kileyay wrote:
mike s wrote:
Did you run the 25mm Dash Gretchen, or the older narrower one? That's the one I'm thinking of getting for next season when I switch to clinchers. How'd you set it up? How'd you like it?
I ran the new Dash clincher disc (v2 I guess). I had planned to set it up tubeless but it only showed up late last week and I didn't get a chance. I ran a 23mm GPTT with a latex tube and a shit ton of sealant in the tube.
The disc sounds great -- both free hub engagement sound and whomp whomp sound -- and it's really light. Seems exceptionally fragile to me, but it's my first disc and I hear they are all like that. In my opinion the braking / brake track is hall of fame terrible. I mean cheap, China carbon horrific. There is absolutely no justification for a $2100 wheel to have such poor braking. If it were hilly and/or raining, I would likely not run it at all. Borderline dangerous.
Reg. the Dash disc, it does "feel" flimsy, but i have man-handled that disc trying to install various tubeless options. There isn't a single sign of my handling on the disc. Which surprised me a lot... (seriously VCS on rim tape on that disc almost had me giving op..) i ended up getting it to run tubeless on hutchi fusion with no rim tape.
Didnt notice any whomp whomp, but maybe that's just my race helmet. It is definitely light and doesnt have as much inertia as e.g. super-9 when tipping in and out of corners. It also seems fast, but that's just guessing.
More importantly, i think the brake track is adequate for any non-hilly non-rainy course. Haven't tried hills or rain with it. In other words, seems to be your standard carbon brake track.