1200g build for £370

[mattjevans]

So I finally got my wheels done, guy building them has weighed them at 1200g.

Planet X carbon tubular 50mm rim rear, 20mm rim front, Token TK520 hubs, DT spokes, Planet X skewers. Total cost came in at £370

[asphaltdude]

Pics?

[mattjevans]

Haven't picked them up yet, he's gluing the tubs on tomorrow

[mattjevans]

Picked them up last night. 1770g with tyres (Corsa CX) and skewers. Photos to follow shortly.

[Devon]

That's insanely cheap! How do they ride?

[mattjevans]

Annoyingly, critical part for the bike build has been out of stock. Still 2 weeks away

[mattjevans]

To be fair, price was only possible due to ebay win on the hubs

[TrekUk]

why not use DT spokes? Planet x rims are some of the nastiest on the market, for a little more you could get a much better rim.

[mr_tim]

Not that this is cheap weenies, but it would have been a lot cheaper to;

a) build them yourself
b) use ACI DB spokes & alloy nips in appropriate places

You'd of knocked another £100 odd off.

@ TrekUk - Don't knock the planet x low profile rims too hard.

Remember they used to be the rim that formed the F2R FFWD wheelset, which had a much higher price point.

I've heard of some people abusing the hell out of them & then complaining about the rim not holding up too well, but its kinda a fit for purpose, purpose specific type of rim imo.

[jooo]

Planet x rims are some of the nastiest on the market, for a little more you could get a much better rim.

The deeper profiles are/were made by Gigantex - pretty reasonable stuff and widely used by a bunch of others.

[mattjevans]

why not use DT spokes? Planet x rims are some of the nastiest on the market, for a little more you could get a much better rim.

I did use DT spokes.

Your comments on PX rims don't seem to be the general view.

[mattjevans]

Not that this is cheap weenies, but it would have been a lot cheaper to;

a) build them yourself
.

No it wouldn't, because with my level of mechanical competence all that would have resulted in was something broken and still paying someone else to build the wheel properly

[mattjevans]

Finally got all parts in order and dropping the bike at the shop tomorrow am

[Horze]

Hubs don't look stiff or durable at all. I would fail to enjoy such a wheel.

[Valy]

Stiff hubs? :S