|   Velowerx "bolt-on" steel skewers. 60g | Bianchi4Me
Aug 13, 2002 5:37 PM | | Just got a couple pairs of these in to see what they were like, and I was pleasently surprised by how light they are. Front is 28g and rear is 32g. The rods, which include the allen wrench fitting as part of the rod, are chrome plated steel. No worries about rounding out a soft aluminum allen fitting. The cups are aluminum with grooved faces for improved frame gripping. Seem pretty nice for the money. Decent "dollar-to-gram" ratio :-). And yes, I am gonna offer them on my website. Have to add a new ultra-light option 'cause I just sold my very last pair of NukeProof Ti skewers (sniff...end of an era). They are distributed through Merry Sales Co., so your dealer can order you up some if you wanna go local. |
| Those look very nice | pedalAZ
Aug 13, 2002 8:08 PM | | Where's that skeptic who says the MyWeigh photos are all doctored??!!
I hope you picked up lots of those. |
| Mike - any news on the Shook Deep rims? | nino
Aug 13, 2002 9:22 PM | | hey Mike,
I`m still waiting for those deep Shook rims.do you have any news on them?meanwhile i have already about 1000 miles on my FRM/Shook CR 350 wheelset.hubs still turn as (super-)smooth as before.wheels needed trueing after about 150 miles but ok since then.at 1300g these are really great for climbing/sprinting.now i use them only for the races and the Ksyrium SL for everyday riding.
let me know about those deep rims!
btw: those are really lightweight skewers.mine look exactly the same and weigh 65g-hmmm...
bye
nino |
| Good news/Bad news there. It's a wicked product... | Bianchi4Me
Aug 14, 2002 6:27 AM | | The good news is that they are finally available. I weighed one at 444g. One single rim is not a valid statistical sample, obviously.) Bill says the stickers weigh about 10g though, and I believe him. They are plastered up like a crack whore's makeup with labels. (Sorry, my retro-grouch is showing, but what's wrong with a plain SILVER rim, especially if you are shooting for ultra-light?)
The bad news is that Am Classic is only going to sell these as part of a complete wheelset using their hubs. Since it's a new product, they want to be able to control the build quality so that they can evaluate any problems with the rims. I suspect they also don't want folks like you and I slapping Tune or FRM hubs on them and/or selling them for less than Am Classic charges. List price for the standard build is about $600. Your friendly dealer can probably do a little better than that though :-) . |
| Good news/Bad news there. It's a wicked product... | KMan
Aug 14, 2002 11:31 AM | | Mike,
What is the "intended" usage for this wheelset.
My MTB bike is all upgraded amd now looking into next year possibly getting into some road racing....obviously that means working the upgrade magic on the roadbike.
Thanks
KMan |
| Curious who's been dealing allen bolts out of aluminium... | DeeEight
Aug 13, 2002 11:10 PM | | for skewers if you're stating these have them as part of the rod. All the ones I've sold EVER have had the allen head as part of the rod, whether it be steel or titanium. Never seen one yet that had seperate aluminium allen head caps. Seen a few using a proprietary tool (Kryptonite offers some like this) but they clamped over the end cap's outside using splines and weren't about to strip either. |
| The ones I saw were a "locking" skewer too... | Bianchi4Me
Aug 14, 2002 3:43 AM | | They had an oddball shaped "keyhole" in the end cap that went around the rod and was pretty shallow. You used a special wrench to turn it. Supposed to keep folks from stealing your wheels. Not a good system in terms of torquing the things down. Kinda like a cassette lockring in that you really had to keep everything just right or the wrench would slip. Plus, any thief with a pair of vise-grips could still turn the things, so I didn't see the real advantage over the allen key version. |
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