BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
Looking for some sensible (or not) advice.
It is getting to that time of year when my son's tyre choice is changing from slicks (circuit racing and training) to knobblies (grass track racing and cyclo-cross practice), sometimes more than once a week, and I am getting fed up of changing tyres on rims. So it would make good sense to buy a spare set of wheels, and have slick wheels and knobbly wheels, rather than just tyres. He is riding a bike with 700c wheels and disc brakes. I would share with him, but I run with rim brakes, so not compatible.
He is 10, but riding competitively in WM leagues, and should be at the upper end of his age group next road season and the upcoming cyclo-cross one. He is limited by regulations to rim thickness of not more than 35mm, and no less than 16 spokes (that shouldn't be a problem?). So want to get him something reasonable. The wheels wil last as there is no rim braking surface, but whilst for the moment he isn't yearning after $1000 carbon rims, before long (if he carries on progressing) he will be looking for some serious wheels,.
So what do I get him? @DCLane : are you the person who can give me some common sense?
It is getting to that time of year when my son's tyre choice is changing from slicks (circuit racing and training) to knobblies (grass track racing and cyclo-cross practice), sometimes more than once a week, and I am getting fed up of changing tyres on rims. So it would make good sense to buy a spare set of wheels, and have slick wheels and knobbly wheels, rather than just tyres. He is riding a bike with 700c wheels and disc brakes. I would share with him, but I run with rim brakes, so not compatible.
He is 10, but riding competitively in WM leagues, and should be at the upper end of his age group next road season and the upcoming cyclo-cross one. He is limited by regulations to rim thickness of not more than 35mm, and no less than 16 spokes (that shouldn't be a problem?). So want to get him something reasonable. The wheels wil last as there is no rim braking surface, but whilst for the moment he isn't yearning after $1000 carbon rims, before long (if he carries on progressing) he will be looking for some serious wheels,.
So what do I get him? @DCLane : are you the person who can give me some common sense?