Thread: Wheel Build
View Single Post
Old 02-20-08 | 09:11 PM
  #5  
Retro Grouch's Avatar
Retro Grouch
Senior Member
Titanium Club Membership
20 Anniversary
 
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 30,225
Likes: 649
From: St Peters, Missouri

Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.

Originally Posted by TandemGeek
If you're running nothing smaller than a 28mm tire, then the Velocity Dyad would be a good choice for a rim. Fairly light, but nice and wide with a penthouse profile that makes it a bit more robust than a box or semi-aero rim. Colors are limited to silver or black.
I rebuilt my tandem wheels last spring using Dyad rims. I was over-the-moon on how they came out. After tensioning the front took only minor side-to-side trueing. The rear took no trueing at all. I'm dying to build another Dyad wheelset to see if I can replicate that outcome.
Retro Grouch is offline  
Reply