Published by Tristan on 27 Oct 2008 at 09:07 am
Road wheels for a disc-ready Cyclocross bike
Kinlin XR-270 rims, Sapim CX-Ray bladed spokes and Novatec disc hubs.
These are road wheels for my own Salsa La Cruz cyclocross bike. I’ve been doing a lot of road km’s on this bike lately so having a quick pair of road wheels and tyres means I can easily swap between knobbies and road tyres.
The Novatec hubs are a test to see what the quality and durability of these affordably priced hubs is like.
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- Novatec rear hub
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- Avid BB-Road disc rotor
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- Novatec rear hub
darian on 30 Apr 2010 at 10:04 am #
great to find that a 130mm rear disc hub exists out there!
what is the weight of these wheels?
thanks
darian
Tristan on 30 Apr 2010 at 10:10 am #
Hi Darian
These wheels are 135mm to suit most of the new cyclocross bikes which use mtb spacing. They weigh 1684 grams.
These are my daily-use wheels on my commuter / rain bike. They’ve had many thousand km of potholes and curbs and they’re still as straight as when I built them 18 months ago.