bloaker
Sincerely A Dick
- Nov 14, 2011
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I should not look at bike websites.
I have had issues with the rear rim of my commuter since day one. I assume I am not the only one since Surly changed the rim after only 1 year on their bikes. hmm... The rim does not like being run tubeless even though it is marketed as a tubeless rim. The rim works fine with tubes, but in all honesty, I am not 100% confident in the rim after a couple tubeless mishaps.
For some unknown reason, CRC is blowing out Arc40 rims. It is an unpopular size in that 29+ wheels are still the minority. So maybe that is the reason. But the idea of 2 new rims delivered to my home for less than 60% the cost of one rim was too good to pass up.
Now the other problem... do I lace over the current hubs that I am not too fond of, or do I go and build up a new set of wheels....
I have had issues with the rear rim of my commuter since day one. I assume I am not the only one since Surly changed the rim after only 1 year on their bikes. hmm... The rim does not like being run tubeless even though it is marketed as a tubeless rim. The rim works fine with tubes, but in all honesty, I am not 100% confident in the rim after a couple tubeless mishaps.
For some unknown reason, CRC is blowing out Arc40 rims. It is an unpopular size in that 29+ wheels are still the minority. So maybe that is the reason. But the idea of 2 new rims delivered to my home for less than 60% the cost of one rim was too good to pass up.
Now the other problem... do I lace over the current hubs that I am not too fond of, or do I go and build up a new set of wheels....