Flo Wheels + rims Flo30 Flo60 Flo90

Much chat about these in various project threads and the wheel building and road wheel threads, so I thought I'd start a thread where anybody toying with a purchase could forgather and possibly conspire to group-buy in order to share shipping and import extortion costs.

Is there any idea about how the anodizing holds up under braking.
I assume it will wear eventually, but I saw rogan's Archytypes wore through in one ride?

only the flo30s are alu i think? but i Imagine the ano wont last long

I'd be interested in a pair of the Flo30's

only the flo30s are alu i think? but i Imagine the ano wont last long

All alu rims - the 60/90 are just CF fairings

I'd be interested in a set of flo30's, price could be really good if enough people get on board, flo30's are £55 / rim from memory

Auntie Flo - Oh My Days - YouTube

I'd be interested in a set of flo30's

+1

Anyway, probably in for 3 - 1x20 and 2x24 30s, depending on a) how much it turns out to cost and b) when this actually happens (skint at the moment)

Aye would be interested in 2 depending on price

Considering they've only got ~20 20H rims and ~6 24H rims for the 30's in stock at the moment - I'm not sure how useful this group buy is going to be. Apart from possibly reduced shipping costs.

If you are looking for reasonably priced high profiled clinchers for time trialling, these 60/90 fit the bill very well and they are much cheaper than the HED Jet. I suspect the plastic fairing is going to be even floppier than the HED one.
I have built a pair of Jet, there is a technique to familiarise with and you need hexagonal head nipples

http://paolocoppo.drupalgardens.com/content/fairing-vs-full-carbon-which-one-best

The full alloy 30 ones look awesome, I'd be game to enter a group order 20/28 or 24/28... stock looks low though

^^reducing the shipping costs could be quite helpful though, i don't know how much they quote for it though. And to be honest by the time we sort it all out they're going to have stock most likely

^paolo i reckon i might end up getting the flo30's to mono rs', 28/24, what do you reckon?

Also just to check, are people ok if we ask FLO to mark them as low value to increase the likelihood of missing import taxes? We would sacrifice compensation most likely though

I was strongly considering swapping out my hope pro III's for mono RS's in purple just because purple, now I have a decent reason to just build a new wheelset

^paolo i reckon i might end up getting the flo30's to mono rs', 28/24, what do you reckon?

They should be pretty stiff rims... the quality is a question mark, but I expect them to be good... I don't think they would bother selling crap rims. The price is extremely good, compared to Zipp 101, the obvious alternative... moral is, why not?
Any idea of weight?

^^^ I would be worried about that - as the order might well run over £500/600? Who is going to be responsible if it 'goes missing' or even just gets damaged?

Any idea of weight?

30 rims are 570g apparently, seems a sensible weight for 30x24 rim, neither too light nor too heavy.

yep, he said 570 grams and stock in June

30 rims are 570g apparently

Wow, 19g each?! Thats impressive ... !

One complaint, however, is that the black anodization that gives the wheels such a sleek appearance began fading after only a handful of rides. After around 200 miles, the black coating had completely disappeared.

http://www.roadbikeaction.com/Product-Reviews/content/65/7431/RBA-Test-Flo-60-Wheels.html

They would be better with either MSW or hard anodising, but then some people think hard anodised aluminium has problems at the spoke holes, because the anodise layer cracks when the underlying metal stretches under spoke tension, leading to stress raisers and an effect like stress corrosion cracking.

Soft anodising on the bulk of the rim and hard anodising the brake tracks would be good, or ceramic coating, but for a small company even to design their own rim profile and get extrusion dies made is pretty courageous, and doubling the retail price of the rims by getting them finished ideally was obviously a leap of faith too far.

Just treat the wear on the anodising as a nod to the olden days, and at least they probably don't get radial stripes like floppy old GEL280s :-)

I do think people need to get over this- if you want a black brake track then buy carbon.

Truth to materials!

I love the wear on my Nemesis... :-)

I'm in for a pair of Flo 30's if a group buy happens at any point.

Me too.