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Bob Flemming said:

Ordered some odds and sods on Sunday evening - showed up Tuesday morning at 8am!

Good service, or what?

Is good, and probably the cheapest source for Open Pro rims at £21 post free. Shame they never have
much else I want.

~PB

Pete Biggs said:

Shame they never have much else I want.

Sure, but I wonder how much stuff they have that is not advertised on the web-site? Probably not a
busting lot, but..

I ordered a Deore 9sp freehub by mistake, not realizing it was 135mm spacing, and wanted a 130mm for
a road bike. The web-site didn't show a suitable alternative, but one the guys on the phone said he
could fix me up the very thing..

So....get it on the web-site boys so we can see it!

bob <no complaints here though

Pete Biggs wrote:

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Quoted message said:

Is good, and probably the cheapest source for Open Pro rims at £21 post free. Shame they never
have much else I want.

Are these good ? I'm looking for a pair of rims to supplement my existing Arayas (I currently have a
7-speed freewheel and want to migrate to a 7-speed freehub which I already own : 126mm spacing is
the underlying limitation). And what does "CD" and "Ceramic" mean in this context -- silverm black &
blue I understand, but I'm lost on the others ...

** Phil.

Philip TAYLOR PC336/H-XP said:

Quoted message said:

and probably the cheapest source for Open Pro rims at £21 post free.

Are these good ?

Yes, good general purpose rim for a road bike. Lightweight and strong for its weight, but I reckon
the slightly heavier and deeper Mavic CXP33 should be stronger if weight is not much of a concern
and you can afford the extra cost. Mavic MA3 should be ok and strong if you want a low cost one.

Quoted message said:

I'm looking for a pair of rims to supplement my existing Arayas

What type and quality of bike is it and what do you do with it?

Quoted message said:

And what does "CD" and "Ceramic" mean in this context

CD is French for hard anodized. It's a kind of ceramic coating or process applied to protect the rim
and make its surface harder. It has little advantage but a potentially terrible disadvantage: rims
are more prone to cracking! That's according to theory (cracks in surface propogate into rest of
rim), and although it proves nothing on its own, the only rim I've ever completely busted open was
an MA40 - which is the hard anodized version of the highly respected (and now defunct) MA2. So I
personally wouldn't buy them again (until I'm very rich at least). By the way, all the other
versions (including silver) are soft anodised - which is harmless.

I think the "Ceramic" versions have their braking surfaces CD'd too so require special brake pads.
Some people like them, others find braking with this type of rim awful.

There is a *minor* problem with clicking noises with some Open Pros (find more details via Google
Groups) but not all do it, and apparently the latest ones being made are better.

~PB

Pete Biggs said:

Philip TAYLOR PC336/H-XP said:

Quoted message said:

and probably the cheapest source for Open Pro rims at £21 post free.

Are these good ?

Yes, good general purpose rim for a road bike. Lightweight and strong for its weight, but I reckon
the slightly heavier and deeper Mavic CXP33 should be stronger if weight is not much of a concern
and you can afford the extra cost. Mavic MA3 should be ok and strong if you want a low cost one.

Quoted message said:

I'm looking for a pair of rims to supplement my existing Arayas

What type and quality of bike is it and what do you do with it?

Many thanks for the feedback, Pete. The bike is my pride-and-joy, an Suntour-equipped
aluminium-framed Sakae-Ringyo (SR) picked up for around GBP 200 at Oxted cycle fair a couple of
years ago. It predates the use of oversized tubing, so looks much more elegant to my ageing eyes,
and is the sort of bike I would have given my eye teeth for when I was a lad at school. What I do
with it is to cycle around country lanes with my wife (who's about half my age), re-living my youth,
pretending I could keep up with the TdF peloton (something I couldn't even have done as a teenager!)
and wishing I were still less than ten stones in weight rather than nearly thirteen... But at least
I can climb hills again, although I keep putting off the dreadful day when I finally tackle Titsey
Hill out of Westerham.

** Phil.

Philip TAYLOR PC87S-O/XP said:

Many thanks for the feedback, Pete. The bike is my pride-and-joy, an Suntour-equipped
aluminium-framed Sakae-Ringyo (SR) picked up for around GBP 200 at Oxted cycle fair a couple of
years ago. It predates the use of oversized tubing, so looks much more elegant to my ageing eyes,
and is the sort of bike I would have given my eye teeth for when I was a lad at school. What I do
with it is to cycle around country lanes with my wife (who's about half my age), re-living my
youth, pretending I could keep up with the TdF peloton (something I couldn't even have done as a
teenager!) and wishing I were still less than ten stones in weight rather than nearly thirteen...
But at least I can climb hills again, although I keep putting off the dreadful day when I finally
tackle Titsey Hill out of Westerham.

Hi Phil, I reckon the Open Pro would do what you need well, although it's not a particularly
elegant-looking rim - in a classic way at least. But who cares about that when you've got a wife
half your age :-)

~PB

Pete Biggs said:

Philip TAYLOR PC87S-O/XP said:

Many thanks for the feedback, Pete. The bike is my pride-and-joy, an Suntour-equipped
aluminium-framed Sakae-Ringyo (SR) picked up for around GBP 200 at Oxted cycle fair a couple of
years ago. It predates the use of oversized tubing, so looks much more elegant to my ageing
eyes, and is the sort of bike I would have given my eye teeth for when I was a lad at school.
What I do with it is to cycle around country lanes with my wife (who's about half my age),
re-living my youth, pretending I could keep up with the TdF peloton (something I couldn't even
have done as a teenager!) and wishing I were still less than ten stones in weight rather than
nearly thirteen... But at least I can climb hills again, although I keep putting off the
dreadful day when I finally tackle Titsey Hill out of Westerham.

Hi Phil, I reckon the Open Pro would do what you need well, although it's not a particularly
elegant-looking rim - in a classic way at least. But who cares about that when you've got a wife
half your age :-)

Nice point : many thanks, Pete! ** Phil.

Bob Flemming said:

Ordered some odds and sods on Sunday evening - showed up Tuesday morning at 8am!

Good service, or what?

I'll second that. I've had excellent service from www.cyclexpress.co.uk every time I've dealt with
them. I've previously asked them over the phone if they could be quick with an order to help me out
and it came through the front door the very next morning. They've also cheerfully accepted returns
from me over a month after the original purchase (when I put the box on a shelf and forgot about
it). As a bonus they have great prices and free delivery. Couldn't really ask for much more.

Bob
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