deepakvrao

Ordered my second pair. AR56CO3 rims. 3k matte, no holes, and graphene grooved brake track.

Not on their website, but you can ask for them 56mm deep 28mm wide.

guadzilla

Rim brakes? Have you atleast graduated to round wheels or still using square ones?

deepakvrao

So, not sure if I can source the famous 'black prince' pads. How many of you use the LB blue pads and are happy with them? I never ride in rain. This is for dry.

Looking at you guadzilla for the inability to source the swisstop.

noodle soup

I wish I knew that when I ordered a set of 46s for a friend.

the wheelset shipped today(ordered 7/11) using the cheapest option.

deepakvrao

Five weeks from order to shopping? Wow. My previous wheelset shipped in 10 to 12 days if I recall correctly.

Snaildrake

I have a set of WR50s with about 800 road miles on them, doing well after some early truing and dishing. Crazy stiff if you like that. I should write a review, glad I bought them and lucky it was January not now. I’ve been riding Schwalbe new Pro One 28s and they’re just not tough enough for New Mexico goatheads. Also they weep and lose pressure, but I was tempted because they fit narrower than most 28s. Oh well.

Has anyone measured the width of Continental GP5000 TL 28c on the WR50s? I can just clear a 32mm actual width tire. Ideally they would be 31mm or less.

Any other suggestions welcome for a good tubeless road tire .< 32mm on WR50s.

Cheers, Dan

WhyFi

I don't have WR50s, but the new Schwalbe Pro One Addix TLE have been awesome. They measure out to their nominal width on a 19mm int width rim, so that should give you a good idea of how they'll measure on wider/narrower. They also have them in 28mm and 30mm, which is nice for those looking to maximize their frame/fork clearance.

guadzilla

Ack! Guilty as charged - but on it! Give me a week.

(Of course, the correct answer is get a disc brake frame, but you know that)

dur4ce

Just picked up yesterday 8/17, ordered 7/17 from the global warehouse to Seattle, WA. Shipped using EMS - air to San Francisco and USPS to the PNW.

AR56 disc (glossy, UD, no logo, no holes), DT 240s EXP hubs, CX-RAY spokes, brass nipples. Spec'd at 1493g +/- 25g, weighed in 1518g (or exactly 1493 + 25, 😂 ).

This is my first set of deep carbon wheels. Looking forward to getting them kitted out and going for a ride!

phrantic09

Great gin selection

smashndash

“no holes” = less drillium = more weight. But you save that weight and then some if you don’t need to use tape

dur4ce

Thanks! Islay is a favorite vacation spot. The Botanist is a great gin that I prefer to London dry variants. It definitely gets overshadowed by the local Scotch. Although I am also partial to the whisky...

Yea, was a toss up on whether 24 dime size pieces of carbon or rim tape would weigh more. And obviously serviceability is a bit more difficult. My compromise was to go for the easier tubeless setup, and take the minimal weight delta of brass nipples to hopefully minimize future maintenance needs.

Noctilux.95

Is the 3K twill carbon available on other models? I'm interested in the AR35 or AR45 and would love this finish.

Dcmkx2000

Looking to buy some new wheels. Don't necessarily need them, but just want to change something on my bike. I'm looking at the 25mm wide 45 mm deep rim brake wheelset from Light Bicycle. I currently run Soul s3.0 wheels I bought from overseas years ago. They are aluminium and weight less than 1500 grams. I actually really love the wheels and they've been awesome. They spin forever and are super smooth. I believe the rear hub is a bitex as I had to remove the freehub recently to clean and relube. The pawls and internals looked almost identical to what I found on the bitex website.

That being said....if I had a new light bicycle wheelset built with bitex hubs, can anyone share their experience? If I go for the dt swiss 350 hubs I start getting into more money than I want to spend.

FYI....I'm 6 foot, 170, don't race, never ride in rain or snow, only ride on good roads, I like to ride fast ( which for me is averaging 18 o 20) and meticulously care for my bike.

MinnMan

I suspect that the weight difference either way is tiny. But my new LB wheels don't have the spoke holes and I sure do appreciate that I'll never have to worry about a perforation in the rim tape causing flats which has happened to me several times, including on my older LB wheels.

deepakvrao

Others have had good experiences with bitex, but I've also had good experiences with novatec. Had 4 sets on bdop wheels for over 4 years and one on a LB set. They are equally inexpensive.

BenBoozer

These wheels sure are popular now. Jus ordered a set of WR45s for my Trek SL 5 from the North America option and looking at a 4 week lead time.

Pirkaus

I got to test the LB blue brake pads in the wet the other day, got caught in pop up thunderstorm on a 9% descent. The first squeeze of the brakes was unnerving, as in nonexistent braking, the second squeeze was more a drag squeeze and that was much better. The drag squeeze technique seemed to work best and I could have locked a wheel but didn't want to die testing that.

guadzilla

Have you guys noticed that other than the AR56, most other rims on the LB page are now rated to a max of 60psi for hooked/50psi for tubeless?

That seems absurdly low to me. For a tire with a 28mm WAM, my optimal pressure is in the 80f/85r range for good tarmac - and that kinda dovetails with what Silca's tire pressure calculator says (which, in turn, is based on their extensive reach on total rolling efficiency, ie combining RR and vibration losses). Similarly, for a 32mm WAM tire, my optimal pressure is in the 65-70psi range. All tubeless, FWIW.

They said this was due to a tire blowing off the rim. What wasnt very clear was the circumstances which led to this -was it too narrow a tire (eg, 23 or 25mm mounted on a 25mm ID rim) or something else.

Leaving aside the argument of whether I SHOULD be riding at 65-70psi with 32mms, what do you guys think? LB is being absurdly conservative or would you not take the chance?

noodle soup

Where are you seeing this? I just looked at a few rims, and 115psi was listed as the max for hooked beads, and 70psi for hookless.

Nevermind. I see where you found it.

Sy Reene

I think you're referring to the WR rims, right?

What's a bit odd, is max tire pressure is usually determined in part by the width of the tire you mount.
OTOH, is this really any different than what Enve also has (see below)? Mind you, I never fully understood Enve either for the reasons you mention. However, note that I don't think it's recommended to put a 25mm tire on the WR wheels in the first place, which is the only way you'd have a 28mm WAM. So mounting a 28mm nominal tire on these WR rims would likely be over 30mm WAM, and that's what you should put into the Silca calculator I think.

WhyFi

The ENVE wheels in the chart are all hookless. The limits that guadzilla mentions are low, even for hookless, but very, very low for hooked.

Sy Reene

I thought his 60/50 was Hooked/hookless? Either way, optimal rolling resistance and performance of a tire/road/rider combo isn't driven by whether the rim has hooks or not, right?

WhyFi

Here's not talking about optimal - he's talking about max. For hookless, the limit that he mentions is low. For hooked, it's exceptionally low.

Sy Reene

Sorry, but I think he said his optimal was 80-85, but the max for the LB rim is down at 60/50 or somewhere in that territory. Neither LB or Enve are anywhere close to 80 psi recommended/optimal/max AFAIK for a 28mm tire.