teamtrinity

I'm a 135 lbs road rider (125 lbs during the summer). Mostly recreational riding...with 2-5 races a year (road or crit). I have a set of Circus Monkey hubs(20h/24h). I'm thinking of using them to build up a set of ZTR Alpha 340's. I'll be using them as standard clinchers, not tubeless.

A couple questions...

1) What's the narrowest and widest tire I can safely use on this rim?

2) Will this rim built up 20/24 with Sapim CX-Ray spokes be sturdy enough for my weight and intended use?

3) I've read a couple threads about an unusually high amount of spoke detensioning after you mount and inflate tires. Is this a real issue? How can it be avoided?

Thanks!!!

dalava

At your weight, no issues with cx-ray 20/24. I ran them as tubeless, and unfortunately not many choices, so I can't co,ment on the width. I would assume if you are running them as tube/tire clinchers, you can probably go up to 28mm, but that's my guess. I tensioned them to the recommended max when I built it, and after mounting the tubeless hutchinsons, the spokes lose about 20% on average. It's not an issue.

plpete

Not to thread jack but I was wondering what spoke and spoke count is a good idea with the Stans rims for a rider in the 165 lb. weight range. Im thinking of building a light wheel set this winder with the bikehustore hubs.