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Dura ace c50 carbon wheels
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 9:00 pm
by dane476
ive got the opportunity to own some c50's but the front rim has crash damage, big crack on the braking surface, so is it possible to get a new rim for these and rebuild? if so where from?
cheers
Dura ace c50 carbon wheels
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 9:00 pm
by Weenie
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Re: Dura ace c50 carbon wheels
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:11 pm
by Phill P
Don't think there is anything about the hub design that means you must use propitiatory shimano spokes, so in theory you could use any rim.
I'm beating once you find a rim through a shimano distributor it will end up costing you as much as the entire wheelset did second hand.
Re: Dura ace c50 carbon wheels
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:22 pm
by dane476
cheers thanks for your reply, yeah ive heard there £500 + so i go with a different rim
Re: Dura ace c50 carbon wheels
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 8:06 am
by Clevor
Check with Alex Cycles:
http://www.alexscycle.com/?sef_rewrite=1He's in Japan but can ship outside the country. The last time I checked a few years ago Shimano can rebuild these carbon tubulars for around $300-$400 per wheel, which is not so bad. About the same price as getting used stuff on Ebay.
Re: Dura ace c50 carbon wheels
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 11:17 pm
by dane476
Thanks for that I'll look into it!!! If I can't get the fixed can anyone recommend a rim to replace??? Ideally similar appearance to match the rear ?
Re: Dura ace c50 carbon wheels
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:27 am
by Phill P
See if you can get a deal on some of the older (2010?) Reynolds rims. They might look similar once you take logos off. Might be able to get a slightly smaller profile rim for the front as well.
Re: Dura ace c50 carbon wheels
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:39 pm
by dane476
Running to a dead end ATM anyone get any other suggestions ?
Cheers
Re: Dura ace c50 carbon wheels
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:03 pm
by Smeagol
Re: Dura ace c50 carbon wheels
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:03 pm
by Weenie
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