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athletic91	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - UPDATE 5/4/10 Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 4:00 pm
Joined: Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:03 am Posts: 292	Anyone has the measured ERD of the 20mm tubular rims from henry?
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grover	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - UPDATE 5/4/10 Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:34 am
Joined: Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:06 pm Posts: 879 Location: Melbourne, Australia	that information is in the generic carbon rim group buy thread...last few pages. viewtopic.php?f=14&t=70941 _________________ Grover's Grumblings Grover's Garage
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Weenie	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - UPDATE 5/4/10 Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:34 am
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xnavalav8r	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - UPDATE 5/4/10 Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 2:47 pm
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:09 pm Posts: 2528	Happy Day! My wheels survived the Tennessee floods. They were apparently stuck in a distrobution center but remained high and dry. The tracking info has been updated. I will have them Tuesday.... finally! This project has been dramatic. _________________ TED San Diego, CA Bike Pics English Custom Steel Internal di2 Litespeed Ghisallo
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xnavalav8r	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - FINALLY with PICS! Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:17 pm
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:09 pm Posts: 2528	My wheels finally arrived!!!! I weighed them at 628gr rear and 438gr front. That's 1066 grams for the pair... 66 grams above target weight but WAY below budget. Total cost including shipping and build labor was $717.00. Parts alone were under $600.00. Since these are for climbing I used lightweight tires... Vittoria Crono EVO 290tpi 700x20c. My bike weight came down to 5.72kg with Garmin hardware attached. Here are some photos... Attachments: front1.jpg [ 61.68 KiB | Viewed 2004 times ] front2.jpg [ 53.35 KiB | Viewed 2004 times ] rear1.jpg [ 57.97 KiB | Viewed 2004 times ] rear2.jpg [ 68.87 KiB | Viewed 2004 times ] pair.jpg [ 68.1 KiB | Viewed 2004 times ] scale1.jpg [ 92 KiB | Viewed 2004 times ] scale2.jpg [ 49.34 KiB | Viewed 2004 times ] _________________ TED San Diego, CA Bike Pics English Custom Steel Internal di2 Litespeed Ghisallo
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prendrefeu	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - FINALLY with PICS! Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:54 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:32 pm Posts: 7412 Location: Los Angeles / Glendale, California	Beautiful! Now I really can't wait until the 'generic carbon group buy' rims come in! We're going to see some amazing builds come out of that - especially in the $/g ratios. Nice!! _________________ Exp001 || TeamLACBC
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Hai H. Ho	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - FINALLY with PICS! Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:12 pm
Joined: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:45 pm Posts: 102 Location: Houston, TX	Mission accomplished. Bravo and great job.
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xnavalav8r	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - FINALLY with PICS! Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:13 pm
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:09 pm Posts: 2528	I agree! I'm a bit disappointed mine came in over weight, but I don't think I could have gone lighter without a significant increase in cost. $/g this is about as good as it gets. This wheelset and tire combination dropped ~800 grams off my standard wheel/tire combo. That is about a dollar per gram of savings when you add in the cost of the tires. I can't wait to get out and ride these things! _________________ TED San Diego, CA Bike Pics English Custom Steel Internal di2 Litespeed Ghisallo
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xnavalav8r	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - FINALLY with PICS! Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 12:27 am
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:09 pm Posts: 2528	http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... c738875f1d _________________ TED San Diego, CA Bike Pics English Custom Steel Internal di2 Litespeed Ghisallo
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Juanmoretime	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - FINALLY with PICS! Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 9:31 am
Administrator Joined: Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:08 am Posts: 6321 Location: Urbana, Illinois	Nice job Ted! Get them ridden. We do what to know! _________________ RESIDENT GRUMPY OLD MAN.
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bikemesenger	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - UPDATE 5/4/10 Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 2:49 pm
Shop Owner Joined: Thu May 12, 2005 10:28 pm Posts: 1323 Location: Arizona	xnavalav8r wrote: Happy Day! My wheels survived the Tennessee floods. They were apparently stuck in a distrobution center but remained high and dry. The tracking info has been updated. I will have them Tuesday.... finally! This project has been dramatic. I should have put 2 and 2 together and realized that those were your wheels. I saw the rims and hubs when I was at Merlyn's place and made the comment that there is group buy on WW for these rims.
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ome rodriguez	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - FINALLY with PICS! Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 3:35 pm
Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:16 am Posts: 265	I ordered a pair of generic carbon 20mm rims from Henry. Jason of FWB is also sending me a pair of Soul-Kozak "Soul" Road Hubs. Spokes will be DT Aerolites. It should be sub 1000g for sub US$1000. Thanks for starting this thread. Carbon 20mm rims pair - US$204 Soul-Kozak Road Hubset - US$395 DT Aerolite - US$130 Total cost of parts - US$729
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xnavalav8r	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - FINALLY with PICS! Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 10:59 pm
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:09 pm Posts: 2528	bikemessenger - Merlyn is a great guy. I've known him for a long time and trust his judgement. He's trying to convince me to ride these wheels in one hillclimb and then hang them up as wall art. While I don't plan on using them as daily riders, or even for road racing, I'm hoping they'll be durable enough for more than one special event. I guess I better test them out soon. _________________ TED San Diego, CA Bike Pics English Custom Steel Internal di2 Litespeed Ghisallo
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prendrefeu	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - FINALLY with PICS! Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 11:26 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:32 pm Posts: 7412 Location: Los Angeles / Glendale, California	Considering that these same rims are being re-branded all the time under some other moniker here and there, I'm sure they'll be perfectly fine for continual use. _________________ Exp001 || TeamLACBC
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whoizrob	Post subject: Hey One Rodriguez! Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 2:26 am
Joined: Fri May 09, 2008 6:52 pm Posts: 60	Be sure to post how your wheels come out, that's the exact spec I was playing with the other night. Sounds like a winner! And for the rest of you, is there another group buy scheduled for the future? I'm interested pending some durability reviews since a new pair of 303's is not currently in the budget Seems like there is more then enough interested for the 5 pair minimum. Rob
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ome rodriguez	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - FINALLY with PICS! Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 2:48 am
Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:16 am Posts: 265	Sure will do. I hope the rims will hold up. I've been told that its similar to FFWD been using. http://www.ffwdwheels.com/product.asp?i ... =95&page=1
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Weenie	Post subject: Re: Sub 1000g wheelset for sub US$1000? - FINALLY with PICS! Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 2:48 am
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