Pub Carbon Fiber wheels ~$250 www.the-house.com

[dddd]

The braking is a question mark for sure.

But comparing these to inexpensive alloy wheels, even these 36's are deeper, lighter, less expensive and probably more resistant to bending.

[old fat man]

I bought the 50mm wheelset. If they're awful, I'll use them on the rollers. $135 and 14% cash back from activejunky.com

[chromopromo]

Also ending buying a pairs of wheels I don't really need or have the space to store. Why do I look at these threads. But boy those wheels are cheap.

[belopsky]

If they don’t stop well, can I have them relaced for a fixed gear? I’d guess yes but I’m not a wheel builder.

[Pegoready]

Originally Posted by belopsky

If they don’t stop well, can I have them relaced for a fixed gear? I’d guess yes but I’m not a wheel builder.

You could as long as you can find 24/20 hole track hubs. That's kind of where my head's at too. Of course, if you ride your fixie with a front brake the problem remains though it's not as critical.

I s'pose since the rims are tubeless they wouldn't be horrible relacing to disc hubs for a cheap road disc build, though you're just circling the drain at that point.

[bthomas515]

I just picked up a set. I figured for the price, it’d be worth trying or at least throwing onto a bike I’m selling locally.

[belopsky]

did anyone mention that brakes just slow you down, anyways?

[belopsky]

This is not the frame that needed wheels but it’s the frame that I mounted them on for now

https://imgur.com/a/xzlb811

[mstateglfr]

Originally Posted by belopsky

This is not the frame that needed wheels but it’s the frame that I mounted them on for now

https://imgur.com/a/xzlb811

Ha, love the juxtaposition.

How easy is it to remove the rim decals?

[belopsky]

They won’t budge with acetone

[dddd]

Decals are so thin that I thought it was silkscreening.
I'm guessing that carburetor cleaning spray might wrinkle them up and away(?). It works when most solvents don't.

The outside width is a generous 27.35 and the inside is a true 18.9mm wide.

Weight comes up to 1687g (these are the 55mm X i19mm version).

The brake track has visually a diagonal pattern showing, no texture it's too fine.

Spokes are DT. The tensions are pretty uniform, I will even up the non-driveside slightly though.

Here's some quick photos, I will be riding these 40-50mi tomorrow morning, with tubes inside of 25mm tires.

[meyatt]

if we don't hear from you we'll know what happened

[belopsky]

Decal removal:

I've tried acetone, brake cleaner, goo gone and paint thinner - nothing has worked. Even tried a small test spot of 1000 grit sandpaper thinking it may remove some clear coat..? and then acetone and still nothing.

Perhaps someone else will have more luck.

[duff_duffy]

Might want to try nail polish remover with a magic eraser. Had luck with another decal before….just try on small out of site part to make sure it does not discolor.

Originally Posted by belopsky

Decal removal:

I've tried acetone, brake cleaner, goo gone and paint thinner - nothing has worked. Even tried a small test spot of 1000 grit sandpaper thinking it may remove some clear coat..? and then acetone and still nothing.

Perhaps someone else will have more luck.

[dddd]

Got done with some moderate truing and re-tensioning, a few tighter and looser spokes made uniform.

The twelve driveside rear spokes were at a measly 72kg tension, but the nipples were at their limit and starting to twist. This seems to be all too common with carbon rims, even lubricated nipples resist turning because of their grip in the sockets.

Oddly the front 20 spokes had almost 10kg more tension, and I could see an oily appearance on the carbon near each nipple that didn't appear on the rear rim.

A decent used set of 25mm GP4000 tires went on tightly but by hand over Felt-brand snap-on rim strips. These tires measure 27.3mm inflated to 80psi, (exactly the outer width of the rims). Tire beads popped into place around 70psi
I got mere 60mm stem tubes to inflate, but barely. My spare is my only 80mm stem tube and I can't find my stash of extenders (that I haven't seen in ages).
Some plastic straw material somewhat prevents annoying stem rattle in the rim hole.

I'll probably throw these on my Trek Koppenberg in the morning, hoping the Red calipers can adjust out far enough with standard-thickness carbon pads.