I'd be really interested in some wide carbon clinchers with an alu brake track. By I'd probably rather have 38-42mm than 50mm. Did they give you an idea of when they'll be bringing them out?

Also isn't this tech drawing for the old version? It shows 20.4mm width.
download/file.php?id=53587&mode=view

Anybody have info on the wide profile rim Spin is using for their K2 Koppenberg carbon clinchers?

http://www.spincycleworks.com/servlet/t ... Categories

where will these be available and what will price be like?

I contacted Smart and he/she was very helpful.
email: sales7@farsports.cn

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Bev is a trading company. They do not own those molds.

EDIT: I should have read the whole thread first as it was covered.

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Yes, I should have specified 'a' source. We're all generally dealing with trading companies rather than manufacturers when it comes to these sort of products.

Yes, most factories won't even return your email if you're an end user. They think in scale and simply don't have the sales staff to sell rims a pair at a time.

Even if you are a trading company/distributor it can be difficult to get their attention. Of course, there are exceptions.

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As of late December 2012, Wheelsmith in the UK is stocking wide profile rims from Gigantex as mentioned earlier. In the 24mm width, he has 50mm & 60mm depths (that cannot be mixed F&R) in clincher only. The UD finish looks amazing. Does anyone know if this guy is a Weenie? Or, are there any Weenies who are familiar with the shop and can give a report on these rims with hands on experience? This could be sweet.

i dont have any wheels form wheel smith, but you should search on this forum for wheels from the shop, al I have seen are that they builds realy good wheels and have alot of other hubs then they have on the site

And there's these :: http://focus-carbon.en.alibaba.com/prod ... _520g.html

I wanted to mention, as well, that the claimed weight for the Focus Carbon clincher above is 520g, and the claimed weight of the similarly shaped Enve 6 of the 6.7 wheelset is 495g. I would say I'm impressed with that marginal weight penalty.

Also, $249 for a single
or
$455 for the pair

I'm at a very difficult crossroads with all of this.

One one hand, the new shapes are aero. How much aero will make how much of a difference in real world ultra riding not withstanding...

and on the other hand, the new shapes are heavy.

Why... why... why can't I get the new aero shapes with a weight closer to 400g per rim (clincher) ?? Open mould or ENVE or ZIPP, they're heavy, damnit.

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november cycles is developing new rim. real independent development in a2 windtunnel.

unlike zipp they are quite honest on testing/reporting at different speed levels.







http://www.novemberbicycles.com/blog/2013/1/21/the-rail-prototype-wind-tunnel-data-and-calculations.html"

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Thanks for that.

It's good to know that, really, those 38mm CC's that I've been very, very happy with are actually not as "unaero" in actual, real conditions that I ride in, as brands & sellers want me to believe.

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You would have a great point there if we hadn't addressed this back in February of 2007 (this test was over Valentine's Day, I know because my wife was not so happy).
http://www.zipp.com/_media/pdfs/technol ... _speed.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's all very well accepted that in the Reynolds Number arena in which bicycle wheels operate it's a safe assumption that CdA is essentially constant with a change in velocity. Given that, the formulas for drag force and power then scale with V^2 and V^3, respectively. Therefore, it's trivial to scale data up or down from a known velocity to a desired velocity (again, this is a bit of an oversimplification but applicable in our area).

We had been saying this for some time, but as we still see, some people have a difficult time believing this, so we actually took the data at both 20 mph and 30 mph and then compared it to the results of scaling the 30 mph data down to 20 mph. Anyone so inclined can take the data we (and others) release given 30 mph velocity and scale to what they deem an appropriate velocity.

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