Jim, you're right, I forgot to include the nipple heads. Factoring them in, it seems the quoted ERD for the 29er 35mm is actually bang on.
Ah cool, nice that that works out...Including the nipple heads in the ERD measurement didn't make sense to me at first but of course, it's where the spoke ends come to that is what you want since ideally they would end exactly flush with the outer face of the nipple head.
I've got about 2-3mm of threads sticking out of my 12mm nips, which is odd if the quoted ERDs are appearing correct, perhaps it's the info American Classic supply that's off 😕
You don't have the 35mm rims do you njee? Perhaps measured by a different person more accurately this time round?
Ah, no, I don't.
I didn't measure at all - for reasons of not wanting to wait another week or so for spokes I just went on quoted ERD & hub dimensions!
It's precisely this reason I waited, only to measure it wrong in my excitement!
I'm just going to throw mine at steve deas, say "make wheels" and leg it. If I have any more involvement in the process I'll probably ruin it all.
Njee: are your spoke threads showing below the nipples? (ie: are the spokes a bit too short? Do they go into the nipple head ok?)
just picked mine up, very impressed with them, size to weight just doesn't compute. excellent finish.
Mine arrived today, only shipped on Tuesday! No customs note, do they sometimes arrive later or have I been lucky? Look smashing, will weigh them once the kids have gone to sleep. As my 4 year old boy is currently hanging upside down out of his bed and asking how you make beer and do giants have birthdays etc it could be a while. I remember going out on Friday evenings and getting on it.....
If the courier has left them and they've come by Parcel Force then you've probably escaped it, mine have always come will a bill 1st then delivery once paid. Hope my new pair slide through too 😉
Bang tidy! Rims weigh 416 and 418g, pleased with that too
Just paid my customs, £27.31, not too shabby. Still annoying that it's 50% handling fee, despite the piss-poor service.
Can't wait for mine to arrive! Thinking about hubs now, proII's or something exotic.....
My 650b rims measured 554 erd although I had some spoke protrusion so I could have probably used 552 in the calculator.
If it's any consolation my rims were handed to customs at 2pm yesterday and released at 8pm. I also appear to have dodged paying any duty or handling, did I mention that bit? Ah, right.
As an aside my mates who are somewhat less confident about Chinese carbon products than myself think they'll shatter into a million tiny shards at high speed. As I stagger about picking up bits of broken bike and teeth they expect me to find a couple of small pieces of paper that were concealed inside the rims in the style of fortune cookies. These will read "Buy cheap buy twice" and "A fool and his money are soon parted".
I'm going for pro 2s - fancy rims, reliable hubs. Supercomp spokes and DT brass nipples
Mine are going on DT240s- got a set of wheels that I'll break up for the hubs (as DTs cost ridiculous amounts new, but seem to sell used pretty cheaply). Can't decide on spokes, was going to go supercomps but d-lights or cx-rays are tempting...
I'd like 240's as well but couldn't find any second hand?
Mine are coming out of a set of EX1750s that I got for a good price a while back. PS, anyone want to buy some tin rims?
Looks like our sultan builds are still pretty similar Dave. That's exactly how I'm building mine up too.
Great minds think alike SO, or more likely two fools one thought as they say in Germany! Got your Pikes yet?
these are going on pro 2 evos with the 40 tooth thing. haven't decided on spokes but nothing fancy, think I can get cheap sapims.
Can a std proII be upgraded to the 40t thing?
No, they can't be altered.
I'm building my 29 hookless on Pro 2 evo with DT Revolution from Rose Bike, should be a nice light build.
neil853 if you mean the trex, yes
if you mean the 40t ratchet version of the freehub no
(unless you can unbond and then unscrew the steel ratchet bit from aluminium hub body in some way)
I have had some wider rims in 650b for 6 months know.
They have been fine. I would like some 29 inch ones but oem wheels are reducing in price all the time.
I have not been gentle on them up lifts and all sorts
ordered a frameset and carbon wheels and they were sent on monday . the tracking is saying they arrived in the Uk thursday and they were handed to customs for clearance .
today they were released by customs .
does that mean I dont have to pay customs ?
Same tracking messages I got and I haven't heard anything else so you might be in luck
excellent .
I have to say that EMS are very efficient . frameset and built wheels dropped to their depot in China on monday . arrived in the uk on thursday .
cant even send a parcel that quick in this country .
I was fair gobsmacked when mine turned up today.
mind you , they are with PF now , so could take another week to get here . 😆
the wheels are tubular , can I use Jantex or best to use glue ? have used Jantex before on alu rims but never on carbon .
Anyone bought a full build wheelset and happy about it?
Nancy suggest a 33mm wide rim hookless.. For my trail riding.
Should i press the "buy it " button now?
Says mine are at customs and have been since the 15th.....
You might still have to pay customs charges. I've had a couple of packages arrive from the US recently that were delivered straight to my door, but about 2 weeks later I received a customs charge invoice from TNT.
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Fingers crossed they will honour the warranty!
Built up some wheels using Light Bicycle's hookless rims recently. Nice and easy to put together. They came out pretty light using Carbon Ti SL Hubs and DT Revs, 1324g for the pair. ERD measurements for the 27mm width 29er rims were 598.5mm if I remember correctly.
Took a bit of a gamble on the hubs as I couldn't find many real world reviews on the internet. That said, they are beautifully made and so far have been excellent, only time will tell I suppose. Wheels are noticeably more rigid than the Crests builds I previously used on the same bike.
(Please excuse the spokes looking all over the shop in the first picture, this was taken immediately after lacing with no tensioning)
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Just got mine. Hookless and built by LB. They look good and are amazingly light :)Time to buy some Stan's tape and get then tubeless.
Nick kent what happened ?
Ordered mine today too, 35mm, 32h, 29ers in matte 3k.
They will be going onto new Pro2s with Revs and bronze nipples.
Also @ nickkent - which rims are those and +1 for what happened?
That looks like you smacked it hard on something, doesn't look like a manufacturing / warranty failure to me I'm afraid? How did it happen?
[quote=_daveR ]Ordered mine today too, 35mm, 32h, 29ers in matte 3k.
Where did you order those? I've just had a look and can't find 35mm 29ers.
Though following nickkent's post I'm feeling a little less enthusiastic than I was!
They might still warranty it. A friend of mine managed to get a warranty replacement with similar damage sustained during the Trans Savoie last year.
Pic here http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/superstar-components-am-carbon-rims
Well, had my first ride on mine.
Really, really stiff. Felt nice, and sounded like a monster truck.
The tyre tread footprint was noticeably bigger as well.
