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Ive got one of these and its already superbly handled a years worth of commuting/grocery shopping etc. Very highly recommended!!!

Hiya. Im looking for beater for my brother who is in york. l will see if he's interested. Don't suppose you still have the front brake too? Also whats the bcd of the chainring please? I'll need to put something smaller on the front for him. Many thanks. Chris

Bastro and Nookie on the same page. Well played.

Repost as i think i messed up the original

My brother has asked me to look out for a beater for him. He has a budget of £100 to £200. Before i go to the hassle of building something i thought id check the forum. Looking for something around a 56cm.

Thanks all.

Second dibs on Gore if it falls through. Thanks

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Still av?

Thanks a lot BrickMan. I definitely need to keep a closer eye on the pads and cough review my cleaning/maintenance regime. Cheers for the heads up on the clarks. I've used them in the past and totally forgot that they are really good. Cheers!

Thanks Danners. I've been on the phone to him again and he's definitely erring on the side of extreme caution. He's not after a quick buck as I wouldn't be buying the rim off him anyway and he knows that.

I think his point was "if you're paying for a build and your rim is half way gone, sling a new one my way". But I was just stunned by that suggestion after such low mileage.

Hippy, they are nice rims, in fact I love the wheels. Got a feeling I'm going to be cleaning my brake pads every day next winter.

Thanks Sanddancer. I'll play safe and replace I reckon. Might see if there's owt tougher out there.....

I agree croft. I think I might grab the rim back and have a proper look at it myself. They have a wear indicator but naturally I'm filled with horror stories of 'catastrophic failures' etc etc.

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced the same thing really.....

Thanks Brickman

It was 400km and, yeah, I probably didn't clean them enough. I'm still surprised at the speed of wear, perhaps the wheel builder was right. Damn!

Hi all,

I've just sent my rear wheel (SS commuter with rear brake) to be rebuilt and the guy rang me and said he recommends the rim (h plus son archetype) be replaced as the braking surface is worn out and building it back up would be dangerous.

It all seems a bit damn sudden as I've only done 400km on the bike (admittedly through winter). He says the wear indicator is visible but I should still replace to be safe.

Any thoughts on this, could he bullshitting me? Shall I admit defeat with the wheel set and get something tougher?

Apologies for quite a vague question, any help would be appreciated

Jaap, was it the same sort of issue? I really dont want it happening again

Well, this has had a better outcome than I expected.

Victoire have sprung into action and offered to build a replacement body (for free) if I send the hub to them. Naturally they 100% blamed the spoke pattern but they really could have left me high and dry so it is thoroughly decent of them.

Pifko ....it was an ebay buy but the guy was a wheelbuilder of some description. Gonna look back into it. Never really questioned the lacing.

Sorry hippy i cant actually beleive ive never noticed that before. I never thought for a second the wheelbuilder would have done that. I think the mystery is solved. I really appreciate the input. An expensive lesson learned but no injury.

Thanks again.

thanks a lot cip1000. However the wheel was cross laced. I bet victoire won't honour a replacement either way.

Thanks again

Would anyone be able to shed any light on the carnage surrounding my victoire hub.

Flat smooth road, gentle commute, victoire hub with H+soon archetype. Then BANG, the large flange bit just sheared away causing six spokes to tangle in the frame. Wheel absolutely ruined. See pic.

What could have happened? Anyone heard of this before?

The ol' brake lever switcheroo.

Soundmagic e10's are slightly more but absolutely superb for the extra fiver or so.

I randomly clicked on a part of the forum I've never been on before and here he is, my buddy Matt! Nice whips son!

It's the video I'm referring to....

Any opinions of this....thing?

https://vanhawks.com/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=xmas&utm_campaign=tweet

I'll start, the considerable safety features are somewhat negated by the lack of both brakes and foot retention.

However, I guess your trusty LBS would find no problem tweaking the vibrating handlebars for you once the warranty was out.

Your thoughts please