Choosing a rim should involve desired tire width. Since it's a Ram, I'm
guessing you'll run a 28mm-ish tire, yeah? That's wide enough that you
could run almost any rim, IMO.
I'd probably go with something from Velocity. The Synergy has a more
traditional profile, though not totally
Another plus for the H+Son TB14--they come in a silver high polished
version which is very classic looking, including no labels whatsoever
except for a little bit branding on the counterweight around the valve
hole. I built up a pair for my Quickbeam and liked them a lot:
You may also want to consider the TB14 from H Son Plus -
http://hplusson.com/products/TB14
I built up a set of these in Hard Ano a while ago and they are quite
classic looking.
On Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:48:21 PM UTC-7, stee...@gmail.com wrote:
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Grand Bois -
The Soma's look like pinned rims ( which is fine). I wonder who makes them
for them?
Just an FYI but Compass Cycles stopped carrying the Grand Bois do to
excessive rim depth.
The Pacenti and H son+ look like the cream of the crop to me. Welded, wide
and classy.
~mike
Grand Bois
I have two sets of Mavic A719/T519 and they're fine. I went with them
over the Velocity Dyad as the builder I use said he preferred to use the
Mavic's over the Velocity.
Non machined sidewalls? Maybe that matters for some but I won't be wearing
out any rims in my lifetime from braking.
I missed this topic the first time around. I have a bike coming down the
line and hope I have the patients or the timing is right to build up the
rear with the forthcoming RivRim. The front is a cheapie pre-fab dynamo
wheel I already bought. I'll see what happens as far as rim availability
