Opinion on these?

[VTR1000SP2]

So I started this thread initially about some clinchers for my steel steed but was quite easily persuaded to go back to tubulars.

Anyone with any experience in Sigma rims? Are they just for race day or good enough for eroica type events on mixed surfaces?

Also, these just popped up on eBay: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F352434566157 - good price for the condition?

[jtbadge]

H Plus Son TB14 is a solid go-to in this department. Classic looks and 23mm width.

[VTR1000SP2]

Originally Posted by jtbadge

H Plus Son TB14 is a solid go-to in this department. Classic looks and 23mm width.

No brainer with that choice but I really want to try and keep this wheel build 100% Italian. Spokes will be Alpina and hubs Campagnolo.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by VTR1000SP2

Hey all,

I have this steel bike I ride on occasion and originally it was put together with some hand built 28h box section wheels that rode sublime but they lacked a certain.. j'est ne sais quoi so I sold them on and got a pair of Zonda's. Good looking wheels but the ride is too harsh.

While I could get another set built up just the way the original set was, everything else on this bike is Italian and I wanted to give the wheelset the same treatment but with a modern twist of a wider width.

I found the Ambrosio Benelux and am wondering if anyone has any experience with this rim or something like it (Italian, wide, box) that's suitable for road use?

It's time for some tubulars..Ambrosio Nemesis, Record hubs, Veloflex tires..altho I prefer Vittoria, Italian company but tires manufactured in Thailand. 27mm tires, go ride..

[fignon's barber]

Last year Ambrosio came out with a newer wider clincher, rv26. Don't know about availability though.

[AngryScientist]

i own so many wheels it's both comical and stupid - but there is just something about a well built set of nemesis wheels with supple tubies mounted up that is hard to beat. go tubular.

[VTR1000SP2]

I haven’t been cycling long (2013-present) but I spent my first 3 years on a tubular setup and I think I could learn to live with it again.

The cyclists on this forum must make up the lions share of tubular buyers out there.

So the consensus is nemesis on record hubs? Should I consider anything else since I’m starting from scratch?


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[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by VTR1000SP2

I haven’t been cycling long (2013-present) but I spent my first 3 years on a tubular setup and I think I could learn to live with it again.

The cyclists on this forum must make up the lions share of tubular buyers out there.

So the consensus is nemesis on record hubs? Should I consider anything else since I’m starting from scratch?


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Sublime ride, safer than a clincher(I'd be happy to tell ya how I glue 'em on), fewer flats..really cool, no being a nancy...I just got a set of that very thing(altho Sapim Spokes)....dreamy.

Also Campag Barcelona or even Campagnolo Lamda, Delta(NOS but out there), Record Pave..

[VTR1000SP2]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Sublime ride, safer than a clincher(I'd be happy to tell ya how I glue 'em on), fewer flats..really cool, no being a nancy...I just got a set of that very thing(altho Sapim Spokes)....dreamy.

I’ll have a poke around the classifieds for a set. No rush at this point in the season. The bike won’t have another outing planned until next spring.



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[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by VTR1000SP2

I’ll have a poke around the classifieds for a set. No rush at this point in the season. The bike won’t have another outing planned until next spring.



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PM or email me when you are in the market..I can still get Nemesis as well as NOS Campag tubular rims..

Sapim spokes tho..

cp51errc@gmail.com

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PAIR-CAMPAG...LH_TitleDesc=0

[VTR1000SP2]

Would anyone advise against the Campagnolo Omega or Sigma box section rim?

[VTR1000SP2]

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[glepore]

Those Nemesis rims are a bit heavy but classic. Mate them with8 a some Veloflex Arenberg's or Vlaanderens and smile.

That said, wide clinchers with corsa 25's and latex are as smooth as any tubular I've ever been on. A little slower steering, but they do measure 28 actual.

[VTR1000SP2]

Originally Posted by glepore

Those Nemesis rims are a bit heavy but classic. Mate them with8 a some Veloflex Arenberg's or Vlaanderens and smile.



That said, wide clinchers with corsa 25's and latex are as smooth as any tubular I've ever been on. A little slower steering, but they do measure 28 actual.

Decisions decisions


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