Ok. Coming from the FG/SS scene, the stereotypical fixed-gear has Deep Vs. Everyone thinks Deep Vs when they think fixed gear.

Haha.

However, when I go onto their website, they also build wheels for road bikes. Are Velocity Wheels any good? What are your guy's opinions on teh various wheel sets in general that they offer?

Would you recommend other wheel sets over them for say, someone just looking for sturdy commuter wheels, all season, all purpose wheels?

Just curious. I know there are plenty of other companies to choose from, it was just a thought i wanted to throw out there.

I've had several rims over the years from Velocity, mostly MTB, and they were just fine in terms of durability, but top of class in terms of weight to cost value.

These days I have two Velocity wheel builds, one set Blunts 29er/700c and one Nuvian set with the Aerohead/Aeroheat OC rims. As with the rim experience, these have proven to be excellent buys, offering competitively light weights, good durability, and cool colors (purple Blunts, blue Nuvians).

The icing on the cake is that the wheels are built right here in Michigan, two hours from my house. Sweet!

Count me as a Velocity fan.

Thanks wooo haha. Wow.....isn't Trek based in Michigan? And if it is, how far away is it from your house? lol.

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Velocity rims are pretty good, and for an all-purpose wheelset you cannot go wrong with them. In terms of hubs, I'm biased towards Ultegra or 105 for everyday/training wheels. If you end up getting a wheel from Velocity I would ask them to use double-butted DT Competition spokes instead of straight gauge. Many of their wheels are built with straight gauge spokes.

The Deep-V will build into a really strong wheel. The Fusion and A23 are also worth considering. They also make some rims with reflective paint which may be good if you do lots of riding in the dark.

I use Velocity Dyads with LX hubs on my Trek 520. Very strong wheel at a decent weight for touring.

Thanks!

Whats difference between double butted and straight gauge? I have a feeling its exactly what it says. Kind of like difference between a frame with double butted alum and non double butted. But thanks again.

Velocity offers some pretty good rims that are very durable if built correctly. They're also cheap (relatively).

I know a lot of people that use Deep Vs for commuting and they hold up fine.

I have a set of the Velocity Deep V 700s for my tandem. Great wheel for the $. I got no complaints.

The tandem was only $500 new, so it didn't make sense to spend a lot on a wheel set. I wanted to have a spare set so I could keep 700 x 38 on wheel set for off road, and 700 x 25 for road. The road set (Velocity) has QR skewers for fast repairs.

On both my road bike and touring bike, I use a Velocity Synergy on the front and a Synergy O/C on the rear.
I am a firm believer in O/C rims at the rear.
With a Campy hub the NDS spoke tension would be only 44% of DS on a symmetrical rim.
With an O/C rim, the NDS spoke tension is 66% of DS.

My only annoyance with Velocity rims is *finding* the model/finish/spoke-count I need.
The best source I have found for timely delivery is: https://www.peterwhitecycles.com/velocity.asp

I have velocity rims and hubs on my race bike.

Heavy, stiff as heck, and roll really really well.

Deep v rim + velocity road hubs.

High recommended.

I'm going to have a set of A23's built up in the near future. A wide road rim that weighs 40g less than the HED version and costs half as much? No brainer.

When I think of a fixed gear, I think of Velocity wheels. When I think of Velocity wheels, I don't think of a fixed gear. make sense?

Uh, no Trek isn't here in MI, but if you can't imagine why it might be cool to have Velocity nearby, see post #10, and if you know what Velocity is about, I think you'll understand.

Double butted spokes are thinner in the middle than at the ends. It makes the spokes more flexible which helps prevent spoke breakage at the ends. The flexibility also helps loads to be absorbed by more spokes than with straight gauge spokes.

I have 20K on a pair of Fusion rims with Ultegra hubs, Wheelsmith spokes and brass nipples.

Me, too! I'm kind of waiting to see how much Velocity is going to charge for their new race hubs. If it's reasonable, I might just buy their complete wheelsets which will reportedly come with the A23 rim, the race hubs, and Sapim CX-Ray spokes and weigh only 1400 grams for the set! If they are pricing their hubs at a "premium" I'll just buy the rims and source spokes and hubs on my own via ebay or something.

The only problem is that if I get one set of these rims, I'm going to want/need to get two: i switch back and forth from a road set to a dirt set of wheels on my 'cross bike and if the rim widths are different, I'll tire quickly of having to readjust the brake pads each time... (easy to screw out the adjuster of course to open up the brakes more, but then the pad angle won't be quite perfect).

I have a Velocity Razor wheelset that I bought when I wanted a 10 speed hub on an older frame. The basic velocity hub is a re-badged Formula. The wheels have worked fine, but the rear is crazy loud.

Trek is head quartered in Waterloo, WI.