Recommendations please! I've tried googling but with v limited success. I'm a big lad (15 st) and want some bombproof wheels to replace my soon to be completely worn out ones (rims), that have had several new spokes in along the way, and a rebuild on the back from radial to cross-pattern(?). Budget of £150 for the pair - is that doable?
I'm in Huddersfield so rec's of local-ish wheelbuilders would also be good.
Ta ever so.
I'm using 36 holed open sports
I'm using Sputnik rims on 36 hole shimano XT hubs DT D/B spokes and brass nipples.
On for around 6000 miles on them and they've not had to be touched at all 🙂
Mine were recommended and built by Paul Hewitt in Leyland, Lanc's
105/Ultegra or equivalent, Mavic Open Pro (or whatever the equivalent is these days), DT Comps, brass nips.
2nd sputnik rims Spa cycles of harrogate are good to for handbult touring wheels.
2nd spa cycles
use them on my tourer, road and 29r bike,
sputnik are a bit big on a road bike.
they have some strong but lighter, smaller profile rims, but my memeory fails me.
give john a ring and he will sort you out.
Too soon to say, but I've just had some Open Pros built up on XTR hubs. 36H of course.
ton - Member
2nd spa cycles
use them on my tourer, road and 29r bike,
sputnik are a bit big on a road bike.
they have some strong but lighter, smaller profile rims, but my memeory fails me.
give john a ring and he will sort you out.
2nd about Sputniks being big rims. I had issues fitting some 24c Open Pave tyres to mine, which I just couldn't get to sit right. I run mine with 32mm Conti's all year round now.