Campy Wheelset Suggestions for classic SLX De Rosa

[buldogge]

FWIW…There are still some 32H silver RR465s available at the distributors.

Having said that, I really like the 440s.

-Mark in St. Louis

[Steve in SLO]

Another vote for TB14's. Here is a close up shot of some vintage/modern goodness:

[tv_vt]

Why not Ambrosio Excellence rims? Keep it Italian, no?

Check out RT Wheelcraft...

[LiveFreeOrDie]

Originally Posted by tv_vt

Why not Ambrosio Excellence rims? Keep it Italian, no?

Check out RT Wheelcraft...

Good suggestion. Thanks! I will have to say, I don't like the fact that the TB14's are built in China. Blah....

[FlashUNC]

I'll throw out the suggestion just to be different: Hed Belgium C2s.

Great rims. Bombproof. Black rim never hurt anything if you go with silver hubs and spokes. Looks pretty trick if you do alloy everything else I think.

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by Steve in SLO

Another vote for TB14's. Here is a close up shot of some vintage/modern goodness:

How're those working out for you?

[mktng]

Oh yea. Belgium's are amazing. However..... It's hard to beat a box section wheel. If you can find a set of mavic ma40....

[numbskull]

Not to hijack, but what about spokes for a classic wheel build. My memory, which is getting softer every day, is that back when I started good wheels were built with Record hubs, Nisi rims, Clement silks, and double butted spokes. Are the latter still used? If not, why?

[ahsere]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

OpenPro pretty far down on my list. Apologies to those that have heard this from me a zillion times but

Noisy eyelets and wedge used to hold togther when welding seam. Not a huge deal but Mavic has known about this for over a decade and refuses to do anything about it. Do they make for nice wheels, sure but.....Silver and black only. No hard anodized.

I'm not an expert on wheels, I've had very good experiences with Open Pros but so have I with other rims and there are probably many better options nowadays. That said, they look pretty nice on steel bikes and I have a set of beautiful light blue ones and another set of orange ones. I've had them both for a while and I assumed that Open Pros came in many colors, are they a rarity?
Not to derail the thread, just curious...

[binxnyrwarrsoul]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Not to hijack, but what about spokes for a classic wheel build. My memory, which is getting softer every day, is that back when I started good wheels were built with Record hubs, Nisi rims, Clement silks, and double butted spokes. Are the latter still used? If not, why?

Still used by me. DB spokes on at least 7 handbuilt wheelsets I have in rotation.

[jr59]

On most of my bikes I run DT 440s, 1 set of deep Vs and 1 set of open pros.

But on a 9 speed Campy DeRosa I might look for a set of Shmals (sp).
Something like this;
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/241881/

[LiveFreeOrDie]

Originally Posted by jr59

On most of my bikes I run DT 440s, 1 set of deep Vs and 1 set of open pros.

But on a 9 speed Campy DeRosa I might look for a set of Shmals (sp).
Something like this;
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/241881/

Not my bag. A tad bit too much bling for my taste. I'm sure the wheels perform great though!

[ultraman6970]

What about a set of campagnolo atlanta clinchers??? A forum member was like diggin the idea of moving them out his house. The wheels are flawless tho, seen them in person.

[ceolwulf]

Originally Posted by jr59

On most of my bikes I run DT 440s, 1 set of deep Vs and 1 set of open pros.

But on a 9 speed Campy DeRosa I might look for a set of Shmals (sp).
Something like this;
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/241881/

I really want a set of those for my Merckx.

[Steve in SLO]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

How're those working out for you?

Great, thank you.
It' a happy combination of shiny and wide rim on my Merckx.
I really like looking down at them when I ride.