8/31/14 10:43 AM

I brought this up in one of my usual wordy posts in another thread.

My only experience with all carbon rim wheels used pillar nipples, internal. I rebuilt the front and learning curve aside it went expeditiously.

I see carbon rim wheels starting to show up using nipples like a normal AL rim uses.

Internal nips with clinchers seem to be less of an issue than sew-ups as far as truing. Pop off tire, true, pop on tire. As opposed to having to remove and re-glue a tubby. But I am more curious about strength and longevity. Is a 4mm hole in a carbon rim going to be less sound than a 2mm one? Drilling angles also a point?

9/1/14 5:52 AM

This guy on eBay sells lots of carbon rims and wheels in different widths and depths and diameters, and a couple of people I know have used the rims that take standard nipples and been perfectly happy with them.

http://stores.ebay.com/diy-bike

9/1/14 7:44 AM

Our Token wheels all have regular external nipples

9/1/14 9:38 AM

"guy on eBay "

That guy really has a wide range of offering as well.

I already had been watching a set that seller offers.

I'd like it if they offered a 38/60 disk clincher set.
With 24 spokes, I think I would not mind the rear being stronger. But headed toward the 38mm with the 23mm wide rims.

9/1/14 11:09 AM

That is who mine are coming from. They sell TONS of wheels. If they were junk they would have been run off eBay by now.

Mine show they are in Columbia, just one more day of so before they make it to my place.

9/1/14 3:29 PM

I got my LX 29er wheels on the Disc Roubaix. One of the two sets.

The WTB XC Rims are 510 grams each, not too heavy really.

But the wheels are pretty heavy as compared to a lot of others I could put on there. Again, I pulled the origs to sell unused. even those are lighter than the 29er LX set. ;)

So I have hopes to move on the carbon wheels, next week.

The second 29er set I have is 36 straight ga spokes and Salsa 28mm wide rims. Now those are crazy heavy. But that 28mm rim spreads a 2.4 like mad. ;)