Wide Rim (~24mm) Training Wheels - Do they exist?

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I recently purchased an older model set of Flo wheels which have a 24.5mm external rim width. The brakes had to be adjusted to fit the new width and it would have to be a pain to adjust them every time I swap wheels (my other 3 sets of wheels are all narrower).

Are there wider rim training wheels (aka. cheaper) out there I could use for training on? I simply need something that I can swap out without having to adjust the brakes.

Thanks!

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Hed Belgiums are 25mms wide, you can have them built up for around 600 a pair.

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Profile 24/Twentyfour Alloy clincher are ~350. Guess how wide they are…

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Flo 30s? Can be found used from time to time.

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I had two sets of Quills built this spring ($550 total) and have been riding a set of Ailerons for 2 years now.

  • the Quils were built 20/28 and in over 1500 miles are still perfectly true and roll as well as HED FRs.
  • I know the Ailerons are disc rims, but I liked the profile and design so ordered a pair (20/24, Sapin blade, etc) to use with rim brakes and have been very happy with them. The only drawback is when braking when the pad goes across the seam there is a very slight pulse. I’m doing a hilly half IM in the fall and will use these instead of my HED 6/9 wheels.

http://www.velocityusa.com/product/rims/quill-622

http://www.velocityusa.com/product/rims/aileron-622

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Bontragers and Fulcrum LGs are both fairly wide.

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I had two sets of Quills built this spring ($550 total) and have been riding a set of Ailerons for 2 years now.

  • the Quils were built 20/28 and in over 1500 miles are still perfectly true and roll as well as HED FRs.
  • I know the Ailerons are disc rims, but I liked the profile and design so ordered a pair (20/24, Sapin blade, etc) to use with rim brakes and have been very happy with them. The only drawback is when braking when the pad goes across the seam there is a very slight pulse. I’m doing a hilly half IM in the fall and will use these instead of my HED 6/9 wheels.

http://www.velocityusa.com/product/rims/quill-622

http://www.velocityusa.com/product/rims/aileron-622

Using caliper brakes on a rim designed for discs is an exceedingly bad idea. You are subjecting the rims to forces for which they were not intended and braking on a surface that has no dedicated braking track.

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Ordinarily I might agree with you but in this case they are engineered the same as rim brake rims, just don’t have the joint finished and the side milled for rim brakes. I have close to 5k on them without any issues.

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Flo 30s are nice and they are even a decent wheel to race on. Durable, reasonably aero and they only weight 30g more than my 404s, which is a lot less than a set of Flo 60s. Consider them your climbing wheels.

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DT Swiss R460 are 23mm wide. I know they are not 25’s, but they can also be had for $40 a piece or less. They are a great rim.

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I recently picked up a pair of Vision Team 30 for like a hundred quid (GBP) in a sale. These are approx 25mm. And they have a steel freehub body which is ideal in a training set.

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Another vote for either Flo 30’s, or a wheelset built with HED Belgium rims (can get clincher or tubular) built with Ultegra hubs and DT double butt spokes.

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Another option if you don’t want another wheelset, or feel like riding your FLO’s all the time, would be to look into changing your brakes to something like the TriRig Omega. They make brake width adjustments very easy.

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Another vote for HED Belgiums. Kinda crazy, but I have Velocity Dyads on my touring bike. I think they’re 24 mm and I promise you would not have to worry about truing them for a long time!

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Lots of options out there:

Pancetti sl 25’s
HED Belgium
Williams 25’s
Boyd Altimont (i think)
Zipp’s new 30 alloy wheel
DT swiss and Velocity both have new wider alloy rims

Go to wheelbuilder.com or prowheelbuilder.com and look at all of the rim options and build choices. Easy to get a really good wheelset for 500-600 that will last for 50k miles.

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Lots of options out there:

Boyd Altimont (i think)

Close :slight_smile:
It’s Altamont, and we also have the new Altamont Lite
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Another vote for HED Belgiums. Kinda crazy, but I have Velocity Dyads on my touring bike. I think they’re 24 mm and I promise you would not have to worry about truing them for a long time!

That isn’t a property of any rim…

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Nothing is bomb proof, but a well-built 36 spoke wheel like a Dyad is going to take A LOT of abuse. I have about 8,000 commuting miles on mine since the last time I even touched them with a spoke wrench.

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Another vote for Altamont. I got them with the intention of training on them and racing on 303 tubies…but I find myself just keeping them on.

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Nothing is bomb proof, but a well-built 36 spoke wheel like a Dyad is going to take A LOT of abuse. I have about 8,000 commuting miles on mine since the last time I even touched them with a spoke wrench.

I put at least 50,000 miles on a set of Rolf’s and never trued them. The hub flange on the rear finally broke, but my nephew still rides the front on his hipster dufus single speed. These wheels were made just after Campy switched to 10 speed, so around late 90s early 2000, and the front has still never needed truing. They had a crazy low spoke count, but some really beefy rims