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Old 03-15-13 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by caloso
I mounted up the wheels in question this morning (I have a race tomorrow and I sometimes use the Friday commute as a shakedown) and instead of using the open cam skewers that came with the wheels, I used an ugly, old pair of Shimano Tiagra/RSX/? closed cam skewers. Guess what? No rub.

I am still intrigued by the idea of rebuilding them as 2x. Making a slight trade of radial stiffness for lateral stiffness makes a lot of sense for race wheels, particularly for crits.
Interesting. What kind of hubs & axles are on those wheels?

BTW, I'm a bigger guy that I rides 2X laced front wheels and likes them.

Thanks to those contributing to make this such a good thread!
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