Velocity B43...pros/cons
09-30-09 | 08:04 PM
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To my knowledge you are exactly right about aero trumping weight. What I should have said is that I am assuming that most of the people who use these rims will be riding mostly in the city with a lot of stop and go riding. For this application an aero rim is not nearly as useful as a light one. On the other hand, it does look cool
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10-01-09 | 01:29 AM
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10-01-09 | 02:18 AM
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To my knowledge you are exactly right about aero trumping weight. What I should have said is that I am assuming that most of the people who use these rims will be riding mostly in the city with a lot of stop and go riding. For this application an aero rim is not nearly as useful as a light one. On the other hand, it does look cool
10-01-09 | 02:57 AM
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10-01-09 | 06:12 AM
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shaving grams is one thing, but for almost any rider, and this is an assumption based upon past experience, the regular deep v will take almost any kind of abuse street riding can throw at it. They are not perfect rims but they are sturdy as hell and when properly tensioned it takes a hell of a lot to make them go out of true. For any rider that is throwing enough abuse at them that this is an issue the chucker would be a better rim. It is just a little deeper than the regular v but can fit much wider tires. The B43 is 770g as opposed to the regular v at 520g, according to velocities website. That is 250g each, around a pound heavier than the regular v with no advantage for street use that I can see. But they do look kewl. Also when you line up against your friend with H+ rims you now can prove that you do indeed have the bigger dick.
10-01-09 | 07:47 AM
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I got the B43 in the first place because it's a solid drive wheel for fixed riding and crappy streets. Outside of bike polo, running one in the front is useless past aesthetics in my opinion.
10-01-09 | 05:46 PM
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yeah... they'll take a beating, as my deep vs have. By the same token, so will any properly built low profile rim (granted, maybe not for dropping 4sets though). My no-name front rim (laced radial to a low flange Shimano hub) has taken 4 years of abuse on my road bike and now the last few on my fixed here in chicago, which is essentially one large salt-stained pothole.
