Bright red rims
05-27-06, 12:49 AM
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I ordered everything I'll need for my new wheels today. The folks at Yojimbo's were very cool. I got the red deep V velocity rims, silver nipples, spokes, tires and tubes on the way.
05-29-06, 06:48 PM
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I recently bought some red anodized rims from Road Rage here in town...
I couldn't find them anywhere else, not even on eBay. I was actually going to get a pair of the FiR rims (eBay) but a local wheel builder told me that they're garbage rims; really shoddily made.
So I finally found a pair of 36-hole Mavic CXP 33's....not as deep as Deep V's, which I'm not a big fan of.
I really wanted the anodized rims and not powdercoated 'cause to me the powdercoating looks cheap and garish. Anodizing has a great deep red lustre. The ****ing rims were $260 for the pair!!!
No spokes, hubs, nada. Just the rims! And like an idiot I paid for 'em. Granted I was late to work, ran in, bought 'em, raced out, then started thinking...."man, that's a lot for a pair of rims!" The more I thought about it the more ****ed up I felt so I called dude back and was like, "$260/pair?? what gives?!" And he tells me they haven't made anodized rims in years, these are new old stock, 36-hole is hard to find, etc...
So I asked if he could cut the price a bit, and he told me he'd give me a break on building 'em up.
But still I think, all told, I spent over $300 on just the rims, spokes, and having them laced to my hubs.
So between the rims, the Phil hubs, the Armadillo All-Conditions tires..that's close to $700 for the wheelset. And i'm also bummed aesthetically that the machined sidewalls aren't anodized, it would look so much better if they were. So I learned my lesson: wait and find it on eBay.
I couldn't find them anywhere else, not even on eBay. I was actually going to get a pair of the FiR rims (eBay) but a local wheel builder told me that they're garbage rims; really shoddily made.
So I finally found a pair of 36-hole Mavic CXP 33's....not as deep as Deep V's, which I'm not a big fan of.
I really wanted the anodized rims and not powdercoated 'cause to me the powdercoating looks cheap and garish. Anodizing has a great deep red lustre. The ****ing rims were $260 for the pair!!!
No spokes, hubs, nada. Just the rims! And like an idiot I paid for 'em. Granted I was late to work, ran in, bought 'em, raced out, then started thinking...."man, that's a lot for a pair of rims!" The more I thought about it the more ****ed up I felt so I called dude back and was like, "$260/pair?? what gives?!" And he tells me they haven't made anodized rims in years, these are new old stock, 36-hole is hard to find, etc...
So I asked if he could cut the price a bit, and he told me he'd give me a break on building 'em up.
But still I think, all told, I spent over $300 on just the rims, spokes, and having them laced to my hubs.
So between the rims, the Phil hubs, the Armadillo All-Conditions tires..that's close to $700 for the wheelset. And i'm also bummed aesthetically that the machined sidewalls aren't anodized, it would look so much better if they were. So I learned my lesson: wait and find it on eBay.
05-29-06, 07:30 PM
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Don't look that rare here:
https://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?item1169.htm
$60 USD for a rim? About same price as those deep vs
https://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?item1169.htm
$60 USD for a rim? About same price as those deep vs
05-29-06, 10:37 PM
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I'm not sure how much I paid for them. I purchased so much stuff I'll have to look at the prices once they arrive.
05-29-06, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by operator
Don't look that rare here:
https://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?item1169.htm
$60 USD for a rim? About same price as those deep vs
https://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?item1169.htm
$60 USD for a rim? About same price as those deep vs
The Red Mavic CXP33's are VERY rare. SJS cycles only has one available, I've contacted them about it directly. A set was recently sold on eBay (to someone here) for $130. Those rims a very highly regarded and worth every penny.
