Originally Posted by
LupinIII
well, it looks like a velocity.
don't get what the big deal is though. I used to think that velocities must be better than the weinmann dp18s... however after building some velocity wheels and wheels from other manufacturers, I don't think there could be much of a difference. velocity makes a pretty mediocre wheel. i had some aeroheads that weren't really drilled offset from center and had metal flashing in the holes.
in comparison, the h+sons i've worked with have been much nicer. the tb14s i just built went together as smoothly as open pros, with a better finish. only thing i don't care for on the tb14s is how f'n hard it is to mount tires on them.
yeah, velocity rims are not well constructed. metal burrs at the eyelets are just way too common, over drilling and eating into the rim wall is common enough on their aeroheads and the joints are underwhelming to say the least. I'd pay up to $40 for their rims, but I'd never pay $90, even with their colour selection.
The only qualm I have with DP18 is that they're too narrow. At around 12mm inner width, a lot of fatter tires simply aren't recommended, as they'll just roll off the rim when going around corners.
Either way, the best 30mm deep rim is from kinlin. It's just too bad soul wheels seems to have a monopoly on kinlin 40mm deep rims.