Originally Posted by
rithem
well like anything this discipline has evolved as you have seen. I worked out the bubble and I still used the wheel for the rest of the season, another friend dented his so badly on a curb that it flat spotted the rim and was not repairable, Velocity just are not as tough as Mavic period.
That blanket statement is utterly meaningless; you need to specify how you're comparing apples with apples, pears with pears, and a whole bunch of other varieties before you can say one company craps on the other with any credibility.
You could prolly fit Velocity B43s to a monster truck and totally crush a whole pile of light and sexy Mavics in one go. But so what?
Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Even with perfect, or welded joints, almost all rims have some unevenness in light braking, so it's something to simply live with as long as it isn't enough to cause handling or control problems.
Unless you want to go for a disc-braked bike... that perfect brake feel has me mulling it over...
Having switched the sides of my brakes after thirty years has really thrown my bike handling for a loop; brakes Really Matter.
Another thing I've been mulling over is, tubular tyres + Stan's sealant = practical proposition. Hm, I might be the first guy to build a tubular wheelset on disc hubs.