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  • As this bike will be for medium distance touring mainly, a new wheelset is a must, any ideas? I'm leaning towards the affordable end of shimano...

    Crazy idea , how about i use the derailleurs from my mtb on this bike, to give it a cross type set up?

    Bits of the build sound like my Dawes. I got a good deal on so Mavic A319s so used those laced to new 105 hubs. If I hadn't had the A319s I would have gone for Rigida sputnik or possibly Sun Rhyno Lite's* (cheap) or Velocity Dyad (medium).

    My hubs were £47.96 from Ribble
    Spokes were c£20 from Cycle Basket
    Budget for rims £40-80

    Total = £110 - £150

    I bought some veloplugs from Plant X, after smallfurry pointed out that they'd be useful for touring. To replace spokes.

    I also looked at building the rear with stronger spokes like the Alpine III's, but figured with a 36 spokes double butted ACI's would be plenty and wasn't worth the (significant) extra cost for the build.

    The wheels are holding up well and ride nicely. The difference between using the wider rim with a 32mm tyre over a the 28mm panaracers on road rims is night and day. I really would recommend getting wider rims. Another option if you want something lighter is a 32/32h build with A23's or HSon Archetypes. The HSon's *should *give you a stronger wheel with the extra depth. But then silver A23's would fit better visually. Otherwise HSon TB14 would look really nice...but may be a bit too £s for this bike.

    On the rear mech. It shouldn't make a difference what you use as long as the cage is long enough for the cassette. It's the cassette + shifters that really need to match/control things. The one you need to watch is the front mech as MTB and road stuff isn't compatible. I'm using decore front and back, but with barend's - so the front is friction not indexed. If I ever switch to STI's shimano road front mech's are ten a penny second hand.

    Also I'd have thought that for cx it's more about the chainset. Isn't cx usually 48/36t -ish? But 1x8(or 9) is a good shout.

    • if you want something seriously wide
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