Recent content by RDV4ROUBAIX

For low profile, double eyeletted, box section rims like your Open Pros, yes. Velocity doesn't make one. But, I have built wheel sets utilizing almost the entire Velocity catalog for many years. Great stuff, not consistently, but the last few years QC has gone up dramatically.

For sure, but as of today I'm retiring the RDV4ROUBAIX account, refuse to share the record books with Boonen. I'm awaiting approval for a new account and user name, coming back as Giuseppe Magnetico. This is the name I'm using at the velorooms forum now. You should visit there more.

Cost for a one time use wheel set, steel axles vs. aluminum maybe. Or, maybe the drunk Kazakhs that run the team left it until the last minute and 105 was all that they could procure. :D

Today I'm making my last posts as RDV4ROUBAIX, I'm sending the Admins a request for a name change. :(

I thought the caption of that photo was pretty clear why. "Astana wheel sponsor Corima doesn't make traditional high-end road hubs so the team has to look elsewhere, building up its Paris-Roubaix wheels around Shimano 105 hubs" As for hub weight the difference in weight from 105 to Ultegra...

Nice wheels Pat! Pre-Nemesis, very cool!! Ironically enough I just applied base coat #1 of glue on my Nemesis hooped wheels today for some 25mm Conti Comps. As per the ENVE discussion, maybe I should've rephrased that "everybody needs a set" to, "everyone that races needs a set." ;)

Everybody needs a set of those. I have the same 45's but laced to my Edco hubs with Sapim CX-Rays, have had them since the company was called EDGE. Over the last few years I'm thoroughly convinced that ENVE makes the best carbon rims on the market.

Challenge tires are a gamble, I know people who've had no problems, but when I visit the 30 or so bike shops per week I see the writing on the wall, mostly in the form of delaminating tread from it's casing. All models from Challenge, including the tubulars which have another problem, most are...

Challenge are probably the worst tires on the market right now. I could type out a laundry list of Denver bike shops that had them once and never again. Their Roubaix tire is a race tire anyway, not meant for distance. Your weight requires more rubber, tire width also depends on the bike...

vorsprung, you are completely misinterpreting the info off Sheldon Brown's site. That chart you're referring to is based on the inner width of the rim. Let's get this straight, when we talk about rim width it's always based on the outer measurement.

At the end of last season after starting this thread I rolled up on 2 crashes on the Cherry Creek trail, one caused by a roadie, the other a tridork. One was trying to pass on a blind corner, the other a blind corner under a bridge. All victims bloodied, on their backs in neck braces and...

The Shimano 105's are good 'ole cup and cone, open bearing. Super user serviceable, if you know what you're doing wielding a couple cone wrenches. The Miche hubs are cartridge, or press fit bearings, need a specific hub bearing extractor and press to service, expensive for home use, but most...

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Both. Good as anything else out there that costs 200-300 dollars more. Only difference is that these are usually 100g more per set than the rest, and limited spoke hole drilling options, still more than Campy :rolleyes:. All being said they are a great bargain.

Miche Primato or Racing Box hubs, Velocity Deep V rims, double butted spokes 14/15 gauge, 32h 3x. You could probably save another $40 by substituting the Velocity rims for some KinLin XR-300's. This wheel set should come pretty close to your budget.