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AngryScientist

01-15-10 08:55 AM

single speed wheels

i need a new wheelset for my single speed commuter bike. being a campy guy i have had great luck with fulcrum wheels.

the racing 7's can be had for cheap, and i'm pretty sure they will be fantastic. all i would need is a spacer kit to run them single speed, correct?

TheBikeRollsOn

01-15-10 09:36 AM

If it is a cassette style wheel then yeah you should only need a spacer kit like the performance bike one.

mihlbach

01-15-10 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by AngryScientist (Post 10272704)

You can certainly run those wheels SS, but you would be loosing all the design benefits of that wheel. Fulcrum 7s have a funky 2:1 lacing pattern to compensate for the dish (asymmetry) of the wheel. The asymmetry is there to allow a big fat multi-geared cassette to fit in there. A true SS wheel is undished (or barely dished), thus allowing for a symmetrical spoking pattern and equal tension on the left and right sides, which makes the wheel stronger, stiffer, structurally more stable, and more durable. True SS wheels are not very expensive, but even a relatively cheap one is going to function better as a SS wheel than a Fulcrum 7.

Soil_Sampler

01-15-10 12:04 PM

miche or ambrosio wheelset.

mihlbach

01-15-10 12:26 PM

I would avoid anything with unmachined sidewalls.

Soil_Sampler

01-15-10 12:35 PM

Miche

Xpress
http://static2.biketiresdirect.com/i...ct/mjxtw-1.jpg

bigvegan

01-15-10 12:58 PM

http://shop.vendio.com/benscycle/ite.../?s=1263545762

Get that set for $89.99, throw on a BMX freewheel, call it a day.

Any track wheelset can take a freewheel, and you don't have to worry about a cassette and spacers.

Soil_Sampler

01-15-10 01:14 PM

spacing

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngryScientist (Post 10272704)

all i would need is a spacer kit to run them single speed, correct?

is your frame 120 or 130 rear spacing?

mihlbach

01-15-10 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Soil_Sampler (Post 10273705)

is your frame 120 or 130 rear spacing?

This is a critical point. I (perhaps incorrectly) assumed the OP was riding a conversion. But if its a fgss specific frame, the fulcrum wheel won't fit in the frame without modification (to the frame).

mihlbach

01-15-10 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Soil_Sampler (Post 10273507)

Xpress
http://static2.biketiresdirect.com/i...ct/mjxtw-1.jpg

Nice looking wheels. I wish the spokes were butted. Seems like there are a million budget ($100-$250) wheelsets available with straight gauge spokes. At the opposite end of the spectrum there is a lot of fancier high end stuff (>$400), but I don't seem much in the middle. I'd like to see a ~$250-320 wheelset similar to these but with butted spokes. I suppose the reason why stock FG/SS wheelsets with butted spokes aren't commonly available is that the average consumer doesn't understand the benefits of butted spokes and doesn't really factor that into their buying decisions. They add a little bit to the cost but not much. The wheels look the same with or without butted spokes, so its easier for the manufacturer to just cheap-out and use straight gauge.

I guess thats why I just buiild my own.

filtersweep

01-16-10 10:26 AM

For SS, just find some nice old thread-on Record hub laced to anything, and toss on a freewheel. Dirt cheap, and top-shelf quality. I've had friends literally give those wheels away to me....

Soil_Sampler

01-16-10 01:08 PM

butted

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Originally Posted by mihlbach (Post 10274203)

Nice looking wheels. I wish the spokes were butted.
Seems like there are a million budget ($100-$250) wheelsets available with straight gauge spokes. At the opposite end of the spectrum there is a lot of fancier high end stuff (>$400), but I don't seem much in the middle. I'd like to see a ~$250-320 wheelset similar to these but with butted spokes. I suppose the reason why stock FG/SS wheelsets with butted spokes aren't commonly available is that the average consumer doesn't understand the benefits of butted spokes and doesn't really factor that into their buying decisions. They add a little bit to the cost but not much. The wheels look the same with or without butted spokes, so its easier for the manufacturer to just cheap-out and use straight gauge.

I guess thats why I just buiild my own.

+1
I thought about marketing just such a set of wheels.1600g-1700g(20/24,24/24,24/28,24/32)

I am still considering these, and just re-spoking the front later.

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