H Plus Son rims - are they any good?

trip to colchester for me then.

• hold on, thats £20 odd quid return which means i save...... ?
  
  

Buy lots, sell to forum at a wee bit over trade (£2 or so), undercut BLB, win the game.

i reinstate my group buy offer - interested?

Yup

i feel a thread coming on.....

I'm in Colchester at least once a month. I'd be happy to sling a load in the boot of my car and bring them back for folk. I'm not paying for them though and getting the money back off peeps, I can't be arsed with the agro.

i'll pay and collect the cash -

and give you a hand shipping them back if you want - i'm in the process of starting a thread to try and save the 20% hipster tax

Cool, you can ring them up and pay over the phoine then just let them know that someone will be collecting them for you, I bring to drinks, everyone is happy. [yoof]Man is rolling on da sick rims blud...[/yoof]

Bob's your Dad's brother.

None that I have personally witnessed, but there were quite a few reported when they were first released, could have been a bad batch or something, or a design flaw, whatever it was its enough to make me think twice about buying a set of rims from a new company, when you can get something similar from a more established manufacturer around the same price.

So not a hell of a lot of rim failures then, and no personal experience of it happening.

Lets put the internet witch-hunt to bed then. Using your argument there would be very few companies to cause the established market to innovate or experiment - velocity only brought out the b43 in response to the h+Son's popularity....

Having said that though - i'm pro velocity - if only for the fact that they are the current market leaders in ridiculous deep aluminium rim technology - if we keep stoking this fire and switching allegience between the market leaders we could create the aluminium disk wheel - 700c flywheels ftw!

None that I have personally witnessed, but there were quite a few reported when they were first released, could have been a bad batch or something, or a design flaw, whatever it was its enough to make me think twice about buying a set of rims from a new company, when you can get something similar from a more established manufacturer around the same price.

I have been riding H+son's (front and rear) for over 10 months now, and I have never had a problem with them, they haven't even been trued yet, and are still going strong. So I wouldn't take advice from someone that has only been riding since Christmas. Some people take this super strong/bombproof thing to serious, its a track bike FFS.

Just finished cycling 11 miles back to Wimbledon, and the rims is simply fine, more than fine as it felt a lots more solid than my stock Pista one (well the 28 spokes of the Pista stock wheel is probably responsible for the difference).

cheap System EX hubs, 36 spokes, machined H Plus Son;

for those who want one but worry about the ride - HTFU and get one.

Just scooped up a front Machined H+Son Rim, WHat Brake are you running Ed?

I need to find something pretty short reach, I have a 105 caliper but dont think it will fit.

Thanks!

Just a cheap Tiagra one, it does the job, don't need to spend a lots of money for a better one.

Had mine for 2 months now. Solid, stiff and fairly light. Wouldnt go jumping things though. But great if you're like me and like sprinting and going fast and having a stiff bike to do it with. savingfor the front one....budget :D

Cheers Ed, Should be arriving tommorow so will soon find out if the 105 brake will reach, Anyone know any other short reach brakes? tried UTSF

sorry to revive this thread. but today I build my first two wheels and I thought I would put my opinion just FTR.

the first one was a Velocity Aero, the second one was a h+son Formation Face. as you (may) know, both come non-machined only.

I think that FFs are better finished than Aeros (I have 3 more to lace yet). on the h+son rim the joint is invisible, but on the Velocity rims it is pretty visible and also have some anodization problems (I can see the aluminum). I also had to pop a spoke hole "tap" out on the Aero.

then the part where the rim tape sits (sorry, can't find the exact term) is perfect on the FFs, but has a kind of extrusion marks (they look like "rails") on the Aeros, which also has some spots lacking anodization here.

both trued well, but I had it harder with the Aero, maybe because it was my first one ever, or because the higher the profile the easier to true. I will know for sure when I build the next ones.

I mounted 28mm Duranos, and the FF was a bitch to put the tire where the valve of the tube (Schwalbe 15/60) stays because the rim is really narrow (had to put 16mm rim tape VS 18mm on the Aero).

I will see how they behave (well, actually the missus, the wheels were for her Steamroller).

These wheels are brilliant!!! I have been running a set for well over a year now, and other than having them trued when first getting them, (which you should have done with any new wheel set) I have had no problems with them at all. For the price point you can't beat these for a wheel that is to be used on a daily basis. I use these on my work bike, and the Portland Oregon streets are not at all forgiving on wheels. All in all I would highly recommend them, and buy a set again!