Vintage Roadie with Deep wheels?
04-25-13, 01:37 AM
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04-25-13, 01:43 AM
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I have built all kinds of wheels, including deep-V sets. Personally, I do not like the appearance of the deep-V look on any bike. To me, the vintage road bicycle should, at the very least, appear to be light weight. How can an old bike look light weight with the massive appearance of the deep-V rim? To me, it can't. Anyway, have a look at the same Bianchi, before deep-V and after...
04-25-13, 01:52 AM
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Personal opinion and understand the points made. In my eyes this does'nt look to bad, yes they are heavy wheels
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04-25-13, 02:02 AM
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Personal opinion and understand the points made. In my eyes this does'nt look to bad, yes they are heavy wheels
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04-25-13, 02:12 AM
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^I agree with Italuminium on this one. The high rims are certainly not bad to look at. Maybe when it's an original 1950's Bianchi, I think it's better to pass on them. Or when you live in a windy place like I do, they can be a little dangerous. Heavy sidewinds can suddenly make your frontwheel change course when riding the high rims.
04-25-13, 05:35 AM
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The weight of a deeper rim is an issue when climbing or accelerating, and at the speeds most of us ride, the aero advantage isn't much. The footprint is solid, and the wheels are strong, so if that's a priority, you get what works best. My Ventos and other deeper rims stay in true quite well, and I always liked riding them. I have to say the 8-speed Eurus wheels are monkey-good.
The appearance, from the side, of a rim wider than the elegant tubing on bikes of a classic design can be a downer, because it interferes with our pre-conceived notion of how it should look, much like a skewed cover version of a favorite song, or riding a fat-tubed carbon or aluminum bike, and looking down at tubing that doesn't look like the bike you grew up on.
When you're riding a bike with those deeper wheels, the view downward, of course, is just fine.
If the wheel is good enough to overcome that, you're fine. If not, you need to get different wheels, or it will always bother you. I have some HED's that I've ridden a few times. The wheels are light, strong, have great hubs (tricolor 600), but the noise they make at times, like wax paper being waved in the wind, tends to bug me. I'll be doing some experimenting with other wheels, just to make sure I like the HED's or not.
The bike needs to disappear beneath you, and if some aspect of it bothers you, fix it and ride on.
The appearance, from the side, of a rim wider than the elegant tubing on bikes of a classic design can be a downer, because it interferes with our pre-conceived notion of how it should look, much like a skewed cover version of a favorite song, or riding a fat-tubed carbon or aluminum bike, and looking down at tubing that doesn't look like the bike you grew up on.
When you're riding a bike with those deeper wheels, the view downward, of course, is just fine.
If the wheel is good enough to overcome that, you're fine. If not, you need to get different wheels, or it will always bother you. I have some HED's that I've ridden a few times. The wheels are light, strong, have great hubs (tricolor 600), but the noise they make at times, like wax paper being waved in the wind, tends to bug me. I'll be doing some experimenting with other wheels, just to make sure I like the HED's or not.
The bike needs to disappear beneath you, and if some aspect of it bothers you, fix it and ride on.
04-25-13, 10:13 AM
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Here is something I did just for grins a while back, purists avert your eyes. I took the wheelset from my Triathlon bike and put it on my roadie...definitely not my look of choice, especially with the giant stickers on there, but I could see a shallower (30-45mm) de-stickered carbon wheelset looking pretty good on an older frame.
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Here is something I did just for grins a while back, purists avert your eyes. I took the wheelset from my Triathlon bike and put it on my roadie...definitely not my look of choice, especially with the giant stickers on there, but I could see a shallower (30-45mm) de-stickered carbon wheelset looking pretty good on an older frame.
04-25-13, 07:37 PM
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Here's a quick shot of my Univega Superstrada (basically the same frame as the Competizione) with Mavic Cosmics.
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04-26-13, 05:16 AM
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Yes, this thread started out as a deep wheel bash, but all the "confessional" posts show me all kinds I secretly dig.
04-26-13, 07:16 AM
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I think the two keys to making deep wheels look good on vintage bikes is 1) gotta be silver and 2) gotta have few/no decals
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04-26-13, 08:25 AM
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Personal opinion and understand the points made. In my eyes this does'nt look to bad, yes they are heavy wheels
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04-29-13, 11:43 AM
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Awesome feedback guys! It's hard trying to decide what hoops I want to go with. I wouldn't buy a set of prebuilt wheels because I want to keep all my components matching. Suntour Superbe pro. I'm looking at Velocity's a23 hoop. Not too deep on the V is just what I'm looking for.
I will post pictures of my bike when she is ccomplete again.
I will post pictures of my bike when she is ccomplete again.
