Tires do fit more snugly on the 650B version of the A23 than on my Velocity Synergies in 650b. That is a very very good thing, in my opinion. The only significant shortcoming of Velocity Synergies in my opinion is that it's very difficult to get tires to run straight on them. The A23 is a tubeless ready rim, and as such had a very shallow well at the bead seat. The consequence is two-fold. First, if you don't modify your tire mounting techniques, you might need to use a tirelever to mount your tires. Second, you'll never have to try and work the tire bead into balance around the rim.
Disclaimers/qualifiers: I've read that there was an oversized batch of Velocity Synergies in 650B, and I've never had one of those. I've also read that there was a batch of Synergies that cracked at the spoke holes and I've never had one of those. So, among 650B rims The things I prefer about the Synergies: I like the O/C idea, I like the parallel side walls and the height of the side walls. I like the price and the weight. The things I prefer about the A23: A little lighter than the Synergy. Inexpensive like the Synergy. Tires run straighter. I wish it had eyelets. I wish it had taller and parallel side walls The things I prefer about the Pacenti: Wicked light. Eyelets. Parallel tall sidewalls. Tires run straight. But, they are expensive and you can see them deform around the spoke holes when the wheel is properly tensioned. Will it hold up under normal use? We'll see. On Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:12:52 AM UTC-7, ttoshi wrote: > > This is my experience with 700c rims--maybe it doesn't translate to > 650b--Leslie? > > Toshi > > > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 9:40 AM, JL <subf...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Toshi, > > > > Is this with 650b or 700c tires? > > > > On May 23, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Toshi Takeuchi <tto...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > >> I like the A23 rims as a lighter "faster" rim, but it is harder to > >> mount tires on them compared to the Synergy rim, for which I don't > >> need tools to mount a tire. Whereas, with the A23s, I definitely need > >> levers. This means longer flat repair times for me, but maybe it will > >> get easier as the tires wear in... > >> > >> Toshi > >> > >> -- > >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > >> Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> > >> > > > > -- > > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
