Wheels / wheelsets list - FG SS Track

how confident can one be that axles / spindles on 120 mm hubs will be long enough to take 10 mm worth of extra spacers to fit 130 mm spaced drop outs? is there a standard length that would be long enough or does it vary?

Varies according to dropout thickness - cheap stamped steel dropouts are about half as thick as alloy dropouts. You need an axle of about 150mm + twice the dropout thickness. Most proper track hubs are shorter than this, because having the axle protruding through the track nuts creates a hazard for you and other riders, particularly in a crash.

Varies according to dropout thickness - cheap stamped steel dropouts are about half as thick as alloy dropouts. You need an axle of about 150mm + twice the dropout thickness. Most proper track hubs are shorter than this, because having the axle protruding through the track nuts creates a hazard for you and other riders, particularly in a crash.

ah ok - thanks.

Anyone using or have used either the Ambrosio Track wheels or Gipiemme Pista 030??

Thoughts?

I'll add these later, but they're quite an impressive group of wheelsets, for the price(s).

Combinations of black, silver or white on fixed/fixed, or fixed/ss. £99.95 - £129.95

Rims are Weinman (Rigida) DP18...which are good. Hubs are Quando, which are reasonable.

http://www.parkersofbolton.co.uk/p-1689-700c-flip-flop-single-speed-fixie-fixed-wheelset-black.aspx
http://www.parkersofbolton.co.uk/p-1690-700c-flip-flop-single-speed-fixie-fixed-wheelset-silver.aspx
http://www.parkersofbolton.co.uk/p-2036-700c-sealed-single-speed-fixie-flip-flop-wheels-white.aspx

Cycle Lane are doing the DP18/Quando for £70 and DP18 on Novatec cartridge bearing hubs for £160
Flip-flops only, no white rims of the Quandos.
http://www.cyclelane.co.uk/products.php?plid=m2b77s317p0

Thats not bad, but more expensive, as the Cycle Lane wheel price is for the rear only, and then the pair. Parkers of Bolton are cheaper, but don't offer the seemingly better quality(?) Novatech hubs. If I'm not mistaken, Novatech are from the same generic group as SystemEX, IRO, and On-One?

Ah, didn't spot that the cheap one was just the rear.

Yes, Novatec make hubs for pretty much everybody who doesn't have their own hub factory, as well as their own Novatec and Joytech brands.

Hi!
any comments on esspreso wheels?
they look pretty slick, r they any good?

Hi!
any comments on esspreso wheels?
they look pretty slick, r they any good?

They're gonna be heavy as anything but they should be alright if its the look you're after.

Hi!
any comments on esspreso wheels?
they look pretty slick, r they any good?

http://www.lfgss.com/thread52023.html

ya, looks r good but weight, 1.7kg, not so sure bout it...will sleep on it ;)
thnx

Did you read my post? I didn't claim to have weighed them, because the weight was given to me. What I did find, was that they felt only slightly heavier than my Rigida DP18 wheels. It's only the 10mm front axle that I found to be any issue at all.

Again, all depends on what you're after. If you're going to be rolling easily around London they should look good enough but they won't accelerate as fast as some standard section rims. Here in Brighton I had some very similar rims and they were a nightmare, so much so that I crashed my bike into a car and wrote them off.

Is there any reason not to have a flip-flop hub that is fixed both sides? Presumably a freewheel will screw on just fine, ignoring the lock ring thread. There won't be as many threads in contact, as with a fully threaded SS side, but if there are enough for a fixed sprocket then does it matter?

None at all. The guys who were touring around Britain fixed said that they did just that. They flipped the wheel when it came to some serious climbs instead of having to change sprockets over.

For looks and cost, they're excellent. But for performance and speed, others are better.

nneil, in the hubs list there are many fixed-fixed hubs.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread52023.html

thanks for that one!

I'm a nebie looking for a new wheelset & thought the Halo AeroRage would be a step in the right direction.

Sorry for what might be a stupid question, but...

Is the only difference between the AeroRage Road & AeroRage Track the machined sidewall?
Can I run the aerorage track & still use a front brake?

How about Velocity Deep V's would they be a better buy?

Thanks.

Added wheelsets from V-Sprint (Varno). Popular and deservedly so.

I'm doing a cheap conversion of a friends bike, and am looking at cheap wheels. I found this rear wheel on eBay but I'm concerned about the lack of lock ring ability. Am I justified in my concern or is putting a fixed cog on this wheel with no lock ring no biggie?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Single-Speed-Rear-Wheel-Narrow-Silver-Black-V-Rim-/280574427087?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&var=&hash=item870c2fbc41#ht_668wt_880

It's called a suicide hub, do the math. Or search this site for suicide hub and get more advice than you could possibly want.

I have heard of a suicide hub before and suspected this is what it may be. Guess the clue is in the name, huh? Time to keep looking... Thanks man!

Added the Eighth Inch Julian wheelset. Sadly, I couldn't find any rim only offers Blighty-side though, but thats for another thread.

Right, I need some recommendations for new wheels. I'm building up a new single speed, and need some wheels for it. I'm not up to building them myself at the moment, and trying to work out what I need is giving me a headache that I really don't need.

I'm 103.8kg, but aiming to drop, however this isn't likely to be a fast process, so I'd what wheels that will be able to take my current weight. Cost is certainly an issue, but I realise that good wheels are a worthwhile investment, however I don't think that my budget will streach over the £175 mark, and would hope that they would be less. I'm going to be using them for commuting in and out of work, and for general riding round London.

Someone has recommended the espresso wheels chaps, but the thread about them is a bit odd, and I'm not confident about going for them without all the details about what bits they are using (which I've not been able to find). Also I don't like their rather hipster website.
The V-sprint wheels give more info, and the discount for forum members makes them pretty tempting. What/who else should I be looking at?

Mods: If this should go elsewhere please feel free to move it, but I couldn't find a thread that seemed to cover this.