[Closed] ight road rims

how light do you want? could hunt down a set of NOS Mavic GEL280's?

Not ridiculous and not tubs either!

Not sure what is around. Stans are 290gm but £190!

I remember mavic refexes being a bit weak

Well that's put me on the spot...

I'd wait for the Stan's road rim, as I said in the other thread.

To be honest I can't really think of any current, light, aluminium, clincher road rims. If you want a reliable rim, people usually go for an Open Pro or something, if you want light you go carbon and usually tub.

This is the blurb on the new Stan's rim:

'ZTR “Road and Cyclocross”
Tubeless compatibility, 350 grams and machined sidewalls . The ZTR rim line will add a road and cyclocross model that is a bit wider than traditional clincher rims with an eye towards exceptional tire stability and ride quality. Tubeless is the future of road and cyclocross racing and NoTubes will be leading the way.
Available in 700c, drilling options to be determined'

And from the No Tubes website regarding the ZTR Race:

The ZTR Race 7000 series is a low pressure rim and it must be run at pressures of 15- 33 psi maximum. Higher pressures may cause damage to the rim and will not be covered in the warranty. If you prefer to run high pressures, please consider purchasing a different rim from the ZTR line

Whatever JRA say, I think you'd be nuts to use them on a road bike! Admittedly that refers to the 26" one, but I'm not aware that the 700c one is any different!

Edit: Hang on... what brakes are you using? How could use ZTR Race rims on a road bike, they're disc specific.

Interesting. Maybe I misinterpreted stans email but the gist of it appeared to be that high pressures are only an issue on mtb width tyres.

Shame there's nowt else about....what weight are rims from ksyriums etc?

Wonder if I could get some reflex rims or heliums...

Ksyriums have quirky spoke holes for the large nipples, so you couldn't use them.

Bontrager Rims may be a goer, I've had a number of Race X Lite rims, not sure what they actually weigh though. Are you using rim brakes? Irrespective of pressure you can't use ZTR Race rims then!

I know about the ksryiums, just wondering if the rims are lighter as that's what matters in the wheel.

Ah **** I forgot about the rim brake issue 😡

Oh no just found some reflexes and carbon things on ebay

I had to read this one and I'm not interested in road stuff but what is a 'ight road rim'?
Is it the same as a right one ? Isle of Wight ? Might ? Tight' bright, fight.....?? It's slight isn't it ?

Just seen that there is in fact NO 700c race rime 😕

Oh and for The Slider:

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Ambrosio do a set around 430, similar to Open Pros.

DT RR1.1s are slightly lighter I think.

kysiriums rims are just under 400gms. They might not be the lightest rim, but they certainly build up into a stronger and lighter wheel than any other standard light rim.

Not worth the£ for me I'm afraid, open pro never given me any problems...

But surely you can't build into a Ksyrium rim because they've got the massive thread for the spokes? Unless you can somehow use the inserts from an XM819 with a 16mm nipple.

Am pretty sure it's a different thread.

My point was not about building up those rims into wheels, just that ksyriums do not offer VFM AFAIC

For light rims I would take a look at IRD, very light very high quality too. They are made from niobium! I kid you not.

You sure that's not knob-ium?

I'll have a look

just that ksyriums do not offer VFM AFAIC

Couldn't agree more. You could get some R-Sys wheels, they're great!

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KABLAMO!

OK my findings:

Open pros 425gm (weighed IIRC) £80 odd per pair
IRD cadence KNOBium 390gm listed, 410gm actual, $130 pair + $40 carriage + tax
stans 355gm £??

Probably latter best to wait for....njee20 wuz right all along!

Usually the case 🙂

Or go for carbon, or go tubs!