What are the best wheels you'd ride in slop?
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What are the best wheels you'd ride in slop?
Not just the occasional rain ride, but ongoing bona fide rainy, mucky weather. Where do you draw the line?
I get 18 months max out of wheels that I use regularly before I lose too much rim material for them to be safe.
Riding crappy wheels and tires is just less fun, and there's a lot to be said for riding what you love if you spend much time out there. With that in mind, I replaced the Forte Titans with some Rolf Aspins. Replacing those is going to sting later, but I'm thinking it might be worth it.
I get 18 months max out of wheels that I use regularly before I lose too much rim material for them to be safe.
Riding crappy wheels and tires is just less fun, and there's a lot to be said for riding what you love if you spend much time out there. With that in mind, I replaced the Forte Titans with some Rolf Aspins. Replacing those is going to sting later, but I'm thinking it might be worth it.
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Swapping a rim instead of the whole wheel is pretty easy if you are the sort of person who enjoys that sort of thing, or know such a person. Easier than building a whole wheel from parts, anyhow. Tape old rim to new one, let all the tension out and move the spokes over one by one without taking them out of cross, then re-tension
Maybe you could make a fortune inventing a zero friction brake track wiper.
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I would just get some entry level wheels from a good manufacturer. You'll often see them on discount on the UK sites. Something like this: https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/.../rp-prod187190
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I had a disc bike built for me with full fenders and long mud flaps. I figured the same thing. The side walls on my rim brake wheels wear out before the wheels are in need of a true. I now ride carbon wheels on my rain bike and they are fine.
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I would just get some entry level wheels from a good manufacturer. You'll often see them on discount on the UK sites. Something like this: https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/.../rp-prod187190
And BTW, thanks for that specific link. Excellent price for a reasonable set of commuting wheels -- especially since I managed to get another $20 off for a total of $88 delivered.
But I'll be enjoying those Rolfs until fall.
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That’s great. I’ve spent more on tires!
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These are my slop wheels -
HED Ardennes Plus GP
Great pair of disc brake wheels with 25mm aluminum rims that can take a wide tire and a beating. Decent hubs and light.
-Sesn
HED Ardennes Plus GP
Great pair of disc brake wheels with 25mm aluminum rims that can take a wide tire and a beating. Decent hubs and light.
-Sesn
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Not just the occasional rain ride, but ongoing bona fide rainy, mucky weather. Where do you draw the line?
I get 18 months max out of wheels that I use regularly before I lose too much rim material for them to be safe.
Riding crappy wheels and tires is just less fun, and there's a lot to be said for riding what you love if you spend much time out there. With that in mind, I replaced the Forte Titans with some Rolf Aspins. Replacing those is going to sting later, but I'm thinking it might be worth it.
I get 18 months max out of wheels that I use regularly before I lose too much rim material for them to be safe.
Riding crappy wheels and tires is just less fun, and there's a lot to be said for riding what you love if you spend much time out there. With that in mind, I replaced the Forte Titans with some Rolf Aspins. Replacing those is going to sting later, but I'm thinking it might be worth it.
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Not just the occasional rain ride, but ongoing bona fide rainy, mucky weather. Where do you draw the line?
I get 18 months max out of wheels that I use regularly before I lose too much rim material for them to be safe.
Riding crappy wheels and tires is just less fun, and there's a lot to be said for riding what you love if you spend much time out there. With that in mind, I replaced the Forte Titans with some Rolf Aspins. Replacing those is going to sting later, but I'm thinking it might be worth it.
I get 18 months max out of wheels that I use regularly before I lose too much rim material for them to be safe.
Riding crappy wheels and tires is just less fun, and there's a lot to be said for riding what you love if you spend much time out there. With that in mind, I replaced the Forte Titans with some Rolf Aspins. Replacing those is going to sting later, but I'm thinking it might be worth it.
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I ride daily, but my commute has about 1000' feet of climbing.
Not a problem by itself, but traffic is slow so I have to use my brakes a lot more than I'd like. Riding in dry really doesn't wear things out that bad. However, we have a long rainy season and that works like grinding paste on both the rims and brakes. Tranny components don't like it either.
Not a problem by itself, but traffic is slow so I have to use my brakes a lot more than I'd like. Riding in dry really doesn't wear things out that bad. However, we have a long rainy season and that works like grinding paste on both the rims and brakes. Tranny components don't like it either.
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I ride daily, but my commute has about 1000' feet of climbing.
Not a problem by itself, but traffic is slow so I have to use my brakes a lot more than I'd like. Riding in dry really doesn't wear things out that bad. However, we have a long rainy season and that works like grinding paste on both the rims and brakes. Tranny components don't like it either.
Not a problem by itself, but traffic is slow so I have to use my brakes a lot more than I'd like. Riding in dry really doesn't wear things out that bad. However, we have a long rainy season and that works like grinding paste on both the rims and brakes. Tranny components don't like it either.
I'm in the PNW as well and had to get a winter bike for the weather. Lots of hills here, fortunately where I am at there is no need to use the brakes for most of my ride.
-Sean
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Time to go disc brakes, eh? Way cheaper to replace discs/pads than a wheelset or rebuilding with rims. Plus now you have a great excuse for N+1.
I'm in the PNW as well and had to get a winter bike for the weather. Lots of hills here, fortunately where I am at there is no need to use the brakes for most of my ride.
I'm in the PNW as well and had to get a winter bike for the weather. Lots of hills here, fortunately where I am at there is no need to use the brakes for most of my ride.
The biggest thing holding me back is that my workhorse was custom built for a 44 mile RT commute I had for years. It's fast, light, and aero. The custom built steel rack weighs only 10oz including bolts and it's just enough to carry my small panniers.
It's the bike for what I built it for, and it would be perfect for what I have now if it weren't for the discs. I've looked at a few, but my tastes are expensive and most stuff I see seems too heavy. If I got a new bike, I'd most likely get a race bike, forego the panniers, and wear a light pack.
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18 months is about right IME. Back in the day . . . Mavic made a version of Open Pros with ceramic coated rims. They also made a cheaper version, a CD rim but it's not the same thing. My rain bike still has a set of those rims, probably put on in '05. They need special pads (probably also no longer made) because they shred a normal pad to start with. After the sharp wears down some, normal pads work. I think there are still some ceramic rims being made in the UK but they were or are heavy.
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OK, here they are: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Royce-Titan...-/323778499887
The title says CD but the text says that's mistaken and they really are Ceramic. Buy them, this instant.
The title says CD but the text says that's mistaken and they really are Ceramic. Buy them, this instant.
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