Originally Posted by
ironwood
I was looking at the Rivendell site and saw that they are selling a new Velocity rim called the Atlas. It looks beefier than the Synergy and comes on 700 and . I don't know anything else about it, but it looks like a good rim for loaded touring. Perhaps someone has some experience with it.
The one big advantage of building your own touring wheels is that you will know how to fix a broken spoke and retrue the wheel if something should happen miles from the nearest Bike Shop.
Indeed -- the Atlas is a rim we developed with Rivendell as a burlier all-purpose rim. It's wider than the Synergy and has a heavier spoke bed and thicker sidewalls. So far, Rivendell seems to be loving the rim and we're building them as fast as we can here at Velocity.
There is a 26" version called the "NoBS" (said "knobs"). Same extrusion, but not eyletted.