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Old 06-23-08 | 08:36 AM
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Velocity Deep V vs. Dyad

I want to build up new wheels for my commuter and, after hearing many folks in favour of velocity in general, I decided to narrow it down to two contenders. My primary concern is strength and secondary is width. I get the impression that Dyads are considered tougher than Deep Vs, which could be a big factor since I'm around 200 lbs myself and tend to carry a lot of crap. But I've recently switched my current tires from 70-35 to 700-32. I doubt I'll want to go skinnier than 32s, but I could see myself trying to go has high as 38 in the future. But for the time being, I'm very happy with the 32s. Sheldon's page on the subject talks about interior rim width, but Velocity measures exterior rim width, so I'm a little confused about what works and what doesn't.

Depending on how much difference there is between exterior and interior measurements, it seems like the Deep Vs cover more of the range of tire I'm most likely to use, but given that the Dyads seem to be more geared towards weight and hard use, I really want to give them a fair shake.

Any thoughts from people who run either of these wheels?
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