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Anyone know what the max pressure is I can use on these rims? Probably being dim, but I can't find a mention of how much I can get into a road tyre on them.
And any idea what hubs they are? Thinking of getting a second set made up with proper light road rims to swap out on the tripster when my roadie friend calls.. going to struggle to keep up on 38 knobblies!
Some thoughts for you:
1./ I've had mine for 7 or 8 months and I think they are great. Especially since I got mine for £240 from Freeborn.
2./ According to this review [url= http://road.cc/content/review/69946-kinesis-crosslight-cxdisc-wheels ]road.cc[/url] the rims are custom made for Kinesis by WTB and the hubs are Kinesis own
3./ The same review claims to have run 23mm tyres - so I assume pressure in the range of 100 - 120 psi. Possibly more? I have run 25mm and 28mm tyres. All I know is that tyres are very tight going on. I Normally have to use soap to get the bead to seat evenly so I am definitely not worried about them coming off.
4./ Check your spoke tensions for the first 500 miles! My rear wheel had an almost catastrophic loss of tension on the non-drive side. Luckily I caught it before pain ensued but I have no idea how badly I have stressed the spokes. To resurrect it I completely detensioned and rebuilt to a max spoke tension of 120kgf. It has been fine for the 300 miles or so since.
Thanks for that - 100psi is plenty for me, was considering going to 28mm too.
Cool.
I'm 78kg and running 28mm tyres for the winter, 75-80psi rear, 65psi front is perfect.