sgtsmile
Let me spell out the situation about my bike and what I want to do with it. I recently got a Jake the Snake cyclocross bike and simply love it. Its primary use will be for road riding - although it might see some dirt, and will, I suspect, see some gravel road use (the main reason I bought it vs a road bike.) I would like to keep the stock wheels with knobby tires for gravel road use (they work great, and would not be getting a tonne of use anyways) and would like to build up a set of wheels for use on the road. Thing is, I want to maintain the bike as a "cross" bike and not just stick a set of road wheels on it.
So the goal is to "hot rod" the cross bike as time passes. (I did a similar make over on my old mtn bike - replacing the stock wheels with a mavic crossride set - love them, cheaper than crossmax, and very tough - chris king head set, easton bar, etc). I want to put a chris king headset on it, much better sealed cartridge bearing bottom bracket (will dip into mtn bike parts bins if needed!) but I am stuck on what wheels to use.
I think there are two basic options - build up a custom set, or a wheel set like I have on my mtn bike. I love the set on the mtn bike, and would go for it if I could, but have been unable to find a cross bike specific wheel set on the mavic website. Does anyone have any ideas for dedicated wheel sets or a good hub/rim combo that has worked well for them? I hope to run 700 by 23 tires on it if that helps...
Thanks.
So the goal is to "hot rod" the cross bike as time passes. (I did a similar make over on my old mtn bike - replacing the stock wheels with a mavic crossride set - love them, cheaper than crossmax, and very tough - chris king head set, easton bar, etc). I want to put a chris king headset on it, much better sealed cartridge bearing bottom bracket (will dip into mtn bike parts bins if needed!) but I am stuck on what wheels to use.
I think there are two basic options - build up a custom set, or a wheel set like I have on my mtn bike. I love the set on the mtn bike, and would go for it if I could, but have been unable to find a cross bike specific wheel set on the mavic website. Does anyone have any ideas for dedicated wheel sets or a good hub/rim combo that has worked well for them? I hope to run 700 by 23 tires on it if that helps...
Thanks.