Moscaline: I am a wheel building master

8/02/2008

Lose the rim and you can save some serious weight.

Marrock said...: I don't know... The cats don't seem very impressed.; 8/03/2008 12:24 PM
Michael Lemberger said...: I get that it needs to use a disk brake, but do you need a thicker rim strip too?; 8/05/2008 1:25 PM
Tarik Saleh said...: Marrock,

The only way to impress the cats is to let the air out of my road tires in their general vicinity.

MauricioB,
Ok, I lied, in reality I just lace the spokes first AND THEN put the rim on, much faster that way....; 8/05/2008 7:37 PM
Michael Lemberger said...: That's unfortunate. Eliminating the rim would have ended the whole clincher vs. tubular vs. tubeless debate once and for all.; 8/05/2008 8:02 PM
carrie said...: He IS a great wheel builder!! I have TWO Tarik-built wheels to prove it :)

(they are awesome, BTW...); 8/07/2008 7:50 AM