otherself
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Hi all
I currently have a nice Planet-X Kaffenback road/winter bike come cyclocross & tourer. It has eyelets and good clearances for thicker tyres and a strong chromo frame. It also has a 132mm rear so I can spring in 135mm MTB hubs as well as 130mm road hubs. It can also run discs discs or cantilever brakes.
I am planning on touring Iceland sometime in the next year or so and was looking for what sort of rims that would be good enough to hold up 15kg+ of rear luggage on rough loose stone roads. Alas I will be using this bike as a tarmac winter trainer and cyclocross so don't want the rims to be too heavy, nor too light.
So far I have discounted the Rigida Sputniks (too heavy) and Mavic 719 (too costly)
I think something in the 550 - 600g range would be perfect. Double walled, double eyelets w/box section, 36 holes and wide enough for 32c tyres. Must be silver.
I like the look of the Exal DC19 (disc) or the Exal LX17. DRC St19 also look decent but only seems available in black and 40 holes in the uk.
I have the Rigida Chrina rims on my fixie and they are strong db/walled but they are a PIG to get a tyre on/off so I don;t want them for the reasons of hassle it causes changing a puncture.
Any other under-the-radar rim manufacturers offering decent touring rims and good prices?
Mach1?
Velocity?.
I currently have a nice Planet-X Kaffenback road/winter bike come cyclocross & tourer. It has eyelets and good clearances for thicker tyres and a strong chromo frame. It also has a 132mm rear so I can spring in 135mm MTB hubs as well as 130mm road hubs. It can also run discs discs or cantilever brakes.
I am planning on touring Iceland sometime in the next year or so and was looking for what sort of rims that would be good enough to hold up 15kg+ of rear luggage on rough loose stone roads. Alas I will be using this bike as a tarmac winter trainer and cyclocross so don't want the rims to be too heavy, nor too light.
So far I have discounted the Rigida Sputniks (too heavy) and Mavic 719 (too costly)
I think something in the 550 - 600g range would be perfect. Double walled, double eyelets w/box section, 36 holes and wide enough for 32c tyres. Must be silver.
I like the look of the Exal DC19 (disc) or the Exal LX17. DRC St19 also look decent but only seems available in black and 40 holes in the uk.
I have the Rigida Chrina rims on my fixie and they are strong db/walled but they are a PIG to get a tyre on/off so I don;t want them for the reasons of hassle it causes changing a puncture.
Any other under-the-radar rim manufacturers offering decent touring rims and good prices?
Mach1?
Velocity?.
