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Best Tyre & Wheel combo for commuting???
Postby albertgaleano » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:09 pm
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Re: Best Tyre & Wheel combo for commuting???
Postby simonn » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:51 pm
FWIW, on my wife's commuter (not that she has commuted since being pregnant and then us having a baby) has 32 spoke Velocity Deep-V and low end hubs. About as tough as you can get.
Gatorskins are pretty good (I use them). Schwalbe Durano plus are good too, possibly better puncture protection, but expensive and not as durable as gators (IME).
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Re: Best Tyre & Wheel combo for commuting???
Postby Nobody » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:09 pm
+1. A spoke may never break if a wheel with that many spokes is built properly.simonn wrote:To be honest... Wheels with 32 or 36 spokes are better for commuting. With the fulcrums if she breaks a spoke she's going to probably be stuck. With 32 or 36 spokes she might not even notice immediately.
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Re: Best Tyre & Wheel combo for commuting???
Postby albertgaleano » Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:48 pm
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Re: Best Tyre & Wheel combo for commuting???
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:55 pm
albertgaleano wrote:so i had a look around and found some silver 105 5700 32 hole hubs from ribble, maybe some mavic or those velocity rims ???. I might just get the spokes from the lbs that i will go to do the wheels up.
Good hubs, wrap a pair of Velocity Fusion rims about them using db spokes and they'll last for years.
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Re: Best Tyre & Wheel combo for commuting???
Postby Nobody » Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:20 pm
http://www.handspunwheels.com/
http://www.aebike.com/Pavement-Series_c_14270.html
http://www.aebike.com/Pavement-Series_c_14271.html
http://www.prowheelbuilder.com/
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Re: Best Tyre & Wheel combo for commuting???
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Re: Best Tyre & Wheel combo for commuting???
Postby Tbird » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:53 am
Gator skins are also excellent as the puncture protection creates a very smooth ride prior to that was using Michelin
Pros which are very fast but super hard.
As for wheels I've used the Fulcrum 5s which feel very strong especially on rough surfaces and DT Swiss 1800 which are also excellent go for any name brands that you find on special don't think you can go wrong.
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Re: Best Tyre & Wheel combo for commuting???
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