WMW wrote:mr4fox wrote:Anyone checked these out? They sound pretty good and are a available with a black ceramic brake track. Maybe more expensive than some of the alternatives tho. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/af ... escription
+1 to avoiding Pacenti sl rims btw.
Why exactly are you against Pacenti SL23s, but plugging a preliminary design by an unknown entity that has little chance of ever being a success?
Granted the SL23s have had issues, but for a bleeding-edge light design I think it is sorted out pretty well at the present time. I'm still loving my Gen 1s after ~10k miles. No cracks, no truing needed, no problems, and the tight tire mounting is a bonus IMO.
Because mine are friken impossible to mount tyres on and even more difficult to remove tyres. I can just manage clinchers but mounting tubeless chewable pro ones is impossible without a tyre jack. Even then it's still requires a s#@t ton of force to force the beads on. Im well aware of the correct technique for mounting tubeless tyres but the rim well on the SL23 v1s simply isn't deep enough. Im not the only one who has experienced this problem which I suspect is why Pacenti modified the design for the v2.
I bought the Pacenti rims for use in bad weather. I live in Norway. Bad weather usually means cold. I got stuck out in 1C with a flat I couldn't fix and was litterally huddled in a ball shivering and numb by the time a ride arrived. I emailed Pacenti about the issue fitting tubeless tyres but never received a reply.
That's why I think Pacenti are junk.
I have no reason to suspect the rims on kick-starter are problematic and i was just offering them to the OP and others for their own interest.
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