Open mold wide profile carbon wheels
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Finally got my 45mm wheels from Light-Bicycle just a few minutes ago, finally. They are beautiful. Very nice finish and everything looks to be top notch at this point. It was very nicely packaged. I will get a weight on them in a few days as I have to run over to my teammates house to use the digital scale.
Give me a week or so to get everything built up and I will get back to you fellas on how they ride.
Now I'm hoping the Hutchinson Galactik Tubeless tires mount up smoothly or I'm out $100 and have to go back to clincher.
Give me a week or so to get everything built up and I will get back to you fellas on how they ride.
Now I'm hoping the Hutchinson Galactik Tubeless tires mount up smoothly or I'm out $100 and have to go back to clincher.
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I am eager to see these as I am thinking of ordering can you please post up some pics of the rims?
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Finally!!!!
I recieved the wheels today and took them for a 60 km test ride in mixed conditions.
They feel absolutely great - at first i was thinking that they were better than my zipp 404 fc tubular but i will have to do some more training on them and then switch to the 404s again.
I weighed the wheels on a luggage weight (not very accurate) and i came to the conclusion that they are about 1470 g for the naked wheels without rim tape, skewers etc.
I put on a set of GP4000 and some micheling latex tubes and my bike gained about 400 g which i find strange as the 404 FC are not that light. Are GP4000 a heavy tire??
Anyway questions are more than welcome - i paid tax etc. when they arrived but i still think they are great wheels and i would say they ride as a wheel twice as expensive.
I have previously ridden:
- Mavic Cosmic Carbone
- Zipp 404/808 Clincher (pre carbon clincher) (sold)
- Zipp 808 tubular (pre firecrest)
- Zipp 404 Tubular (pre firecrest) (sold)
- Zipp 202 tubular (pre firecrest) (sold)
- Zipp 404 Firecrest tubular
edit: trying to find someway to upload pictures
edit2: try this viewtopic.php?f=10&t=117119&p=998986#p998986
I recieved the wheels today and took them for a 60 km test ride in mixed conditions.
They feel absolutely great - at first i was thinking that they were better than my zipp 404 fc tubular but i will have to do some more training on them and then switch to the 404s again.
I weighed the wheels on a luggage weight (not very accurate) and i came to the conclusion that they are about 1470 g for the naked wheels without rim tape, skewers etc.
I put on a set of GP4000 and some micheling latex tubes and my bike gained about 400 g which i find strange as the 404 FC are not that light. Are GP4000 a heavy tire??
Anyway questions are more than welcome - i paid tax etc. when they arrived but i still think they are great wheels and i would say they ride as a wheel twice as expensive.
I have previously ridden:
- Mavic Cosmic Carbone
- Zipp 404/808 Clincher (pre carbon clincher) (sold)
- Zipp 808 tubular (pre firecrest)
- Zipp 404 Tubular (pre firecrest) (sold)
- Zipp 202 tubular (pre firecrest) (sold)
- Zipp 404 Firecrest tubular
edit: trying to find someway to upload pictures
edit2: try this viewtopic.php?f=10&t=117119&p=998986#p998986
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pictures people!
um.... 400gr is pretty good for a pair of tires and tubes.....
um.... 400gr is pretty good for a pair of tires and tubes.....
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GP4000S are about 205g and tubes are anywhere from 60-90gms typically each. Really depends on the tubes. I don't run tape, veloplugs, way light and perform fine.
I know
Zipp 404 FC tubular - 1.380 g
CCC - 1.470 g
Weight gain 90 g approx.
The tubulars tires weigh around 250-275g each
Continental GP4000 - 210 g each
Michelin latex tube - 75 g approx
So maybe a worst case 2 * 50 g = 100 g weight gain
So where did the rest come from ??? Skewers will try and change them tomorrow and weigh again.
However the wheels are still great
EDIT: forgot the rim tape - no idea of the weight??? - will veloplugs save weight??
Zipp 404 FC tubular - 1.380 g
CCC - 1.470 g
Weight gain 90 g approx.
The tubulars tires weigh around 250-275g each
Continental GP4000 - 210 g each
Michelin latex tube - 75 g approx
So maybe a worst case 2 * 50 g = 100 g weight gain
So where did the rest come from ??? Skewers will try and change them tomorrow and weigh again.
However the wheels are still great
EDIT: forgot the rim tape - no idea of the weight??? - will veloplugs save weight??
i will post a bunch of pics for you guys soon. give me a break i been busy lol.
the profile is crazy close to the Zipp 303 FC Clincher. I went to a bike shop that had some on display and compared in person right next to the Zipps and its almost identical. The LB 45 might be ever so slightly thinner, like 1-2 mm.
the profile is crazy close to the Zipp 303 FC Clincher. I went to a bike shop that had some on display and compared in person right next to the Zipps and its almost identical. The LB 45 might be ever so slightly thinner, like 1-2 mm.
My 45mm U rims with bitex ED 11s hubs were 625 for the front and 764 for the rear.
Pictures:
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/14882671@N02/
Pictures:
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/14882671@N02/
chazmtb wrote:My 45mm U rims with bitex ED 11s hubs were 625 for the front and 764 for the rear.
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How much did that run you for and how long did it take for them to build/ship it? Also, what's the complete spec's build? Those hubs seriously looks like BHS' UL66 and UL190.
The hubs are probably the same hubs. Bitex is a source of hubs for many. My total was 660 shipped to the US. I am a little disappointed that these were not like farsports with the basalt braking surface but I'll see how they stop. I'm in a flat area so not much brake use other than the sudden abrupt stops.
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