conversion wheelset
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 84
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
conversion wheelset
Alright, I know there are supposedly a ton of these threads out there and you might tell me to use the search bar but I tried and couldn't find any relevant or recent information.
I'm working on a fixed gear conversion right now and it's time to order a wheelset. I don't want deep V's or something ridiculous like that, I just want an affordable, durable, machined wheel that I can use a front brake with. Most important is durability and I'd like them to be silver. What do you recommend and where should I order them?
Thanks.
I'm working on a fixed gear conversion right now and it's time to order a wheelset. I don't want deep V's or something ridiculous like that, I just want an affordable, durable, machined wheel that I can use a front brake with. Most important is durability and I'd like them to be silver. What do you recommend and where should I order them?
Thanks.
Last edited by robsilverii; 07-14-08 at 11:05 PM.
#3
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 84
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I apologize. I wish I could buy a pair of deep V's but they are not on my budget. I'd like to stick in the low-mid tier price range.
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Stevens Point/Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 440
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
oh, alright.
check out the mavic cxp22s.
there are some on ebay, but you could look around further.
https://cgi.ebay.com/MAVIC-TRACK-FIXE...3286.m14.l1318
check out the mavic cxp22s.
there are some on ebay, but you could look around further.
https://cgi.ebay.com/MAVIC-TRACK-FIXE...3286.m14.l1318
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Davis CA
Posts: 3,959
Bikes: Surly Cross-Check, '85 Giant road bike (unrecogizable fixed-gear conversion
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
Just about anything with 36 spokes will be durable.
Mavic Open Sport/Pro's (depending on your budget) laced by hand to a Dimension/Godspeed/IRO/Formula hubs (They really are made in the same factory in China) with 2mm spokes will serve you very well.
Mavic Open Sport/Pro's (depending on your budget) laced by hand to a Dimension/Godspeed/IRO/Formula hubs (They really are made in the same factory in China) with 2mm spokes will serve you very well.
#7
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 84
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
oh, alright.
check out the mavic cxp22s.
there are some on ebay, but you could look around further.
https://cgi.ebay.com/MAVIC-TRACK-FIXE...3286.m14.l1318
check out the mavic cxp22s.
there are some on ebay, but you could look around further.
https://cgi.ebay.com/MAVIC-TRACK-FIXE...3286.m14.l1318
#10
god
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SFC
Posts: 411
Bikes: cannondale f300, surly steamroller
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
bicyclewheels.com has a section of track wheels with some cxp22, sun cr18, weinmann lp18, and weinmann dp18, all laced to formula hubs at reasonable prices.
#11
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 84
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
weinmann dp 18 vs weinmann lp 18 vs. mavic cxp22 vs. sun m13 vs. sun cr18
https://shop.greatdealsonbikes.com/me...tegory_Code=TR
no clue which one to go with. help? I will be using a front brake.
https://shop.greatdealsonbikes.com/me...tegory_Code=TR
no clue which one to go with. help? I will be using a front brake.
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Stevens Point/Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 440
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Given the fact that you've come to fixed gear without misplaced preconceptions, any of the aforementioned wheelsets will get the job done for you. Its not like Combo A is going to be significantly different then Combo B. Somebody may posture about and tell you how he's been rocking the streets with Dimension hubs laced to Sun rims and they've been bomb proof, but then you'll get another one lamenting how they won't stay true.
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Davis CA
Posts: 3,959
Bikes: Surly Cross-Check, '85 Giant road bike (unrecogizable fixed-gear conversion
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
Those Rush Hour stock Alex rims are Awesome! My first fixed gear bike was built with one that was an LBS take off from a new bike someone must have bought (they probably wanted deep-V's.) I spent the next two years searching for another Alex DC19 rim to put on the front. I finally found one.
Those rims are wider than your typical road rim and work great for a fixed gear cross bike.
Those rims are wider than your typical road rim and work great for a fixed gear cross bike.
#14
.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Rocket City, No'ala
Posts: 12,763
Bikes: 2014 Trek Domane 5.2, 1985 Pinarello Treviso, 1990 Gardin Shred, 2006 Bianchi San Jose
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 62 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 28 Times
in
13 Posts
+1 I've got a set of these on my wife's SS and they are very nice.
#15
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Posts: 40,865
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Canyon Exceed, Specialized Transition, Ellsworth Roots, Ridley Excalibur
Mentioned: 68 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2952 Post(s)
Liked 3,106 Times
in
1,417 Posts
#20
cab horn
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Toronto
Posts: 28,353
Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 42 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 26 Times
in
19 Posts
Stock, machine built wheelsets are a crapshoot. You may get a good build or you may get a **** build. Guess which one is more likely to be true.
#21
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Davis CA
Posts: 3,959
Bikes: Surly Cross-Check, '85 Giant road bike (unrecogizable fixed-gear conversion
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
What you need to do with cheap and/or stock wheelsets is to ride them a hundred miles or so, then make sure they are trued and tensioned. I even do that with shop-built wheels and with wheels I build myself. If a wheel is going to lose tension, it will happen in the first few hundred miles.
The other thing is that any singlespeed or track wheel is going to be stronger and more trouble free than any wheel build on a deraileur hub. It's one of the not-so-small perks of riding a fixed gear.
The other thing is that any singlespeed or track wheel is going to be stronger and more trouble free than any wheel build on a deraileur hub. It's one of the not-so-small perks of riding a fixed gear.
#22
cab horn
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Toronto
Posts: 28,353
Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 42 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 26 Times
in
19 Posts
What you need to do with cheap and/or stock wheelsets is to ride them a hundred miles or so, then make sure they are trued and tensioned. I even do that with shop-built wheels and with wheels I build myself. If a wheel is going to lose tension, it will happen in the first few hundred miles.
The other thing is that any singlespeed or track wheel is going to be stronger and more trouble free than any wheel build on a deraileur hub. It's one of the not-so-small perks of riding a fixed gear.
The other thing is that any singlespeed or track wheel is going to be stronger and more trouble free than any wheel build on a deraileur hub. It's one of the not-so-small perks of riding a fixed gear.