Originally Posted by
Paulo Dourado
i think i'll be getting the eightinch julian wheels then. only one less mm than the b43s, cheaper, has a brake track, and weighs in at ~2600g not too bad..
2600 grams = 5.73lbs..that is really bad. If you look at the rim weight of those things, they are 800 grams PER RIM! That means just 2 rims is heavier than most quality road bike rims with much heavier hubs!You might as well lace up some old steel rims for that much weight. Even cheap mountain bike 29er rims(29er=700c) come in under 2000 grams, and they are abused way worse than most SS wheelsets ever will be.