Gravel Bike Rims

[Johan1983]

What rims to buy?

 

[ChrisF]

@nick_the_wheelbuilder

[nick_the_wheelbuilder]

11 hours ago, Johan1983 said:

What rims to buy?

 

It depends. 
where will you ride most?

Whats the spoke count of your hubs?

Dlo you need rims only, or a new wheel set?

Carbon or alloy?

What’s your budget? 

[Johan1983]

Wheel set

10k - 20k

Gravel and Tar

[Johan1983]

Anyone?

[splat]

5 minutes ago, Johan1983 said:

Anyone?

Message @nick_the_wheelbuilder to see what he can cobble together for that price range.

[V18]

That's a bigish budget.

I'd pm Dale from Lyne, csixx or south industries for carbon options. 

Rode alu "stans grail" rim on my old bike. They were very nice too. 

[splat]

9 minutes ago, V18 said:

That's a bigish budget.

I'd pm Dale from Lyne, csixx or south industries for carbon options. 

Rode alu "stans grail" rim on my old bike. They were very nice too. 

Lyne doesnt seem to do Gravel at this stage.
The Csixx and South Carbon options are beautiful, but heading towards R30k.

[nonky]

51 minutes ago, Johan1983 said:

Anyone?

https://darkhorsewheels.com/ - the only carbon wheelsets within your budget, afaik.

I have a pair of mtb wheels from them that have been bombproof and completely trouble-free over 1000s of kms.

I would chat to them and see whether they can assist, even if they don't do gravel carbon wheels (but they do sell a gravel bike (with AL wheels) under their brand...go figure).

Edited December 18, 2023 by nonky

[Cafe Racer]

Roval 38 for the win 

[V18]

1 hour ago, splat said:

Lyne doesnt seem to do Gravel at this stage.
The Csixx and South Carbon options are beautiful, but heading towards R30k.

I guess it depends on your clearance. The pulse carbon may or may not work. I was thinking in the line of using his existing hubs. 

Nice rims and rebuilt should cost a bit less than full set. 

[Baracuda]

If you not going to go for the fancy carbon wheels, I bought a pair of these from Merlin 3 years ago and they are bomb proof. One can ride road, rock gravel, even ride into a road-works hole by mistake on dark winter's morning at full pace and they are fine. I primarily MTB and are therefore continually jumping up and down pavements and at 92 kgs + bike, have not had an issue:

https://www.merlincycles.com/fulcrum-rapid-red-500-db-2wf-gravel-wheelset-700c-225950.html

 

 

[throttles]

Maybe put in a solid offer for these

https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/gravel-bike-wheels/683824/roval-terra-clx-evo

[nick_the_wheelbuilder]

If you're looking at a new set oof wheels, I'd suggest 2 options from my side:

Carbon

Nextie 35 / 45mm rims on their own Rollingstar hubs.
Approx R24k, sub-1400g.

Alloy

DT Swiss R500db rims on either DT Swiss 350 hubs or similar.

Approx R13-15k

Pics for reference

[SSCC]

2 hours ago, nick_the_wheelbuilder said:

If you're looking at a new set oof wheels, I'd suggest 2 options from my side:

Carbon

Nextie 35 / 45mm rims on their own Rollingstar hubs.
Approx R24k, sub-1400g.

Alloy

DT Swiss R500db rims on either DT Swiss 350 hubs or similar.

Approx R13-15k

Pics for reference

Have you built up any of the Nextie 45’s with the ultra wide internal? I think it’s something like 29. 

[nick_the_wheelbuilder]

19 minutes ago, SSCC said:

Have you built up any of the Nextie 45’s with the ultra wide internal? I think it’s something like 29. 

Not yet - not many gravel bikes have that much tyre clearance.
Most guys don't run wider than 45's, which work fine on 22-25mm inner width rims.