bikerboy337
11-18-2015, 03:42 PM
So unexpectedly, I've somehow managed to pick up two sets of tubulars in the past 2 weeks... I had originally decided to get a nice lightweight set of aluminum clinchers to give two nice sets of wheels, I currently ride a set of record hubs to archetypes as my daily driver and wanted a nicer set to add to the queue. As I got to thinking about and researching a nicer set of handbuilts, i realized that there wasn't much i'd do to differentiate a set of wheels from the ones I already had... so i started to contemplate taking a jump to tubulars, and lo and behold found myself buying a set of HED Stinger 4 tubulars... figured these would be fun on long fast rides and in good weather and keep my clinchers for winter/rain rides and for daily use...
Then I somehow picked up another set this week, this time some sweet HED Belgium C2 Tubulars laced with Aerolites to DT 350 hubs...so now I'm full bore plowing ahead with giving tubulars a try for 2016! I'm about at the point where my main ride becomes my TI Salsa Warbird for the winter (with a nice set of handbuilt Ailerons with Pave 27s) but come spring, i'll be rocking tubulars pretty much full time on my road bike...
The Stingers have been a blast to ride so far, so smooth, fast and just nice all around... looking forward to trying the Belgium's next week when they get here, curious to see how different they'll feel from my record/archetypes... the Belgiums will be wearing a set of Vittoria Corsa CX...
Anyways, still amazed that i pulled the trigger on these two wheelsets in the past 2 weeks... we'll see how it goes! So far so good though, really enjoying my switch...
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:
Then I somehow picked up another set this week, this time some sweet HED Belgium C2 Tubulars laced with Aerolites to DT 350 hubs...so now I'm full bore plowing ahead with giving tubulars a try for 2016! I'm about at the point where my main ride becomes my TI Salsa Warbird for the winter (with a nice set of handbuilt Ailerons with Pave 27s) but come spring, i'll be rocking tubulars pretty much full time on my road bike...
The Stingers have been a blast to ride so far, so smooth, fast and just nice all around... looking forward to trying the Belgium's next week when they get here, curious to see how different they'll feel from my record/archetypes... the Belgiums will be wearing a set of Vittoria Corsa CX...
Anyways, still amazed that i pulled the trigger on these two wheelsets in the past 2 weeks... we'll see how it goes! So far so good though, really enjoying my switch...
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: