Happyriding: I have a 64cm Atlantis. I love it. Currently, it has 32 spoke wheels front and rear and I use it for long road rides without luggage. I'm really happy with my Bombadil as a touring bike. It has 36 spokes in the front and 40 in the back. I've never broken a spoke on a well- built 36 spoke touring wheel, but I thought I'd build the Bombadil up with an extra strong rear wheel.
I don't have any experience with Riv's wheel builds. They all seem like quality parts to me and I'll bet they are fine. I'll just insert here that one can build the "ultimate, bombproof wheel" and still have a breakdown. Last summer, the rear wheel on my Bomba (40 spokes, velocity dyad rim and Phil cassette hub) split down the middle due to a manufacturing defect. I've never had such an overbuilt and expensive wheel and I felt a little foolish. It didn't help that Pamela has been riding the same set of inexpensive, but handbuilt, salsa delgado rims with LX hubs for at least 3,000 miles and she's never even had to true them! My advice? A well built wheel with 36 spokes and decent, but not super expensive, hubs will serve you well. Dave On Apr 7, 9:17 pm, happyriding <happyrid...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Apr 7, 3:03 pm, Dave Craig <dcr...@prescott.edu> wrote: > > > The > > Atlantis feels more stable with a load than my sports tourer did and > > the Bombadil feels better still at my weight (210) and a full set of > > gear. > > What size is your Atlantis? > > Wheels: How many spokes front and rear do you personally use? Which > of Rivendell's wheel builds would you recommend? > > Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
