Your Favorite Wheel Set?
02-19-09 | 03:52 PM
#26
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From: Eugene, OR
If I were going to make a dream wheelset I'd take formula hubs and install aftermarket bearings so they'd roll better than Phils for a lot less money. Then I'd use either Sapim or DT double-butted spokes and lace them 20/24 to a set of DT R1.2's. Just as strong as Velocity Deep Vs but much lighter and higher performance but with the same aero-benefits. I like Open Pros but that rim is an old design and modern stuff is lighter/stronger.
02-19-09 | 03:59 PM
#27
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From: Long Island, NY
If I were going to make a dream wheelset I'd take formula hubs and install aftermarket bearings so they'd roll better than Phils for a lot less money. Then I'd use either Sapim or DT double-butted spokes and lace them 20/24 to a set of DT R1.2's. Just as strong as Velocity Deep Vs but much lighter and higher performance but with the same aero-benefits. I like Open Pros but that rim is an old design and modern stuff is lighter/stronger.
just joking.
02-20-09 | 02:00 PM
#30
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From: Eugene, OR
Nice wheelbuild! Did you have to modify the hubs to use the CXRays? I really like the feel of double-butted spokes but I've always wanted to try bladed spokes for a racing wheelset. I'm glad there are a few of us who haven't drunk the Deep V Kool-aid! (They're great for clydes, tandems, and touring, don't get me wrong!)
02-20-09 | 02:04 PM
#31
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From: Portland Oregon
Also running lf Phil's to Open Pro's, and can't say enough good about them! light enough to be a quick snappy fun wheel yet bombproof so I can commute in anything on the crappiest of roads and not bat an eye.
02-20-09 | 02:49 PM
#32
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From: Long Island, NY
No. CXRays fit in normal spoke holes. CXRays are built from a very strongly butted spoke, so the flattened section is still narrow enough to fit through a normal round spoke hole. They'll basically work with any hub.
02-20-09 | 09:47 PM
#33
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From: Charlottesville, Virginia
Bikes: Dawes Kalahari, Puch Prima Super Sport, Graham Weigh 853
Gipiemme Tecno 716 Pista. 40mm deep Italian rims. None of this cracking business. I have thing for old 90's aero stuff, and the 716 is the last hold out of those older rims. Hubs look to be ok, but I would surely like to build some of these with Miche hubs. Tubular for track use 
https://www.velodromeshop.org.uk/prod...16-387-13.html
https://www.velodromeshop.org.uk/prod...16-387-13.html
02-21-09 | 01:56 PM
#34
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From: Durham, NC, USA
Bikes: Nottingham built Raleigh fanatic.
White Industries Track-to-Mavic CXP33's
Love these wheels!!!!!
Rode Surly to Deep V's for awhile. Nice but heavy.
The CXP33 is a nicer rim by far for the same $$$ as the Deep V pretty much. Not as "deep" but close and of course no colors.
Love these wheels!!!!!
Rode Surly to Deep V's for awhile. Nice but heavy.
The CXP33 is a nicer rim by far for the same $$$ as the Deep V pretty much. Not as "deep" but close and of course no colors.
