New wheels, again!

[Ridgeway]

What was your view on the rim quality ? i'm no expert at all but thought mine were decent enough and built pretty well (DTSwiss 350/Sapim CX ray) and no spoke hole that i'll regret one day

Coming up to 7k km on mine since adding them in Jan this year and they simply fly along, to the point that i often get asked to ride on the front on flat sections

 

[Ridgeway]

Forgot to add that i drove past Bianchi 2wks back, will be there again on the 16th of Oct as my customer is just down the road. It's amazing to see all the Cerise painted bikes in that area, it's every where

 

[JhnBssll]

What was your view on the rim quality ? i'm no expert at all but thought mine were decent enough and built pretty well (DTSwiss 350/Sapim CX ray) and no spoke hole that i'll regret one day

Coming up to 7k km on mine since adding them in Jan this year and they simply fly along, to the point that i often get asked to ride on the front on flat sections

I'm also no expert, but they're as good as I've seen. I had Mavic Cosmic Carbons before and these certainly seem no worse from a visual quality perspective, and have built up very nicely. If they ride nicely as you describe they will certainly be money well spent

I would like to visit the Bianchi factory at some point My only concern would be coming away having spent money on something I couldn't afford I can see a Specialissima in my life at some point

 

[JhnBssll]

Both sets of rims ride really nicely, very pleased with them I had a mail though today to confirm the pair for the Veturi summer wheels are finished and will be dispatched in the coming days, they look great too. Looking forward to building them up, again with CX Ray spokes and purple nipples on the purple hope hubs. The unbranded rims currently laced to them aren't the best, I'll retire them to the bin I think

 

[JhnBssll]

The new rims arrived last week and the spokes arrived this morning They look great quality again, I'm very pleased with them. The twill weave pattern looks lovely and the satin finish should look great against the titanium frame

Here are the current wheels, these rims will be retired and the hubs laced in to the new pair.

They clean up well and ride quite nicely but I've never really been entirely happy with them and wheels are something that demand a certain amount of trust With that in mind I gathered the bits and pieces needed and started stipping the old front wheel.

I'm getting a bit quicker with these builds but it still takes a lot of time. As with the last set I spent quite a while balancing the spoke tensions after I'd laced it up, hopefully this will be rewarded with miles of reliabilityin use I'm yet to finish dishing (I still don't own a dishing tool so need to pop the bike in the stand to check) but I suspect its pretty close... I'll get the rear to the same stage next and then do the fine tuning to both at the end while they're on the bike

Right, back to the garage

 

[Ridgeway]

Lovely build

 

[JhnBssll]

I've got the rear wheel laced up and spokes tensioned as well now 😊

I'll pop back in to the garage after I've had some dinner so I can fit them to the bike and get them dished correctly, then mount some tyres ready for a test ride I've hung the old rims on the wall while I decide what to do with them... They seem too good to throw away, maybe I'll ask some of my friends if they want them on the proviso that they're of unknown heritage

 

[JhnBssll]

I've just come in from the garage having finished both wheels and fitted the tyres ready for a test ride. I managed to get the tyres on without tyre levers which is quite a feat with the tubeless GP5000's, first time I've ever managed it

Looking forward to seeing it in the sunlight

 

[JhnBssll]

Pleased with how they've built up, hoping to get out on her tomorrow

 

[bikingdad90]

What saddle and saddlebag do you run? Is it an Australian one by any chance?

 

[Gunk]

Nice job as always John, your work is superb!

 

[JhnBssll]

What saddle and saddlebag do you run? Is it an Australian one by any chance?

The saddle is a Fabric Line and the saddle bag is a Cyckit Aeroclam from New Zealand I've got a couple of extra bottom sections of different sizes on the way, and I've got an Aeroclam on another bike too, good kit

 

[JhnBssll]

Nice job as always John, your work is superb!

Thanks mate, jolly kind of you 😊 I'm pleased with the result which is always my goal - if I hadn't been pleased I'd have stripped and built them again until they passed muster

 

[CXRAndy]

Ive just ordered WR65 rims. Im going for 30/32mm tyres, hoping for near perfect bead alignment.

I did something similar with DT Swiss rims last year where the outside width matched a 25mm tyre once fitted. The tyre widened to 28mm but aligned beautifully onto the bead.

 

[Ridgeway]

Just ordered an AR46 wheel set, hopefully will arrive early next month (could be longer i guess...). Last part of the puzzle for my recycled bike refurb project