sunv

Hi I was browsing for new wheels and I came across these on craigslist in LA.
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/bik/967683593.html

I was wondering if anyone had any info on these wheels. THey look like the H+son that just came out. There was a funny little feud going on in CL about one person claiming these wheels were crap and showed pictures of the H+son that blew out. Then the seller replied saying the poster doesn't know what he's talking about because he's selling Vueltas not H+sons.

Anyways they seemed to have popped out of nowhere and are pretty cheap ($200 for a pair).
Anyone ever seen these before?

Understanding

...um.....


sounds too me to be of equal quality with the vuelta wheels you can get from bike island... but i don't know of their quality, yet all i remember hearing is that they're crap.


they look ridiculous IMO

sunv

I couldn't find anything like them on bikeisland
well I think they look kinda cool.
here's another pic of them:


they look like exaggerated deep v's.

mihlbach

First of all, I would never buy these silly looking wheels, but even if I was interested, I would hesitate to trust these guys. The hubs are misidentified. They are Novatec (Bens,Dimension, etc) hubs, not Fomulas. They are either being deceptive, or they are totally ignorant.

gotmyusernamechanged

i don't own any deep v's, and I don't know if it's the cam angle, but uhh, painted over MSW?

sp00ki

looks like rattle canned too. i'm definitely not remotely interested in letting these rims come anywhere near my bikes, but i'm sorta curious as to whether or not people are going to start buying them.

p120ud213azn

these guys are a shop here in long beach/signal hill that purchases old road bikes and fixes them up (hence junkyrustybikes) and re sells them, so im guessing they arent totally ignorant. to be sure, op you should email them and ask what brand they are.

they also sell tires at $20 and comes in different colors. so i emailed them to see what brand and they said they are puegasus tires. anyone have even heard of them?

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1164&highlight=

Madisonian

bryyando

https://cgi.ebay.com/New-Vuelta-High-...3%3A1|294%3A50

same rims?

mondaycurse

Super deep V's, you say?

straws papers

maybe. you cant really tell but the paint looks like **** so I'll go ahead and assume.

And will people please stop talking **** on Hplusson's because one rim failed when some turd was misusing it? Prolly still says 'hplusowned' or some variation thereof anytime they're mentioned. Failures happen without misuse, it's just a fact of life.

jdms mvp

they look like the sl42 rims from H+son. and if they are...then 200$ is a steal for them as those rims alone cost 125$ a piece lolol....

the red is overkill, but that's the cheapest i've seen any 40+ mm wheel at.

jdms mvp

to the person who commented about novatecs not being formulas..honestly i think they are all the same.

dimension=novatec=formula

sneaky viking

Whycome neither of these ebay sellers lists the depths in mm?

Shortbused.

Soil_Sampler

they are not on the metric system...

jdms mvp

or u can simply convert it .... 1 5/8 = roughly 41mm....(42mm most likely)

sneaky viking

I'm just saying, what kind of seller of rims lists their isht in inches?! Bush league.

jdms mvp

who cares, dont get too butt hurt over it. damn.

so what if he wants to list in inches vs mm.

other bike parts are listed in inches anyways, so it's not even a big deal.

1/8" chains
1 1/8" headsets

Hagisan

I also found this link on eBay.

https://cgi.ebay.com/New-Vuelta-High-...QQcmdZViewItem

sneaky viking

Bike parts are also measured in inches? ORLY?

Go into a shop and ask for a stem 4 3/8" inches long. See if they look at you like an asshat while they get out a calcultor.

wearyourtruth

^ fixed that for ya

not all bike parts are measured in metric.

that said, wheel profiles are usually measured in mm

sneaky viking

^I see what you did there.

Edit: I am well aware that some bike parts have been standardized as non-metric. But many are standardized as metric. Seatpost diameter, stem length, bar width, BB width, crank lengths, wheel diameters, etc, etc. I am not interested in getting in stoopid fights here, just pointing out the ignorance of a seller selling a new-to-the-market product using a system of measurement for that product that NO ONE ELSE USES. I would inherently question the quality of such a product/ seller.

peabodypride

haha you're a huge ******.

eighthinch.com

We are getting these rims in probably in March. They are 42mm deep and seem to be very decent quality. I have the samples on my desk right here- let me know if I an answer anything about them!

iansmash

be careful, they might explode


i'd put them on the floor or something...wouldn't want them to explode so close to face-level