Originally Posted by
Sprout97
We have a similar set up: '04 Speedster & a Wound-up fork. We are very pleased with THE BOAT. As an aside, we're a 320 lb team and we don't tour. I readily agree that if you go the Carerra, do pick up a new set of rims for your daily rides, and use the Rolfs for specialized stuff like rallyes. Our LBS owner strongly feels that radial spoked rims aren't a good daily option, especially with high tension spokes. We are getting ready to pull our Spinergy rims off for the winter and return to the original Velocity Dyads, partly for training purposes and partly to give the Spinergys a rest.
While radial lacing is the stiffest pattern, it is not the strongest. Plus it puts a lot of stress through to the hub, usually causing flange failures when failures occur, plus cracking rims, etc. Those problems can be mitigated by using a cross-x pattern. For our front BHS/Kinlin 32h rimmed wheel / rim brake setup, I had that built with cross-2... a little stiffer than x3 and resulted in better bracing angles. For disc brake setups, x3 (typical) or more is required.
Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
We're running Kinlin 279/BHS C472w rims, which come in 36H drilling. I think these are superior to the Dyads for a wide rim. We're running them on Chis King hubs with CX-Ray spokes. Durable fast wheels, best I've ever owned. Since you'll have discs, you should probably go with a stronger spoke. Twocicle says DT Aero Comp in cross-3.
This rim does seem to be holding up exceptionally well. For teams over ~320lbs wanting to build up appropriately strong but lighter weight wheels, I would forgo trying to use aero spokes at all and stick with high quality DB round spokes instead such as Sapim Race or DT Comp. A round spoke provides more lateral stiffness to the wheel. Even at a light weight team of 250lbs (95lb stoker helps to hit that target), I can feel our rear wheel (32h 135mm w/DT Aero Comp) give a little sideways under certain higher side load circumstances.