Hunt looks like the Prime wheel but narrower (just 25mm), heavier, and more expensive.
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Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [ianmo80]
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Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [NordicSkier]
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I actually ordered the LightBicycle disc with DT350 hubs.
Never arrived. After months of waiting, they finally figured out it was lost in transit and refunded the money.
I'm kinda glad. I always feel guilt buying a Chinese product when there are alternatives.
Ended up getting the Citec Disc for not much more. It is also much much lighter, has DT240 hubs, and is made in Germany (just southwest of Berlin).
Never arrived. After months of waiting, they finally figured out it was lost in transit and refunded the money.
I'm kinda glad. I always feel guilt buying a Chinese product when there are alternatives.
Ended up getting the Citec Disc for not much more. It is also much much lighter, has DT240 hubs, and is made in Germany (just southwest of Berlin).
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [BigBoyND]
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BigBoyND wrote:
I actually ordered the LightBicycle disc with DT350 hubs. Never arrived. After months of waiting, they finally figured out it was lost in transit and refunded the money.
I'm kinda glad. I always feel guilt buying a Chinese product when there are alternatives.
Ended up getting the Citec Disc for not much more. It is also much much lighter, has DT240 hubs, and is made in Germany (just southwest of Berlin).
Perhaps I'm lucky. I was surprised at how quickly my tri spoke wheel from Light Bicycle arrived in Alaska after I ordered it. It took 2 weeks for production before it was shipped, then 4-5 days was delivered by UPS.
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [BigBoyND]
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I also ordered the version with the DT350 hubs.
The hub is only similar to a DT350 hub. I had some problems with the bearings and completely disassembled the hub. The axle is not from DT Swiss. Ratchet seems to be like the original DT but the hub shell is not from DT. I contacted DT Swiss to compare some dimensions and did not found any of the required serial numbers from DT Swiss.
All in all the Disc Wheel is great, but in my case it is useless crap because of wrong dimensions of the hub so you can't adjust the disc rotor correctly.
The hub is only similar to a DT350 hub. I had some problems with the bearings and completely disassembled the hub. The axle is not from DT Swiss. Ratchet seems to be like the original DT but the hub shell is not from DT. I contacted DT Swiss to compare some dimensions and did not found any of the required serial numbers from DT Swiss.
All in all the Disc Wheel is great, but in my case it is useless crap because of wrong dimensions of the hub so you can't adjust the disc rotor correctly.
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [Lehrn2Lose]
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I ended up just biting the bullet and ordering a disc from Swiss Side earlier this year. I do not regret the decision.
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [Julian3000]
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How do you adjust the disc rotor?
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [jimatbeyond]
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I had an issue with my 2021 Cervelo P series disc brakes with my Light wheel disc. I used some rotor shims and have had no issues since.
https://boydcycling.com/products/centerlock-disc-brake-rotor-shim-4-pack.
https://boydcycling.com/products/centerlock-disc-brake-rotor-shim-4-pack.
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [Tucker1]
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Why wouldn't you just adjust the caliper?
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [jimatbeyond]
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The disc rubs on the inside of the caliper . I turned and opened them As much as it allows.
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [Tucker1]
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The entire caliper should be able to be moved in what ever direction you need.
If you are at the physical limit of the caliper movement, you could make the mounting holes a little bigger in whatever direction you need.
If you are at the physical limit of the caliper movement, you could make the mounting holes a little bigger in whatever direction you need.
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [jimatbeyond]
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Makes way more sense to shim your disc rotor. If you shim your rotors so they all are in the same place than you don't need to adjust brakes when swapping wheels. Much better system than modifying your brake caliper...
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [imswimmer328]
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I don't remember anyone talking about swapping wheels.
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [Crentist]
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Crentist wrote:
Lehrn2Lose wrote:
Th4ddy wrote:
Curious if anyone took delivery and can post some pictures?Same. Thinking of pulling the trigger.
I ordered one a few months ago. They send pictures before sending it out, similar to the ones you see in the gallery. The first disc I got in the Unpainted finish. It looked terrible. Unacceptable finish and appearance. I had them do another one in the Sunflower finish. It was slightly better but still looked pretty rough. By then I had already lost confidence in the product and was looking elsewhere so I cancelled when the second one also looked bad.
Can’t say anything about the quality of the wheel but my impression is they haven’t quite figured out how to translate from their wheels to a disc. I have a set of their AR55 wheels and they’ve been nothing but great. The disc is a great price point but I think you’re volunteering to be a bit of a Guinea pig…
That's disappointing. Good to have some honest feedback. I kind of wonder sometimes how many of these glowing product reviews in forums are genuine.... I had a bad experience with LB, although that was a few years ago.
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [zedzded]
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Well that's LB off my list. The amount of wobble is nuts. If that was a rim brake wheel it would be unusable. You could argue that it was a one-off lemon, but then where is the basic quality control? Checking how true it is would take 30s, so they clearly do not understand some very fundamental shit about running a business. And what's the bet they say that's within their set tolerance...
Re: Light Bicycle disc wheel [zedzded]
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I ordered the C21 on the autumn of 2022, and the first one I received wobbled to the level I was totally shocked (at least 3x as much as in that YT video).
Of course, I sent it back (they also paid return shipping), and the 2nd one was almost completely straight. Eventually, I didn't get any explanation how the first one got through their QC, though, except that "you should mount a tubeless tyre and then it will run straight, as it did in our factory", which, of course, I proved wrong.
Anyway, the 2nd one has worked flawlessly so far, as have a couple of sets of their spoked wheels which I have (and had their 3spoke a while back too, that was good as well).
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Of course, I sent it back (they also paid return shipping), and the 2nd one was almost completely straight. Eventually, I didn't get any explanation how the first one got through their QC, though, except that "you should mount a tubeless tyre and then it will run straight, as it did in our factory", which, of course, I proved wrong.
Anyway, the 2nd one has worked flawlessly so far, as have a couple of sets of their spoked wheels which I have (and had their 3spoke a while back too, that was good as well).
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Hasn't LB started up a factory in the USA?