Comments on: Sea Otter Classic: Day One- Part II http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/sea-otter-classic-day-one-part-ii/ 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:54:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ted T http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/sea-otter-classic-day-one-part-ii/#comment-38422 Ted T Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:56:05 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/1139/#comment-38422 FMB? What does that stand for again please? http://www.fm-boyaux.fr/ FMB? What does that stand for again please?

http://www.fm-boyaux.fr/

]]> By: manchester trev http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/sea-otter-classic-day-one-part-ii/#comment-38388 manchester trev Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:58:02 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/1139/#comment-38388 FMB is the person who makes them , Francois Marie Boyaux www.fm-boyaux.fr hope this helps. FMB is the person who makes them , Francois Marie Boyaux

http://www.fm-boyaux.fr

hope this helps.

]]> By: Cloxxki http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/sea-otter-classic-day-one-part-ii/#comment-38376 Cloxxki Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:27:28 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/1139/#comment-38376 FMB? What does that stand for again please? FMB? What does that stand for again please?

]]> By: manchester trev http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/sea-otter-classic-day-one-part-ii/#comment-38362 manchester trev Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:25:06 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/1139/#comment-38362 JHK and T- Brown used dugast 45mm tubs on bonty carbon rims, with great success, and there only 19mm wide, if i was to do it id use mavic reflex at 21mm, and also dugast will custom any 29er tire up to 2.00 wide onto a tubular, as will FMB, who are apparently making a 700x50c tub at the moment.......... JHK and T- Brown used dugast 45mm tubs on bonty carbon rims, with great success, and there only 19mm wide, if i was to do it id use mavic reflex at 21mm, and also dugast will custom any 29er tire up to 2.00 wide onto a tubular, as will FMB, who are apparently making a 700×50c tub at the moment……….

]]> By: AC http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/sea-otter-classic-day-one-part-ii/#comment-38346 AC Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:59:17 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/1139/#comment-38346 I got to hold the Edge wheels today and they are killer nice and killer expensive... 800'ish per rim. Whoa! Way, out of my reach. I also saw the Spot belt drive in person and that's a really hot setup. They said they will be selling a conversion kit, which should be about $150 from QBP. If you have the Breezer style dropouts you can modify your frame to accept the belt drive system. When I get home I'm going to see what frame I can convert, because I loved it and want it.... I got to hold the Edge wheels today and they are killer nice and killer expensive… 800′ish per rim. Whoa! Way, out of my reach.

I also saw the Spot belt drive in person and that’s a really hot setup. They said they will be selling a conversion kit, which should be about $150 from QBP. If you have the Breezer style dropouts you can modify your frame to accept the belt drive system. When I get home I’m going to see what frame I can convert, because I loved it and want it….

]]> By: Cloxxki http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/sea-otter-classic-day-one-part-ii/#comment-38290 Cloxxki Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:29:35 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/1139/#comment-38290 Dugast has been taking order for custom 45mm tubs for years, and could do wider if asked kindly. Several Olympians already got such tires, just in case, for the 2004 Athens Games. Offer Dugast a 26"x50mm tires, and you up with a 29x45 tubular due to the stretching of the tread. I saw a Belgian guy at a race once, Ksyriums with Ritchey treaded tubulars. He rolled one off the narrow rim and DNF. Dugast has been taking order for custom 45mm tubs for years, and could do wider if asked kindly. Several Olympians already got such tires, just in case, for the 2004 Athens Games. Offer Dugast a 26″x50mm tires, and you up with a 29×45 tubular due to the stretching of the tread.
I saw a Belgian guy at a race once, Ksyriums with Ritchey treaded tubulars. He rolled one off the narrow rim and DNF.

]]> By: Jason Hilimire http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/sea-otter-classic-day-one-part-ii/#comment-38285 Jason Hilimire Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:16:47 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/1139/#comment-38285 I'm guessing edge is on to something here. Word on the street is that JHK is testing out some tubulars laced up to 29" carbon bontrager rims. I’m guessing edge is on to something here. Word on the street is that JHK is testing out some tubulars laced up to 29″ carbon bontrager rims.

]]> By: Guitar Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/sea-otter-classic-day-one-part-ii/#comment-38273 Guitar Ted Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:45:36 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/1139/#comment-38273 Eurowheels: The rims they have been testing are clinchers. Actually, tubular rims are stronger than clinchers due to the shape of the cross section. mike: Interesting. It would seem that the lawyers are busy in the cycling world these days. Sad. Eurowheels: The rims they have been testing are clinchers. Actually, tubular rims are stronger than clinchers due to the shape of the cross section.

mike: Interesting. It would seem that the lawyers are busy in the cycling world these days. Sad.

]]> By: Sevo http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/sea-otter-classic-day-one-part-ii/#comment-38257 Sevo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:21:47 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/1139/#comment-38257 Actually I have a set coming next week. The technology is there. I worked at LEW when we were working on carbon clinchers. We had a client worried they would crack when hit with a pot hole. My boss smacked them against the curb with a road tire pumped to 140lbs....no issue. Now me being one to be a bit extreme, I ripped the tire off and smacked the wheel into the curb myself....with my full force (i'm 230lbs it wasn't a tap and well I like to break stuff). Nothing. it actually CHIPPED the curb! I road 1200 gram (real weight) road wheels 16/20 spokes f/r for almost a year. I had a license to kill and hit every pot hole I could and road dirt roads with them. Nothing. Didn't go out of true a hair. The first wave of wheels are clinchers as I understand it. Testing stuff on the DL is very easy actually. Rock Shox does it all the time. It's not like you go test stuff with your logo all over a van and make it known. It happens all the time. Tubular 29er wheels...interesting thought. Time will tell. To test those wouldn't be too tough as I believe there are 44mm tubular cross tires out there which would actually be harsher on the rims from a durability standpoint. Actually I have a set coming next week.

The technology is there. I worked at LEW when we were working on carbon clinchers. We had a client worried they would crack when hit with a pot hole. My boss smacked them against the curb with a road tire pumped to 140lbs….no issue.

Now me being one to be a bit extreme, I ripped the tire off and smacked the wheel into the curb myself….with my full force (i’m 230lbs it wasn’t a tap and well I like to break stuff). Nothing. it actually CHIPPED the curb!

I road 1200 gram (real weight) road wheels 16/20 spokes f/r for almost a year. I had a license to kill and hit every pot hole I could and road dirt roads with them. Nothing. Didn’t go out of true a hair.

The first wave of wheels are clinchers as I understand it. Testing stuff on the DL is very easy actually. Rock Shox does it all the time. It’s not like you go test stuff with your logo all over a van and make it known. It happens all the time.

Tubular 29er wheels…interesting thought. Time will tell. To test those wouldn’t be too tough as I believe there are 44mm tubular cross tires out there which would actually be harsher on the rims from a durability standpoint.

]]> By: EuroWheels http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/sea-otter-classic-day-one-part-ii/#comment-38253 EuroWheels Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:17:51 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/04/18/1139/#comment-38253 Don't hold your breath waiting for those Edge wheels. Forgetting any other mountains of doubt, how do you "quietly test[ing] these hoops in some pretty demanding conditions for two years now" without tires? Don’t hold your breath waiting for those Edge wheels. Forgetting any other mountains of doubt, how do you “quietly test[ing] these hoops in some pretty demanding conditions for two years now” without tires?

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