Originally Posted by
ColonelJLloyd
Why? Are you planning on using 18mm tires?
A fair question. Not 18s but maybe 23s. In any case, oh, a bunch of reasons. I like the look of narrow rims, and this bike would have had narrow-appearing sew-ups originally.
The RAID is 80g heavier than the PBP and should be heavier than most other 19mm rims. If I'm building a speed-bike I might as well go all-in. The recent Bianchi build has taught me that I can feel a big enough weight difference, but the way to save big chunks is to save many small ones. (I used not be able to spel wayt weenie, now I are one!)
VO lists the RAID as "perfect for 28mm-38mm tires", though one can of course stretch the limits. Yeah, I know, Sheldon Brown has a chart somewhere but I haven't looked in a long time. My other bikes all have rims in this range and in general I've been happy with them.
Originally Posted by
ericbaker
Toby does good work. Did it take long?
Not really. He said it might be a couple of weeks and it ended up taking about a month. Nothing ever works out the way you first think anyway
Originally Posted by
bikemore
Frame looks great Jim. Love the red
I should look in my box of spindles to see if I have a spindle for thin campy hubs.
Thanks and thanks! I dropped you some email.