Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
My 29" DT Swiss XMC 12OO rims took a hell of a beating at the Odyssey. The front was definitely not straight, and has some nasty wrinkles on the side wall. The rear isn't as bad, but it's there, and being carbon, I don't trust them and I can't afford the $3k to replace like-for-like.
The current generation of my wheel has a 30mm wide rim, I'm currently on 24mm wide, and don't ride a tyre narrower than 2.25, is there much benefit for me to go wider? I have mainly loose over hard trails, with the occasional sandy patch.
Alloy is not out of the question, but I'd prefer carbon, well, because carbon. And that old Unicorn of light weight AND durable. It's not a dedicated race bike, they need to cope with daily use from my fat arse.
The current generation of my wheel has a 30mm wide rim, I'm currently on 24mm wide, and don't ride a tyre narrower than 2.25, is there much benefit for me to go wider? I have mainly loose over hard trails, with the occasional sandy patch.
Alloy is not out of the question, but I'd prefer carbon, well, because carbon. And that old Unicorn of light weight AND durable. It's not a dedicated race bike, they need to cope with daily use from my fat arse.