Originally Posted by Drillium Dude

Thank you! Honestly, the only bit I'm concerned about putting visible wear on are the pristine sidewalls of both mint wheelsets. The drillium stuff is almost all de-anodized so if it got scratched up I'll just get out the files and polish to put the damage right. By the way, it weighed 20.1 lbs on a friend's fishing scale as he held it in front of him and I steadied the front wheel. For whatever that's worth; it's obviously lighter than anything else including the 53cm Colnago. The wheels make all the difference and I'm hoping that translates into F1 performance on the road

I hear such wonderful things about Veloflex - but I just can't get past that obnoxiously-huge logo. When trying to put together a low-key statement it's hard to accomplish with the half-circumference labeling of today. I remember when the Vittoria Open Corsa series labels seemed large; now they represent my new normal - but that's as big as I'll go. Petty? Of course

Once I get feedback on my couple questions I've decided I will glue up a pair of my existing tubulars onto the SSCs to serve as a ready-spare wheelset. I have plenty of those disposable blue gloves so hopefully the mess can be kept to a minimum. At least the tires have been pre-stretched for a long time and should go on easily. My only fear is the glue setting before I get the tire centered how I like - and just imagine how OCD I might be about that!

Anyway, like wheelbuilding (which I hope to do this year), I've gotta glue up and use at least one pair of tubulars, right? Right

DD