Did you change your wheels?
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Did you change your wheels?
Just wondering if anyone that has done a bit of touring actually changed their wheels to something a little more road specific? I want to have a road specific set of wheels for my Avanti Aggressor with road slicks, but I'm not really sure what to get. Any advice?
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By the way, my bike is actually a mountain bike, not a tourer or road bike.
Here is a pic, sorry about the poor quality, its because I'm only using my webcam to take these pics.
Here is a pic, sorry about the poor quality, its because I'm only using my webcam to take these pics.
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Get high pressure road slicks. There are several brands: Ritchey, Kenda, Continental, Vredesetin... almost any of the major brands.
You need the high pressure to reduce rolling resistence and they will still carry the load.
You need the high pressure to reduce rolling resistence and they will still carry the load.
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I really like my new Mavic X517s. I do quite a bit of commuting and I run slicks as well.
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I am not familiar with your rims and I will not recommend any, I just want say that my rear rim blew apart near the end of my tour in England. I used a Bontrager a-symmetrical Mustang rear rim (MTB) and I figure all the braking in the French mountains thinned out the sidewalls. If you going to make a change, maybe just do the rear rim as that is the one that will take most of the abuse.
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I'd like to have a spare set of wheels so I can change both tyres without having to pull them on and off. I currently have Mavic 221s, very basic wheel, but good at the same time.
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I just dent a 40 spoke wheel on my tourer while commuting. Apparently, those don't exist no more and my LBS proposed a Mavic something... with a V-shaped something... As you can see, It trust my LBS blindly. The wheel is 36 spoke but the spokes are supposed to be stronger than my previous wheel (which i still have on front)
For tires, I have a Specialized Nimbus in front and Michelin Altika in he rear (more agressive thread). Will put a Nimbus in the back when I have to change the tire.
For tires, I have a Specialized Nimbus in front and Michelin Altika in he rear (more agressive thread). Will put a Nimbus in the back when I have to change the tire.
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I have an Aray Japanese made aluminum rims that are from the early 80s.
Had a set of Michelin World Tour tires which lasted about 300 miles without any problems, untill someone cut them.
Now I have some slick IRC Indonesian made 27 inch tires. Just got them, will see how they do.
P.S. The Michelins were made in France.
Had a set of Michelin World Tour tires which lasted about 300 miles without any problems, untill someone cut them.
Now I have some slick IRC Indonesian made 27 inch tires. Just got them, will see how they do.
P.S. The Michelins were made in France.
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I don't know what your plans are, but if your a mountain biker, chances are your going to want to taist the eye candy you pass along the way. I'd go with a set of Mavic 517's or 521's laced with DT Swiss straight guaged spokes and a fast rolling knobie tire.
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Yeah I want to doa bit of mountain biking on the semi-slicks, nothing too adventurous though. I'm looking at a pair of Shimano WH-M535s
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My road wheelset for my Stumpie is a pair of
narrow Vredestein S-licks (1.3 inches, 90 psi)
mounted to lightweight, aero-profile Velocity
Aeroheat rims. Zoooom!
The tires are expensive but they do not flat
easily and grip pretty aggressively. I usually
pump them to 100 psi and have had no problems.
I like the black Aeroheat rims (cool, sinister look.)
narrow Vredestein S-licks (1.3 inches, 90 psi)
mounted to lightweight, aero-profile Velocity
Aeroheat rims. Zoooom!
The tires are expensive but they do not flat
easily and grip pretty aggressively. I usually
pump them to 100 psi and have had no problems.
I like the black Aeroheat rims (cool, sinister look.)
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https://www.velocityusa.com/
In addition to black, they have a wide range of color choices
if you want to coordinate with frame color, etc.
Check out the Deep V.
In addition to black, they have a wide range of color choices
if you want to coordinate with frame color, etc.
Check out the Deep V.
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