[-dustin]

So, took those King cross hubs and built them up to some Edge Composites carbon tubular rims. Got a hair in my butt hole to go radial on the NDS rear, so i did.

Got wind of the rims a little while back when I saw some wheels in a cross article somewhere. Looked interesting, hadn't heard of them, figured what the hell. So I called them up and ordered a pair of the 38mm cross rims. I think I9 had some of the rims on their wheels at IB, and King's been working with them for some CX teams in the Oregon area.

I suppose one of their selling points is that the spoke holes on the rim are molded, as opposed to being cut out, supposedly increasing the strength of the rim. The guy I was talking to at Edge said he had yet to pull a nipple through the rim and was building the wheels up to typical alu rim specs and beyond. The only issue I have is the internal nipples. Pretty much the same ones that Reynolds uses. Unlike Reynolds, though, the nipple rests right up against the rim (the molding process allows the concave shaping of the spoke holes. Reynolds requires the little metal piece that's annoying as **** to deal with).

Rim profile is different from what I've seen on other carbon rims...I like the definite braking surface.

Weight....no clue. The wheels came out right at 1600gr. Pretty sure that's all hub, though...28h Kings with a SS freehub. Not exactly lightweight.

My only issue of concern is opposite the valve hole. Edge said some of the rims were having some issues with the braking surface bulging. Assured me that if I have issues, they'll take care of me.

Pictures:

Profile -

Valve hole -

Braking surface -

Opposite the valve hole -

Just glued them this evening. Light ride tomorrow before work is the plan.

 

[James]

Looking good!
The internal nipples really haven't been much of a factor for me so far, I haven't had to true any of the wheels yet.
Wheels look good, really good. Now let's see them on the bike!

 

[ire]

I live in Oregon and I've seen some of those rims/wheels floating around. I gotta admit, living in this area I see some cool cross sh!t. Wheels look sweet, let us know how the rims hold up. Deep carbon rims have such a mean look

 

[indieboy]

the edge guys have some nice stuff they are working on. seen some of their other stuff like tubesets and rear ends they are making for companies to use. it's quality. glad to see those rims came out nice. was thinking of using them for cross next season. maybe even for xc next year

 

[ire]

how have the wheels held up for you? I'm thinking about building a set up for next cross season, I've cracked two Zipp Roubaix rims this year and I'm pretty pissed about it. I'm looking for a tougher carbon rim

 

[-dustin]

well the wheels were torn down and the rims got shipped back to Edge for warranty (when i received them, Edge told me that there was an err in production and that I could send them back whenever I wanted). the new ones were rebuilt with Campy hubs and have been hanging out. I had 0 issues with the rims, and given that tension can be safely taken up to 130 on the driveside rear, i've got all the confidence in the world (Zipp tops out at 110kgf). I will be building up a 68.1 for a customer next week. Look forward to that.

I do plan on getting some of the XC rims when I get my next FS bike.

 

[SuspectDevice]

There is nothing tougher than the Edge stuff. I can't say it enough, all of their products are quantum-leaps ahead of the "next-best". If you want super bomproof, go for the 2.0 layup...

I use their forks (road 2.0 and 1.0, cross) and bars (riser, flat and road) on every bike I can, and run their rims every chance they aren't too "rich" looking. I purposely try to pummel the everlasting piss out of their stuff, and have had not a single problem.

And that's a fact.