Originally Posted by
StanSeven
I completely agree with your comments. The only problem is if you want fewer spoke combinations, how can you get hubs and rims with fewwe than 28 spoke combination? I know Shimano doesn't sell hubs with less than 28 spokes in the US (you can find 16 in some parts of Europe and Asia) and Campy is limited as well. Chris King is 28 or 32 - not sure about White.
Aero characteristcs are concerned mostly with rim shape, spoke count (fewer is better), and lacing pattern. Finding spokes is the easist. Rims are next but it's not too difficult to find goos aero shapes (aerohead is good, American Classic is okay, others are in between), but locating combinations to accomodate 16/18/24 holes is the challenge.
hi stan,
this was a dilemma i posed to my LBS. he recommended white industries hubs- as another poster pointed out they come in various spoke counts- and velocity rims. since velocity are handmade, he claimed you can order a custom set built with whatever spoke count you wanted. he said there were other options for low spoke count wheels as well, but we didn't get that far.
but as i said in my previous post, mavics are cheaper if you shop wisely. you can't say that a set of mavic ksyrium es's cost $1,200 (list price) when you can find them everywhere for less than $800.
