Wheelbuilder

[GrumpyGregry]

Thank you to @ianrauk for recommending DCR Wheels in another thread and for sharing your experience of using him.

A wheelbuilder who lives in the 21st century, can communicate via email, provides detailed written quotes and specs, asks what his customers want rather than upselling them, has clear t's & c's, and who builds great wheels. Order placed.

 

[ianrauk]

Cheers Greg.
Agree with all the points above.
Would also like to say, for a pair of well made hand builds, the prices are very competitive.
And he went out of his way to make sure they were delivered the day I wanted.
He's made a couple of pairs of wheels for me now and am very happy with the results.

 

[Spoked Wheels]

Cheers Greg.
Agree with all the points above.
Would also like to say, for a pair of well made hand builds, the prices are very competitive.
And he went out of his way to make sure they were delivered the day I wanted.
He's made a couple of pairs of wheels for me now and am very happy with the results.

What rims you got there Ian?

 

[ianrauk]

What rims you got there Ian?

Velocity Deep V 30mm's

 

[dan_bo]

Velocity Deep V 30mm's

Are you happy with the stopping performance? Great tough rim, but I find the brake surface a tad....shiny.

That said, you don't have many 55mph descents down there do you.......


ps. Lovely bike Ian.

 

[ianrauk]

@dan_bo
With the Ultegra brake callipers they seem fine on descents.

 

[Spoked Wheels]

Velocity Deep V 30mm's

Of course, I've seen the velocity A 23. They look very nice..... ideas are flowing through my head now

At a guess, between 1600 and 1700 grams? What hubs are you using?

 

[ianrauk]

@RRSODL
Good guess. just a tad over 1700gms
Silver 24h Novotec Hubs
Silver Sapim Laser Spokes
Silver Alloy Nipples
All logos removed.

They do ride beautifully and all for the princely sum of £300

 

[Spoked Wheels]

@RRSODL
Good guess. just a tad over 1700gms
Silver 24h Novotec Hubs
Silver Sapim Laser Spokes
Silver Alloy Nipples
All logos removed.

They do ride beautifully and all for the princely sum of £300

That's very nice and wheels that you will be able to service easily.

If you have gone for the A23 then you would have been closer to the 1600 grams mark. But I' prefer your choice as it matches the bike beautifully.

Did you have a choice to go 28/20?

Love the idea of removing all the logos with a titanium frame (also cleaned from all logos) super clean and simple look, love it

 

[ianrauk]

Yup, had a choice of spoke count.
I wanted 30mm's especially, I'm not a racer so happy with the weight.

Yup.. wanted a clean look bike.. so all the logos had to go.

 

[Spoked Wheels]

Good choice - I really like the clean look.

 

[Garz]

The handlebar tape could make it look even cleaner..

 

[Spoked Wheels]

Cheers Greg.
Agree with all the points above.
Would also like to say, for a pair of well made hand builds, the prices are very competitive.
And he went out of his way to make sure they were delivered the day I wanted.
He's made a couple of pairs of wheels for me now and am very happy with the results.

Ian, what you did to your bike got me thinking and yesterday I saw a Ti bike with all the logos removed. I really liked the look. Is it hard to remove the logos? What's the technique?

What's the idea behind? Just the look or perhaps prevent the logos getting a bit tatty in time.

Cheers

 

[ianrauk]

Ian, what you did to your bike got me thinking and yesterday I saw a Ti bike with all the logos removed. I really liked the look. Is it hard to remove the logos? What's the technique?

What's the idea behind? Just the look or perhaps prevent the logos getting a bit tatty in time.

Cheers

It's purely for the look. Van Nicholas bike logos are not the best in the world.
And I wanted a really clean look.

I took the labels off with acetone (nail polish remover). Place on the logo with some tissue paper, leave for a minute then wipe off.

 

[Spoked Wheels]

Thanks, I might try that myself. As I said I liked the look you achieved there.