That actually kind of makes more sense. I'm wary of the carbon rim brake interface on chinese carbons and would hope that hunt quality control would be better, but living in the mountains I put a hurting on rim brake wear. My current SSC's are dished badly and about to fail.

Hunt wheels are made in China and/or Taiwan. That said, I'd not worry these days. Personally I'd look for a set of used DA C35's or 50s or buy the Bora 33's at Bike Closet-a little more but a much better wheel. The Hunt's are ok, but pricey for what they are.

I'll probably re-lace some new rims for my Tarmac, but I'm looking at wheelsets as well. Bikes-Direct usually has some good deals going also.
BikesDirect Road Wheel Sale

Those are some good options too.

I get the idea Hunt re-sells the chinese rims, but I would hope their quality control and warranty would be a little bit more binding than some of the direct sellers. I had a less than optimal experience with my chinese frame, and even that was sold through DIY bikes reseller in Ga.

Hunt does seem to sell at a premium over others, but I'd pay it for peace of mind.

Luis Scott posted this video of his winspace rim brake failure, and it got me thinking that the rim brake carbon has some unique stresses compared to standard disc brake carbon rims, and if Lous Scott was noticing this in flat old Florida, I'd sure as hell be tempting fate in the mountains. Even with the Hunts, I don't know if the rim brake carbons are a good idea out here- but they do seem to have more meat in the braking flange than some of the other chinese makers. I tried looking up your rims in rim brake version but they all seemed disc.

-Perhaps I need a disc brake road build so I can get a set of rims like yours! They are tempting! :D

Oh yeah, here was the video that scared me away from direct chinese sellers (and I'm only talking rim brake wheelsets- for disc I'm not so concerned).

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It comes down to technique, but yeah, there are risks. I've ridden winspace regularly on Skyline without issue, but those are easy descents. Not sure I'd want to go down to Vesuvius on a set. Before the al33's went away I had a set that I really liked for just that reason, Boyd Altamont is similar, as is the alloy Hunt posted above.

I've been using direct seller carbon wheels from AliEx since 2017, along with their Chinese carbon frames that I built into complete (4) bikes.
Since then, I've put about 2-3k miles on 2 of them that I've kept to myself, (2) others I have sold to neighbors or friends.
All of them have rim brakes, no issues with the carbon wheels.
Probably has to do with me begin 170 lb. with full riding gear and I doing any competitive cycling anymore, only for enjoyment & fitness in the last two decade or so.

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The one set of carbon disc wheels I have on my only attempt of 1x drivetrain is also from 2017, 28mm wide carbon rim; also about 2k miles on them with no issues.
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^Good info. Thanks!

N+1 day. New Lapierre cx racing frame built as a single speed.

Ordinarily, one buys a high end frame, races it for a few years, and upgrades to a newer, even higher end frame, only to have the original frame gather dust. After time, the original owner decides "hey I could make this a single speed...how cool would THAT be..." They ride it around the block one last time and that's the end of that.

Not here folks, this frame was built as a SS from scratch, and never got rode around the block at all It's never seen a blade of grass or jumped an obstacle. Instead of SS conversion- I'm going to do the reverse. Either a campy record or dura ace 2x10 on this build. And some new rims darnit! :)

I'm already reconfiguring for mountain use. Gonna be fun!


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It's been 6 years since this post and once again I've taken advantage of a year end sale and picked up a Trek Emonda Gen 3 SLR Disc frameset for half price. I'll stretch the build over a month or two to lessen the pain to my wallet :)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1765980788.JPG

Deja vu! Must be the logo on the frame that's making the new one weigh more. I can't wait to see the progress and which components you choose. So much has changed in 6 years, especially in the cockpit with all the aero packaging. (Not to mention the onslaught of high quality wheelsets and other components direct from C****.)

NBD (or New Frameset Day) is always a good day.

It's interesting how little the background in those two pictures have changed. Even the ballcap above the sink is the same.

Yeah, it's kind of scary... and sad. I tried to find an even older pic in the same place and couldn't but I bet it's looked the same for much longer than 6 years.