Orient Express - Cheap Chinese Rims / Wheels / Forks / Frames / Cranks / Etc

Likewise - I'm gonna need some wideish tubeless rims for CX. Or maybe whole wheels, I dunno

I'm going to add my name to the hat. I'm after some 50mm Carbon clincher road wheels. I'll keep my eye on this thread.

^ likewise, I'm after some 50mm disc hub clincher wheels. Ideally with no brake track, and 25mm wide.

Some recent science on pressure/width debate; lab RR tests are basically useless because of the effect of vibrations on the rider of the bike.

Go as wide as you can with supplest sidewalled tyre you can find

https://janheine.wordpress.com/2016/06/14/suspension-losses-confirmed/

that link .. slippery slope dubtap .. u joining the fat tyres 20psi crew?

lol wtf

Your body vibrates

There was a discussion in another thread about why track tubs are still 20-23mm pumped up to max pressure. That study kind of explains why too (at least for running on a smooth wooden indoor velodrome).

Any recommendation for a full carbon fork with smallest rake possible for my Pre Cursa?

havent really seen any track forks, or anything below 43 rake ever @ebay.

would consider something like this (38mm):
http://www.bricklanebikes.co.uk/blb-af01-carbon-fork-gloss-finish

or (28mm):
http://www.bricklanebikes.co.uk/leader-i806tr-fork-black

This is the article referred to in blog above; Josh Poertner was Zipp's designer who left and bought Silca

http://trstriathlon.com/talking-tires-with-joshua-poertner/.

"Narrow tires and wheels still work better on high-quality indoor tracks. When Bradley Wiggins broke the hour record he ran on very narrow and thin tires. He also ran them at 300 psi and used Argon gas on the most efficient surface in the track cycling world. He made his run under extreme conditions. Even on high quality concrete tracks, wider tires start to perform better and we find optimal pressures quickly move toward 110-120psi on excellent concrete surfaces. Again, that’s how quickly the performance drop-off occurs.”

At high cadence though? There is a definite 'bounce' you can feel in tyres at lower pressures when you get over 120rpm. All the test seem to be designed for road/triathletes who aim for a cadence range of 85-100rpm

Alpina Wing Pista

Tubs handle much better if you puncture them than a clincher - you can safely ride a deflated tub for long enough to slow down and get off the track. Same cannot be said of a clincher.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I'm planning to get some 55mm u-shape carbon 25mm wide next month for the 'beater' from light-bicycle, if anyone is interested let me know as we can spilt the cost of delivery (and probably stamp duty)

me

These are fucking awesome rims.

do they do non-brake track rims if you ask..?

You have the option to have no braking surface when you select the rim depth

Almost certainly yes. You got a link?

http://www.light-bicycle.com/carbon-road-bike

Great, thanks.

Am I better off buying rims only and sourcing everything else and building here? Or going for complete wheels and getting them checked/trued? Sorry, first time buyer.

awesome. might get involved as seemingly lighter than cn*carbon

yea light bicycle stuff is quite likely better. It was just twice as expensive so I kind of chickened out from ordering from them.

@TurtleRecall is also keen (based in SE London) on the group order. FB me if I dont reply here @HoKe

maybe we should start a list?