Back to KC.

Driving back to KC today to be home in time for the 6pm ride tonight.

Over the break I've become obsessed with deep clincher aero wheels. They aren't light, but they are strong, stiff, and aero. We live in Kansas, why not?

I've always said that the rider gets the results, not the equipment, though I cannot deny the feeling of Deep Carbon Tubulars. They do make you go much faster! Its just that all of us can't afford $1000 wheels.

Before I get too much into the debate on the best price to weight to aero business, here are some unique options for Strong, Fast, Aero, Clincher wheels that would work fine for training and racing without hurting the budget.


I first must say that building your next wheelset with Velocity Road Race Hubs is not a bad idea at all. First, they are $200, for both. Thats $65 less than just the rear white industry hub.

They have an awesome design that allows for more equal spoke tension on the rear. I built a set to a23 rims which are awesome, but thats another store, a story about lighter, less aero, tubular feeling wheels.


Back to deep rims. These are new. Made by kinlin. Lots of people I've built wheels for ride the 30mm with no problem. These are 8mm deeper, almost 100 grams heavier each. Is the 8mm worth the 1/2 weight penalty?

These I like. 42mm deep, 600 grams each per rim! Available in black 20/24 spoke pattern. The cool thing about these rims is the breaking surface is black, and the rim is black, they look super stealth, almost like carbon.

A zipp 404 clincher rim weighs about 600 grams.

42mm=$90 rim
58mm =$900 rim

Yes, the zipp rim is obviously faster, but 10x as much.


I do like these too! Complete wheelset is around $1200, weighs about 1750 grams, has amazing shimano hubs and there built with dura ace rims. 16/20 hole spoke pattern, straight pull. This is the best deal I've seen out there on a prebuilt wheelset by a respected manufacturer.

So,

20/24 h plus son sl42, cx-rays, awesome Velocity Hubs. $500
20/24 kinlin 38mm rims, cx-rays, velocity hubs, $575
Shimano rs80 50mm carbon clincher $1200
zipp 404 carbon clincher, 1 bagillion dollars.

Please email me volkerbicycles at gmail.com if you want some sweet aero, strong, low price, clincher wheels.