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If the aluminium brake track is to stay grey long term, the only option will be some genuine ceramic coated rim (probably from Mavic) that probably is no longer manufactured and won't be available in a width of 23mm.
The grey coating on the rims you mention is just anodising. Grey 'hard' anodising on the rims mentioned may resist colour fading better than black or other coloured anodising, but will still eventually turn silver with use.
Lukas-
I presume by "turn silver" you just mean it'll wear away with use?
Even the ceramic coating wears away eventually.
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Cheers @Lukas,
You are right Mavic have not made their ceramic rims for a few years (although Condor still have some stock). Noble Wheels import their own Ceramic rims that are 23mm wide but, as was the issue with the mavics, they have stopped selling them as they are prone to the ceramic flaking/chipping. Rigida/Ryde make their Sputnik, Andra and Grizzly rims with a CSS coating on the brake track (supposed to be better than ceramic as carbide is actually imbedded into the alloy and so can't flake) but they are a little more expencive - does anyone have any experience with these rims?
I've read that the anodising on the H+Son can wear off if used in the wet just once... older Wolber, Mavic, Campag strada hardox I've had lasted a few months of use in all weather before wearing through the ano - I don't really want to build up rims if the finish is only going to last a week only to then look the same as the old rims I'm replacing... I know it is only aesthetics but I'm a bit of a tart about these things and grey rims and gumwalls will suit the theme of the project
Another alternative is to get shallow carbon rims... but braking will be compromised and I plan to use mudguards which I feel is counterintuitive with 'plastic' rims.
Dick
mattyc
Hello all... some advice and some help needed!
I'm building a wheelset for a neo-retro project that will also be shared across my other bikes as and when required. I've got some 32h Hope Mono RS (possibly the ones @amey was planning to build with, cheers again) and I want to lace them up to some grey rims and then hand them into my lbs to finish off... I need some rim and spoke advice...
Rims - H+Son Archetype/TB14 in grey or Rigida/Ryde Grizzly CSS or something else wide and carbide/ceramic coated - any recommendations? I'd really like the brake track to stay grey/black... or if this is not possible then I may opt for some 23mm wide silver rims... again, any recommendations?
Spokes - I don't know - I assume DT Comp or Sapim Race as recommended by mdcctester? wheels will be laced 3 cross front and rear
Lastly, can anyone point me in the direction of a trusted online spoke length calculator?
Thanks in advance,
Matt