Hi all..anyone know good place to buy ready to roll singlespeed wheels..(non bank busting)..not having much luck getting second hand set.. :(..
cheers :D..
Once you've built a set, they last forever ... until one day you realise they're clapped out. That's when you stick them on eBay:)
Or if you bought a set that broke the bank, you slip in new bearings, and away you go again forever ... until... (repeat ad infinitum)
This could be why you are finding it hard to get SS wheels 🙂
Last I looked On-one were doing some really good deals, in some cases with Tyres and stuff too.
on one are sold out of the cheapies.. 🙁 anywhere else worth checking out..?
Oh, I was looking at the 29ers I guess, but I reckon that you'd be just as well to look for "normal" wheels, then get a good spacer set (charliethebikemonger is your man there) that way you can even use them as a spare set of "normal" wheels, should your geared bike go wonky 😉
+1 for normal cassette wheel. Just got a pair of XTR / Olympic wheels from classifieds for £260, weighing around 1300g for the pair!
You do need a larger cog though, such as Surly, as thin ones could strip out the cassette body.
thanks for info guys..normal wheels do make sense..
cheers.. 🙂
They don't weigh 1300g.
cassette wheels for sure. I see no point at all in ss wheels.
I always thought the idea with an ss rear hub was more space between hub flanges therefore (theoretically at least) stronger wheel build? But yes, a whole freehub means you can use spacers to move your chainline in and out. Didn't Hope do one with a 'mini' sized freehub for this reason?
Hope do indeed do their Pro2 singlespeed hub, but with reference to the OP, it isn't that cheap.
