Carbon Rims Only - Rim Brake

[ct_rider]

What bike shops sell carbon rims on its own?

I have ceramic bearing hubs to build a wheelset. I am looking for 50mm carbon rims with a rim brake surface.

[Jbr]

csixx or darkhorse ?

[ct_rider]

8 minutes ago, Jbr said:

csixx or darkhorse ?

Thanks @jbr I am aware of Darkhorse, Csixx only has disc brake rims.

[Dexter-morgan]

What about Zagon or Chain reaction, They have Prime rims at a very good price.

Southindustries.cc?

[Barry]

Maybe Black Marlin i see they have plenty complete wheel options but maybe they have an option for just a hoop.

[agilwolf]

Try Nicholas at Wheel Builder

 

 

[ct_rider]

2 hours ago, Barry said:

Maybe Black Marlin i see they have plenty complete wheel options but maybe they have an option for just a hoop.

I only see complete wheel sets Barry, thanks for the recommendation.

2 hours ago, Dexter-morgan said:

What about Zagon or Chain reaction, They have Prime rims at a very good price.

Southindustries.cc?

I have never imported wheels, there are some good deals on Chain reaction. what is the import duty on the wheels? e.g. Prime 50mm wheelset works out to be approx R6500, I think without VAT?

[ct_rider]

2 hours ago, agilwolf said:

Try Nicholas at Wheel Builder

 

 

Will send him a message and see if he can assist, thank you.

[Dexter-morgan]

3 minutes ago, ct_rider said:

I only see complete wheel sets Barry, thanks for the recommendation.

I have never imported wheels, there are some good deals on Chain reaction. what is the import duty on the wheels? e.g. Prime 50mm wheelset works out to be approx R6500, I think without VAT?

Last time I paid, the 15% vat + R350 HDL handling fee, Prime wheels were very good until I hit a pothole.

If I was in the market for a set I would jump at it, last time it was closer to 10K

Edited November 30, 2022 by Dexter-morgan

[Madone69]

2 hours ago, ct_rider said:

What bike shops sell carbon rims on its own?

I have ceramic bearing hubs to build a wheelset. I am looking for 50mm carbon rims with a rim brake surface.

Can you not retrofit the ceramic bearings into a built up wheelset

[DieselnDust]

3 hours ago, Barry said:

Maybe Black Marlin i see they have plenty complete wheel options but maybe they have an option for just a hoop.

they do have rim only options

Xciter Sports in Meadowridge quoted me Around R8000K per rim for 40mm IIRC

Edited November 30, 2022 by DieselnDust

[Barry]

10 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

they do have rim only options

Xciter Sports in Meadowridge quoted me Around R8000K per rim for 40mm IIRC

I had a look at the 50mm Graphene set  earlier. Very sexy wheels.

Edit: Ha ha no matter how i rotated the image it comes upside down

Edited November 30, 2022 by Barry

[DieselnDust]

1 minute ago, Barry said:

I had a look at the 50mm Graphene set  earlier. Very sexy wheels.

fortunately i am trained in the Jedi arts and can read upside down

[CraigN]

20 hours ago, Dexter-morgan said:

What about Zagon or Chain reaction, They have Prime rims at a very good price.

Southindustries.cc?

Unfortunately, I believe Zagon aren't operational anymore. At least not in the capacity they were...

[DieselnDust]

The other option is to contact LookCycleSA and order a pair of Corima Rims. When Complete Cyclist was the distributor for Corima I got a set of rims through them. It took about 3months (and they gave me a loaner set of wheels while I waited!!) to arrive and I had William's Bike Shop build them for me. Those wheel shave been trouble free. Corima is definitely a good option. You will wait but https://lookcyclesa.co.za/ are the guys to talk. Eagle Canyon Cycles are retailers for Look so maybe try them also. Not sure if Complete Cyclist would have any stock left

[ct_rider]

On 11/30/2022 at 2:30 PM, Madone69 said:

Can you not retrofit the ceramic bearings into a built up wheelset

I can, but it depends on the quality of the spokes (if it does not need to be replaced), also, whether the spoke count matches the hubs, 20 / 24.