|   Rigida Wheelset | paramountz
Jun 11, 2003 10:51 AM | | Has anyone heard of a Rigida Genius Tubless wheelset? If so how good are they? Thanks for any help or info. I did try the web site it is down. |
| I've got those. | jw25
Jun 12, 2003 7:25 AM | | 28 hole rims, built to SRAM hubs with 14/15 black spokes and what appear to be brass nips. They came prebuilt, decent spoke tension and true, and some nice skewers.
The good news - the hubs are smooth, and easily maintainable. I've had no problems with the wheels - I did go over the spokes quickly when I first received them, just making sure the tension was adequate, and things were stress-relieved.
The bad news - the rims are very overbuilt, even for their width (about 25mm, as I recall). They list at 485 grams, and I suspect that's without the strip, which is around 100 grams each. Tubeless tires aren't light, either.
I used to have weights for these wheels, but can't find them, and the
The hubs aren't the SRAM disk-adaptable type, so you're stuck with rim brakes, though the lacing pattern (radial front, radial/2x rear) wouldn't support them anyway.
I've tried to use sealant and normal tires on these, and without some sort of modification, it's not going to work. The beads on normal tires are a little looser, and with nothing to hold them out by the rim beads, they aren't going to seal without a compressor.
Speaking of the rim, it's drilled for Schraeder, which is fine, but the sealing strip is held in place by some grooves in the rim, which might wreak havoc on a tube, if you ever need to use one. You'll also want to tape the rim, as they come bare.
So, my summary? I got these very cheap on Ebay (under $100 new, shipped), and knew they'd be porkers. I wanted to try tubeless, and figured they'd make good training wheels. And they do. Heck I'd race them if I had to, but mainly, they're in my collection to take day to day abuse. |
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