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Friday, April 27, 2012

Re-build: PowerTap SL+ Disc to Stan's NoTubes Crest 29

This is my personal rear wheel.  The original only lasted a couple of weeks, all due to my impatience.  I made it less than 10 minutes into a trail ride when I hit a piece of glass and cut a roughly 9mm slice in the tire.  When it didn't seal I decided to ride it back to the car flat.  That's when I clipped a rock and dented my rim.

It's held up well with a tube, actually.  But I strongly prefer tubeless, especially with a Stan's rim.  So I ordered a new Crest rim, and re-laced it.  About an hour later I was ready to roll with power on my mountain bike.

The PowerTap SL+ is laced 3x/3x to a NoTubes Crest 29 rim with black DT Swiss Revolution spokes and black DT Swiss ProLoc brass nipples.  The wheel is set up tubeless with Stan's Yellow Tape and ZTR valve.  Tire is a Maxxis Aspen 29x2.1.


New Build: Velocity A23 rims to Dura-Ace 7900 hubs

So classic.  Silver Velocity A23 rims, silver Shimano Dura-Ace 7900 hubs, DT Swiss Competition spokes, silver brass nipples.  2x front, 3x rear.

The rims continue to impress, they tension up really well, the tension is routinely very even, the rims come out of the box incredibly straight.  The weight is right, the price is right, there are color choices.

Next wheel build, strongly consider the A23.