John had a better run than most with these wheels, he got nearly 12k miles out of them before he started breaking spokes on both wheels, add in a worn brake track on both rims and it is time to lace new rims up. Since the hubs had recently been rebuilt there was no reason to get rid of them so I sold him on lacing in Velocity A23 rims since a large part of his long commute is very rough roads and his bike does not have room for much bigger than a 23 on the front this will improve his ride a fair bit along with be a pretty durable wheelset. Everything came together great and he can't wait till morning for his first ride.
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dan
9/29/2014 08:34:41 am
radial for a commute on rough roads? How are u likin' the velocity's? I went w/hed
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Chris Murray
9/29/2014 11:19:53 am
Honestly, radial is far from my first choice for this application but he already had the hubs and wanted to re-use them. They are straight pull hubs so you are stuck using what ever lacing method they were designed around which was radial front and 2x drive side, radial non drive side on the rear.
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Dan Laumann
9/30/2014 12:55:25 am
Right on.
Chris Murray
9/30/2014 01:32:45 pm
HED is a pretty good company to work with!
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