Well I think joseba beloki might have his own thoughts about sew ups. For convenience tubes wheels win my vote, but the ride is a lot smoother on tubulars. I just rebuilt my Mondial with a set of Campy high flange hubs and nisi rims with vittoria tubulars, and I didn't want to get off! They will be well of on a fixed, though.
ride on, kim klakow berlin, germany
> Speaking of Campy rims,
>
> I just picked up a bike that have a set of 36 hole Campagnolo Victory
> Strada
> sew-up rims laced to a set of Suntour Superbe hubs. I have never messed
> with
> sew-ups before and am wondering whether I should take the leap or not
> spoil
> my innocence and keep riding clinchers. I have browse the archives and it
> seems that sew-ups are seriously liked or disliked and the each side holds
> their ground with a fair amount of zeal. I was thinking of putting them on
> Fugly, my fixed wheel bike.
>
> P. Lynn Miller
> Sydney, Australia
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <dvancleve@cox.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Need info on Campy rims]
>
>
> > Forwarding my reply to Tom to the list:
> >
> > > Hi Tom.
> > >
> > > My '87 Raleigh Scott Tinley Technium Trilite came with a full Campy
> Victory gruppo and these rims. The front rim got pretzeled when I was hit
> by a car in the early 90s (no real harm to me, ruined the front rim and
> left
> crank arm). The rear I still have. It has at least a few thousand miles
> on
> it, and has survived 2 broken DS spokes and 1 complete relacing. The
> anodizing shows some wear, but not much really. Mine are/were 32 hole and
> I
> have weighed from about 175-225 while I have owned them, so they are
> pretty
> sturdy and probably not particularly light...
> > >
> > > Doug Van Cleve
> > > Chandler, AZ
>
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