I’m not sure on the stems Mine have been fine. I’m not sure about VO rims. Have you considered Pancentti or HED Belgium?
https://www.renehersecycles.com/product-category/components/rims/ John On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 6:10 PM Pancake <abe.gard...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good tips John, thanks. I am leaning toward hand built wheelset, but now > that I've seen these Velo Orange Voyager > <https://velo-orange.com/products/voyager-rim> rims I'd a good reason to > get anything different. > > Their size (38-60mm tires) is right between Velocity's Atlas (isn't > tubeless compatible/ready, tires 25-45mm) and Cliffhanger (tubeless ready, > tires 45-65mm) at a similar/lower price and similar/lower weight. And they > are silver vs. the black Cliffhanger (though the polished version is nice, > it's quite a bit more expensive and not well stocked). > > I think you convinced me that Sapim spokes are worth considering, though > I've had great luck so far with 4 wheels built with DT Swiss 14/15/14 > double butted spokes (2.0-1.8-2.0mm). Rich Lesnik seems to use the DT > double butted spokes and he sure knows what he's doing. I'll look at the > Sapims again, though 2.3-2.0mm is super beefy for what I'm after. Good > "Choosing Spokes Advice" link. > > I forgot about the Rene/Panaracer sealant > <https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q3VKMN1>, seems like a good match > with the Rene/Panaracer tires. I noticed that Orange sealant seeps a bit of > orange residue on tan sidewall tires and I'd rather avoid that if the > performance of the sealants is about the same. > > I'm guessing that the tubeless stems are all about the same, just need the > right length for the rim size, right? > > Abe > > On Sunday, September 29, 2019 at 5:53:24 AM UTC-7, John McBurney wrote: >> >> Another thing to consider if your doing a custom build is to use Sapim >> Strong spokes. Sapim uses the highest strength stainless alloy in the >> Stongs - came as C X-ray bladed spokes while DT uses a lower grade steel in >> heavier grade spokes. The combination of a heavier gauge high strength >> spoke with a robust rim built by a good wheelbuilder produces a truly >> robust wheel. >> >> https://dcrwheels.co.uk/custom-wheelsets/choosing-spokes-advice/ >> >> >> I’m not sure what kind of tape we used but I think it was Stan’s. Valves >> Stans I’m pretty sure. >> >> For sealant I used Stan’s but have purchased the new Panaracer sealant >> that Compass sells. I’ll use this when these tires need to be replaced. >> >> https://www.renehersecycles.com/new-sealant-for-rene-herse-tires/ >> >> >> John >> >> On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 7:44 PM Pancake <abe.g...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> And with John’s answer we have a winner! Thanks John! >>> >>> Next: did you use the Velocity 21mm tape and valves? >>> Which sealant did you use? Orange Endurance? Stan’s? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/56a35385-1b6f-48a6-a27c-c26d82357b97%40googlegroups.com >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b3bdefbe-b2d9-46d7-99c3-981fe9e3259c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b3bdefbe-b2d9-46d7-99c3-981fe9e3259c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALSyJaivHidx3E3Pcd8athkw-JVQ2TAxg1MbO0yQsNbUgNZ9kw%40mail.gmail.com.
