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Doug Peterson
a Commuter
from Date Reviewed: September 13, 2009
Strengths: Really strong.Weaknesses: Too narrow to be a great touring rim. Since the biggest tire you can mount is 32 or 35mm, it's merely a good touring rim. I wouldn't do a long self supported tour on them.Bottom Line: Pretty nice. I commute daily with them with long rides and a few loaded tours in between. They remain perfectly true, which is nice since I've been plagued by wheel troubles until these rims.
Even with my 200lb weight and fifty pounds of gear on the read of the bike I have zero issues -- add all the rough dirt I ride on loaded and I can't complain.
However, at one point the rear rim was dented, but I used pliers to straighten it out more or less. No issues.
The anodizing seems to scratch very, very easily, however. Good thing I enjoy the weathered look.
Favorite Ride: Hurricane Ridge
Price Paid:
$140.00
Purchased At: Wright Bros.
Similar Products Used: Velocity Aerohead OC, an assortment of crappy rims before that.
Bike Setup: Jamis Aurora tourbike. The rims are laced fourcross to Ultegra hubs. Running a 35mm tire in the rear and a 28 in front. Both Panaracer.
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FreuderLocks
a Commuter
from Date Reviewed: June 28, 2009
Strengths: Reasonably light (its a single speed anyway), impeccably true, rock solid, flashy as hell.Weaknesses: If you have found one please inform me!Bottom Line: I really love my Deep V's (red machined frnt, non rear) they are absolutely bomb proof! Built properly qith a .003" runout on both front and rear wheels, they roll unbeleivably true. They have been put through some torture as well, curb hops, potholes and all that wonderful colorado weather. Bombproof.
Favorite Ride: 1984 nishiki Olympic 12 SS conversion
Price Paid:
$350.00
Purchased At: somewhere around her
Bike Setup: I purchased my Nishiki a few years ago, and then never rode it until this spring. I converted it to a single speed (still has front brake) with a flip flop formula Hub (gold front and back) with Phil wood spokes, KBC yellow chain, red Pake Cranks and Red velocity Deep V's (Machined front, machined rear
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evafrazier
a Commuter
from Date Reviewed: October 4, 2008
Strengths: Bombproof.
Attention-getting sexy wheels!Weaknesses: Braking surface is NOISY.
Painted surface is fragile.Bottom Line: I built up a pair of single speed wheels using surly hubs and pink deep-v rims. These wheels went together pretty well (deep rims can be a pain for getting nipples onto spokes). These wheels seem bombproof. I'm a lightweight (125 lb) woman, but I can load this thing up with groceries and haven't had a problem yet. My only issue has been noisy braking.
Favorite Ride: city traffic
Price Paid:
$55.00
Purchased At: universal cycles
Similar Products Used: EA70 wheelset, vuelta, mavic cxp21
Bike Setup: Old schwinn steel beast single speed conversion with sugino crank, cane creek brake levers, and uber long-reach tektro brakes.
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jaxgtr
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: March 7, 2008
Strengths: Strong, stiff, great roll when you get going. Look great on the bike.Weaknesses: Heavy, but then again, so am I, so who cares.Bottom Line: As a large rider, I needed strong wheels and a solid build. I recently got a new bike and wasn't thrilled with the Shimano 105 wheels. I decided to look for a 36 spoke build and after serious research, I went with a the Deep V's. They are super strong and stiff compared to what I was used to riding. After 6 month I have had no issues, but this is also a testimate to the wheel builders skill as well.
Favorite Ride: Southside
Similar Products Used: Mavic Reflex, Bontrager Race Lite, Shimano WH-R550
Bike Setup: Cannondale CAAD9
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oily666
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: June 4, 2007
Strengths: Appearance, durability, light weight, ride.Weaknesses: Haven't found one.Bottom Line: Had these built NINE years ago as an upgrade. They're 28 spokes on Campy Record hubs. They were built at Activity Sports and Cycle by Dave Love who is, in my opinion, one of the best wheel builders in the country. I weigh 170 pounds and run high quality tires. These have been pretty much my everyday wheels and have been on numerous centuries, four RAGBRAI's, three Hilly Hundreds and four other week long rides in Wisconsin over every kind of road surface including miles of gravel. As best as I can figure, they have around 16K miles on them. Even though they're a deep V aero wheel, they weigh about the same as a set of Campy Protons but ride smoother. Obviously they climb well for a deep V but the durability has been amazing. I was told to bring them back after a few weeks for tweaking. I waited six years and we still had to use a dial indicator to find the .008" of runout in the rear wheel. Wheels are only as good a their builder.
Favorite Ride: Sunny between 35 and 90 degrees
Purchased At: Activity Sports, Bel
Similar Products Used: Campy Protons, Mavic CXP.
FIR EL102 (cracked around spoke nipples at 6K miles)
Bike Setup: Bianchi Eros with mix of all Campy except Athena. Profile carbon fork. Speedplay Frogs or Look A 5.1's. The 8 speed Mirage Ergo shifters work perfectly after over 20K miles. The Chorus 10's on my Look are on their second rebuild since 2002. Go figure.
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