which is better than taking it off the hub.

3) Sales.... not really - you can scroll through here . It's usually just clearing out old stock with highend hubs. It'll be $100 off some $1100 combination. I've looked elsewhere, their prices are about the lowest you'll find. Tip= the NA versions of the wheel are more expensive, but you save a lot in shipping and wait time. Consider the NA build.

noodle soup

3% off is better than nothing

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WorldIRC

I'm looking into getting new wheels. I currently have Syncros RP2.0 Disc (stock wheels on my Scott Addict SE). The wheels are ~1750grams.

I am just a weekend warrior road rider, so the purchase would likely be more for the "sake" of dropping some grams and aesthetics. I weigh ~150lb, the roads I ride on are not that harsh, and I am riding GP5000 28mm rims.

Thoughts?

noodle soup

rim brake?

WorldIRC

Disc Brakes

noodle soup

can’t go wrong with the AR46 or AR56.

I have the AR56 with DT Swiss hubs. It works well with 28-30mm tires.

sean.hwy

Thank you
jfranci3
noodle soup

I just place me order this morning. It was weird to get the 3% off I had
to post my facebook page. oh wells.

I did this so my gravel bike can have two sets of rims ( one for gravel, one for road). I plan to kick
down my OEM road bike rims from my 2019 system six to my 2019 topstone
which has
Rims
WTB ST i23 TCS, 28h, tubeless ready
Hubs
Formula RX-512 12x100 front, RX-142 12x142 rear

noodle soup

what setup did you decide on?

jfranci3

Sean - I recommend asking for the Satin finish when they send the order review email to you. It's something between gloss and matte - it looks a lot nicer than both. It's sort of a dry look.

sean.hwy

noodle soup

nice.

I bought a DT Swiss 350 rim brake version for a friend.

he loves the wheels, and can’t believe he didn’t go tubeless sooner.

sean.hwy

ok will do if they ask me.

thanks.

Can't wait for my gravel bike to have two sets of rims. I am not sure if I will notice much of difference on my road bike since I think the OEM rims where probably pretty good.

My gravel bike on the other hand will have a huge improvement with one wheel set for gravel and the other for road.
These are my current road bike wheels. When I put them on my gravel bike my gravel bike was soooo much faster.

sean.hwy

I was going back and forth with the DT Swiss 350 and DTswiss 240. I thought at my age this will probably be last road bike and wheel set I will ever need. I doubt I will ever out grow it.

My gravel bike on the other hand I could see replacing it with something a little nicer. When the GP5000 28 wear out I will probably throw some gp5000 32mm on it.

jfranci3

Order a new cassette and a couple of tires while you're at it. Probably a couple of chains too (11sp chains are in short supply).

The new wheels will be a LOT less active in gusty winds. The Fulcrums you have are narrower and more V shaped.

sean.hwy

That's a good idea. I have spare cassette and chain I bought a while ago.

I need to buy some 160 disk. Those all the same? just buy what ever is on sale? I should probably get some brake pads. The gravel and road bike have about 2k miles on them. The last month I have been doing a lot of down hill. In my case I use the brakes a lot. Not really fan of 35+ mph yet on the down hill through turn and bumpy road.

I order this rim without holes. So does that mean I don't need tape to run tubeless ?

They let me change the finish to satan via email.

jfranci3

Discs are discs for the most part. SRAMs are a hair thicker, but they all weigh and brake the same. Get basically the same ones as you have now, so the offset will be the same between the wheelsets. If you're going Shimano, they have some that are Resin/Organic pads only, but you should be running resin pads anyway. You might want to go 140mm in the rear for better lockup control on initial bite.

sean.hwy

yeah my road bike came with 140 in the rear. I converted to 160 a while back ago so I could swap my road rims on the my gravel bike. I guess I could drop it back down to 140. No need to steal my new rims on the gravel bike now since that bike will have two sets of wheels. I can't imagine a good reason why I would need to swap the alumni fulcrum rims on my road bike if I have carbon wheels.

jfranci3

With 2 bike and 3 wheelsets, I tend to keep the 25c/28c "pure road' wheelset on the road bike, while the gravel bike gets the gravel tires and fat road / roubaix tires for foul weather and long cruises.

noodle soup

Why do you say that?

jfranci3

Organic/Resin pads are 'common' pads that have better initial "cold" bite and quieter. The metallic pads are made for higher temps and prolonged stopping.

noodle soup

Correct.

It all depends on the riding you do, I haven't seen Sean say anything about the terrain in his area, but I might have missed that.

jfranci3

Maybe I know exactly where Sean is riding :-)

sean.hwy

noodle soup

I have been riding since March a little over 4k miles 144,108 ft. For the most part I was riding flat. The last several weeks I have been trying to do more hills.There's a lot of great hills very close to were I live.

Jfranci3 and I know each other from another forum board.

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