Hi!

I'm looking for a good/lightweight and not so expensive wheelset and a friend told me about the Velocity B43 Wheelset.

Are these good wheels? How heavy are they?

Thank you for your comments.



Carlos

Don't ride near water.

here are the specs
they are good quality but heavy

https://www.velocityusa.com/default.asp?contentID=699

You're better off with the Velocity Deep V's rather than the B43's. Even better, if you want to go even more lightweight, go with Velocity Aeroheads, A23's, or Fusions even.

strong. HEAVY.

Like calv recommended: regular Velocity Deep Vs are strong and less heavy. I don't see a point to B43s except for that deep dish look

Why is that?


Carlos, I just got the B43 laced to a Phil Wood for my rear wheel. I've had it for about 2 months and I LOVE it.
However, if you're looking for the lightweight solution, this is not the one. They are heavy, your friend steered you wrong.
It's much heavier than my previous (stock) wheel. Acceleration requires much more of a push to attain, but it holds cruise speeds so well.
I was going for quality, longevity, and the deep look. This was the one I landed on and I am thoroughly impressed. Ran me about $400ish

Now on to my front wheel..(dont know what to get yet.).


Good luck, I'm sure you'll get a better recommendation on here.

He will sink, due to his boat anchors.

B43s are the result of a deep-dish war that started around 2004 or 2005. Velocity Deep Vs were popular because of their deep profile and "bombproof" reputation. However, they were not novel. Mavic CXP 30s were very deep as well as the Campagnolo Shamal, both of which are no longer produced.

CXP30


Shamal


Then there became a "deeper is better" mentality. The problem is that if you make aluminum rims deeper, you can't make them lighter. Because if you do, the walls will be too thin and you have issues like H+Son did:



The only way to make them deep and strong is to also make them heavy...or make them out of carbon:



So, you should probably consider some other rims.

Affordable and not as heavy:

https://www.velomine.com/index.php?ma...d9k9qnnkt74cc2

Not as deep of a V, but still a V. Velocity calls them the "jack of all trades".

Hey I just met you,
and this is crazy,
but those B43s
are ****ing heavy.

This is good. Keep doing this.

MOAR RYM PEOMS


i kind of miss my b43's. i guess i just miss the murder look of mine.

The song that started many a meme.

I apologize for I have doomed you. Good luck purging the song from your memory once you listen.

Hey I just met you
and this is crazy
i've seen that video before
and made pants gravy

Hey I just met you,
and this is crazy,
I hoped you saw it,
my mind rests easy.

i was counting syllables in your earliest poetry attempts hoping it could be haiku which would have been...kewl
unfortunately the follow-ups are just simple-minded
nice try...

Glad you missed the meme reference.

Nice try...

it's a shame that being unoriginal & uninteresting has become excusable by claiming "meme"

Everyone else around here seems to think it's interesting and funny. It's a shame that you're too stuck up to think so as well. Sorry that you have a miserable life Debbie Downer.

Haiku about waking up:

no no no no no
no no no no no no no
no no no no no

you know, its funny that you would be so sensitive considering how often you joined in ridiculing guys who posted here that did not fit in with bfssfg approved norm.

recheck my earlier post & you see that i was hoping your poetry which apparently was not original but a "meme" would turn out well & grow. it didn't & apparently neither can you. if you are gonna post in forums instead of always expecting attaboys from your local buddies, why don't you try getting a real sense of humor?

at least Muffin Man has the right idea, how bout another...

Onto the ancient bike
The rider jumps
Hear buttcrack meet the saddle

I forget what this thread was about. Did I wander into a poetry forum without noticing?