Our rim range continues to grow with some new road and mountain bike products in from Salsa and Velocity.
Salsa Delgado
The Delgado is available in 26" and 29er size, with the 29er costing £39.99 per rim and the 26" £59.99 for reasons we don't understand! It comes with a cool chilli sticker.
Read more about the rim here Salsa Delgados
Velocity P35
The P35 is designed by "650b guru" and all-round bike inventor Kirk Pacenti so they are bound to be a bit different, and at 35mm wide they are large. Our build here shows them on a customers front hub from a Jones Spaceframe, at 135mm wide they are the same as most rear hubs.
The idea is that a super-wide rim expands the tyre more than normal so you get more traction, and you can run lower pressures making the tyre mould over bumps better - more comfort and less rolling resistance. More on the P35 rim here >
Velocity A23
More rims from Velocity expand our 700c range and the A23 has already been popular in the short time we've stocked it. Wide-ish for a road rim at 23mm gives the tyre a bigger footprint and smoother more comfortable ride, with the potential to...[ continue reading >> ]