Roval carbon rims - yes or no??

[openmind]

Remember to ask what the copper washers you must use in the build weigh.... #justsaying

I've seen 29er wheel sets they've built come in under 1500g. 

[V12man]

I've seen 29er wheel sets they've built come in under 1500g. 

That is far more a factor of hub and spoke choice than rim weight... stil - if you need to use copper washers under your nipples to spread load then you have to ask why.... and what the side effects of that are.

[AllAboutRides]

Also look at these cool local rims from South Industries:

 

http://www.southindustries.cc

 

Handgemaak in Somerset Wes deur Stephan, 'n ex-aerospace carbon ou.

Do you own a set of these? How much do they sell a wheelset for? Give your thoughts, also heard of them

[grego12]

Please help. Is it worth buying roval carbon wheels with spesialized hi low hubs. Will it be a good upgrade on what I currently have? I currently have dt swiss rims on slx hubs. Whats a good secondhand price for the roval wheels.

 

Thanks!

I had a set of DT Swiss wheels with thehbi-lo hubs and a novatec freehub.  The freehub used to give in every three months.  The hubs were fine.  This was a 2012 edition so maybe its better now.

 

I then got a set of Roval SLs (alloy) with DT Swiss hubs - awesome rims and the hubs and freehub are super.  In 3 years I only replaced the bearings once on the hubs.  The spokes did break now and again, but that may be normal (I'm 87kg)

 

Now I have Roval Carbon wheels with the Dt internals - about 4 months now.  So far so good.

 

Generally been very happy with the Roval rims and DTs swiss internals that specialized put in the hubs.  Only complaint was the hi-lo hub freehub