Folding Bikes - Wheel upgrade for Dahon Speed D7

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djgonzo007
04-28-09, 03:08 PM
Looking to upgrade the stock wheels. I'd like something light, fast, and smooth! Suggestions? I ride strictly on road surfaces.

Lalato
04-29-09, 10:06 AM
Folks on these boards have mentioned Velocity rims. If you're going to have a shop build up a wheel for you, you might ask to see what they use. You can also have an online seller build up a wheel for you... Gaerlan, Harris Cyclery and Peter White come to mind.

I've never built one nor have I had one built for me so I can't add anything beyond the above... which has been mentioned elsewhere on this forum.

--sam
BruceMetras
04-29-09, 10:19 AM
Looking to upgrade the stock wheels. I'd like something light, fast, and smooth! Suggestions? I ride strictly on road surfaces.

Take a look on the Dahon site.. the Kinetix Comp wheels complete with hubs are a bargain ... if you're feeling flush, the Kinetix Pro wheels are also priced very competitively and very high quality..

Bacciagalupe
04-29-09, 02:07 PM
I don't think there is any advantage to upgrading the wheels, unless the wheels are broken. You're much better off swapping out the tires.

Do a search, there is at least one thread in here on tire choices.
vmaniqui
04-29-09, 02:46 PM
Take a look on the Dahon site.. the Kinetix Comp wheels complete with hubs are a bargain ... if you're feeling flush, the Kinetix Pro wheels are also priced very competitively and very high quality..

brucemetras,
do the kinetix rear wheel come in complete with hub and is it a freewheel hub that i can just swap my cogs ?

thanks,
vic
vmaniqui
04-29-09, 02:49 PM
brucemetras,
do the kinetix rear wheel come in complete with hub and is it a freewheel hub that i can just swap my cogs ?

thanks,
vic

thanks anyway. i checked thorusa.com and was able to get my answer.