Rims for cyclocross?
- Thread starter spoke80
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EX 729s 
Why don't you just bunny hop that stuff.
1. Wee bit hard to bunnyhop that high with road bars.
2. Barriers usually less than, or just about a bike length apart.
3. Barriers usually at the bottom a hill/going up a hill/right at the top of hill. Usually placed so that it's faster to hop off and run over, then remount, than to attempt a bunnyhop.
4. Trying to bunnyhop when in severe oxygen debt doesn't usually work out too well.
To answer the original question: What rims are you running now? I've heard the Open Pros are the standard rim for road/CX, and they meet your strong/light requirements. If it's real muddy where you live, you want to go with something that has a deeper profile, to cut through the mud.
2. Barriers usually less than, or just about a bike length apart.
3. Barriers usually at the bottom a hill/going up a hill/right at the top of hill. Usually placed so that it's faster to hop off and run over, then remount, than to attempt a bunnyhop.
4. Trying to bunnyhop when in severe oxygen debt doesn't usually work out too well.
To answer the original question: What rims are you running now? I've heard the Open Pros are the standard rim for road/CX, and they meet your strong/light requirements. If it's real muddy where you live, you want to go with something that has a deeper profile, to cut through the mud.
I second the Mavic Open Pros.
Dude, I know how important this CX thing is to you and I wouldn't want to steal your thunder. :eviltonguspoke80 said:Come on out cowboy and show us your skizzll.neaky:
Or a small fart?spoke80 said:Shoo, it's more like a whimper.
So I am planning on building a wheel set using Edco mtb hubs and Mavic open pro rims. The rear wheel spacing has to be 135mm to fit my TCX frame. But I have also been looking at the Mavic CPX33 to cut through the mud better.
Does anyone have any experience with the CPX 33?
Does anyone have any experience with the CPX 33?
Make sure you use proper ppe when building those wheels.
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I have them on my road bike, they're not very tough at all. Go with the open pros.spoke80 said:
Sun Me14a's Cheaper and lighter than open pro's and 1 mm narrower, so they work perfectly with Tufo tc's
Never used the suns but I have used Open Pros and another mavic rim. I can't remember if it was CXP 23s or 33s. In any case, the Pros were lighter and seemed to hold up just as well.
Definetely go with the Mavic Open Pro rims along with a good hub. If you have a wheel god for a mechanic he can make these bullet proof for you. If you're in the North Carolina see Zack at Paul's Cycling & Fitness in Winston-Salem or Frank at Frank's Cycles in Raleigh.