Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

do you even hic

Just keep your brake pads clean.

Sorry Dan, I know this is a SRS BZNS.

FWIW Ardennes are fucking awesome.

(Dan knows this already as I shared it with him on Whatsapp).

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You tubeless?

No-one have any input on the H plus son grabby braking then?

Rim brakes are very CTC these days - maybe ask there?

What brake pads? I bought and sold a set before they could lose the anodising ;) They were fine with swisstop pads. No idea why people bother with them anymore now that Kinlin have come up with a wide rim which is cheaper and lighter ..

swisstop blue

Because they come in lots of colours. They're 2014/5's Deep Vees.

Why you winking motherfucker. Because the quality of Kinlin rims isn't as good as H+ Son.

Dan - I didn't find the braking very grabby. I thought it was good. Better than my current rims but not as good as Belgiums.

I've heard bad things about the finishing on the kinlins - also (again) not available in bike shops and not available in 32h. Jimbilly very kindly rebuilt my wheels in a hurry and they had Archetypes in stock, so that's what I got.

Because the quality of Kinlin rims isn't as good as H+ Son.

Is that true?

thanks Jake, finally some useful feedback. I've just given my brake blocks a light sanding, will see how they fare on the ride home.

yes

It most likely has nothing to do with the rim.

Who makes HPlusSon rims?

Almost brand new brake pads - with Sram Red callipers. Hard to think what else it could be.

So how come you didn't go for the DT Swiss R460?

;)

Couldn't get them in 32h in a hurry. Madison still don't have any stock in the UK.
Rim choosing process was expedited by rear rim cracking and me going to Mallorca tomorrow, so I just had to get them rebuilt quickly.

Yeah I was just teasing.

Maybe give both pads and the rim a thorough clean? Something relatively strong on the brake track area and then lots of light braking ~~until you leave. ~~ if you have time.

Installation error. With myself anyway. Everything but bar tape or change chain goes ever so slightly wrong. Then I go to a few bike shops that think nothing is wrong, have a laugh to myself at the ideas they come up with and bring it to the guys I trust who tell me what went wrong.

Once I'd worn away the braking surface anodising, the braking became better, also. So maybe the best is yet to come!

Hope so. Might just take some other wheels with me.

Had both hard grey ano (front & rear brake) and black ano (front brake only), with Swissstop green: no squeal, no judder, no nuttin' from the off.

So I'd go with it being something correctable, rather than component choice.

Personally I don't bother with toe-in.

I'm having a similar issue with some old anodised MA2 tubs. Squeely, juddery. SRAM Red calipers, stock green pads.