That's a lot of Mike's, I feel bad for that one Mike though ?I have around 2000 mikes on mine. I did manage to break one but in reality I am heavy for them
That's a lot of Mike's, I feel bad for that one Mike though ?I have around 2000 mikes on mine. I did manage to break one but in reality I am heavy for them
I thought that part of the point of carbon wheels was to shave some weight?
I see what u did there.That's a lot of Mike's, I feel bad for that one Mike though ?
Carbon is like a bazillion times stronger. What i have done to my valors would surely have pretzelled poor alloy hoops.Not in the MTB arena. The amount of carbon needed to make a carbon wheel strong enough erases any weight savings. Main thing that you gain from carbon is the lateral stiffness, which some people say is too stiff.
Stick with alloy on the trails... can’t go wrong.
There is something unique and intangible about carbon wheels that just doesn’t exist in alloy wheels.
Evenwhenriding plus tires, I’d have a hard time going back to alloy rims
Carbon spins up to speed with a perceived lower effort and the pay do impact the handling of any bike I’ve tired them on
The Zipp rim is an interesting concept and one that I’m eager to demo shortly.
I saw Jerome Clementz on these for at least the last two years, so I’d bet they have them sorted out
As for reserve wheel failures, they have both been under Trip who rides the sour lands a ton and come from a box background. (Not gentle)
Both wheels were replaced quickly without any fuss. I’d guess that this is the new benchmark in customer service / warranty.
You need them!
come on man, you know that trick!Last time I was at Halter’s I made the very real mistake of puttering around in the parking lot on @jdog’s new pivot... the one with the “new” Onyx hubs and the OP new rims.
All I can say is, I told J I hate him...... yeah, they’re that nice.
Couldn't you say that you were mugged? Lots of thugs in MontgomeryLast time I was at Halter’s I made the very real mistake of puttering around in the parking lot on @jdog’s new pivot... the one with the “new” Onyx hubs and the OP new rims.
All I can say is, I told J I hate him...... yeah, they’re that nice.
Still hard to justify getting a rim that cost 2-6+ times an aluminum rim. Especially when pink bike says every tester has broken multiple carbon rims.
You are quoting Dan and comparing him to Pink Bike testers, hmm. That said, I'm all in on the aluminum rims for price and reliability.
Dan- mad love my man!
My LBS strongly recommended that I don't go carbon on my wheel build, so I built up Flow MK3's around my Hadley Hubs, and couldn't be happier. I had Easton ARC's before, and I can run tire pressures slightly lower on the Flows. I destroyed my ARC's running higher pressures, FWIW.