I just got my QBall frame and fork and it's taunting me because I don't have the parts to build it up yet. I think I know what I'm gonna do for everything but the wheelset. It's gonna be my townie, get around campus, and cross country bike, so I'm looking for a wheelset that will take some punishment but not be a tank. I was thinking about building up a ringle hub that I can get but I've heard that running a zero dish rear wheel would be a good idea. Sturmey Archer makes an internal geared, eight speed rear hub, but I don't know if that will take the kind of riding that I want to do on this bike (XC riding, jumping curbs and going down stairs etc.) So yeah, any help is appreciated.
Wheels
- Thread starter jaffro
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I talked to the Sturmey Archer guy at Interbike and he said "no go" for off roading. I've read several failed attempts at it online, as well.
Are you going with a rim brake? Sounds like it. Anyway, decent rims that are pretty reasonable include the Salsa Delgado, the Sun Rhynolite, or the Velocity Dyad.
WTB has some pre-built wheelsets that are pretty bomber, but heavy.
I have had good luck personally on Alex TD-17 rims, but they are disc only.
Good luck!
Are you going with a rim brake? Sounds like it. Anyway, decent rims that are pretty reasonable include the Salsa Delgado, the Sun Rhynolite, or the Velocity Dyad.
WTB has some pre-built wheelsets that are pretty bomber, but heavy.
I have had good luck personally on Alex TD-17 rims, but they are disc only.
Good luck!
V-brake wheels or do you want to go disc?
Scan the mtbr.com classifieds and ebay for possible good deals, and also if you have a local board, post up a wanted ad there.
I just picked up a nice used set of Bonty's for my bike from a local guy who just had a spare set laying around. Price was more than right and the wheels seem mega solid to me.
Scan the mtbr.com classifieds and ebay for possible good deals, and also if you have a local board, post up a wanted ad there.
I just picked up a nice used set of Bonty's for my bike from a local guy who just had a spare set laying around. Price was more than right and the wheels seem mega solid to me.
I just happen to have a set of Bontrager Race wheels laying around that I'd be happy to part with. They're reasonably light and held up well under me for the past year on 2 different bikes. They have disc compatable hubs and machined rims so you could run either rim brakes or discs (I ran rim brakes first, then discs). Just shoot me a pm if you're interested.
This is probably unnecessary now, but the Q-ball is a disk-specific frame...
Thanks for the help. The Q ball is disc specific, and I live in Seattle so V brakes aren't exactly ideal anyway. I think I've decided on some WTB speed discs built up on that ringle and whatever I can find for the front. I'll post some pictures when the bike is done, it'll be hot sex.
Please do put up the pics and a ride review.