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Campagnolo rear hub is known to have alot of dish and many prefer to
use an "offset" rim to counter it. A few years ago, I purchased a
Campy Chorus 9/10 rear hub and on the advice of my LBS, I had them
built up the wheel with a Ritchey Aero offset rim, DT 14/15 db spokes
and I believe aluminum alloy nipples. The wheels was fine. I didn't
use the wheel much, have maybe 1000 miles or so on it. Not very much
at all.
Recently, I went to put this wheel on my bike and found a crack around
the nipple. Its the same kind of crack that you see from the
"anodizing" and/or rims without any eyelets or both. As you can
imagine, I am very disappointed.
So, it appears I need to repair my rear wheel. The question is do I
need to use another offset type rim? One rim I was looking at is the
Velocity Aerohead OC (off center) rim here (scroll down to Aerohead
OC):
http://peterwhitecycles.com/velocity.asp
The problem is it appears to be similar to the Ritchey offset rim as
its anodized AND it doesn't appear to have any eyelets.
The other option I'm considering is I have a couple of the old silver
Mavic MA-2 rims hanging in my garage (got a decent deal at $27 each).
Although its not a offset rim, it isn't anodized (or doesn't appear to
be) and it does have eyelets. Would this be a better choice?
Thanks for your help!
use an "offset" rim to counter it. A few years ago, I purchased a
Campy Chorus 9/10 rear hub and on the advice of my LBS, I had them
built up the wheel with a Ritchey Aero offset rim, DT 14/15 db spokes
and I believe aluminum alloy nipples. The wheels was fine. I didn't
use the wheel much, have maybe 1000 miles or so on it. Not very much
at all.
Recently, I went to put this wheel on my bike and found a crack around
the nipple. Its the same kind of crack that you see from the
"anodizing" and/or rims without any eyelets or both. As you can
imagine, I am very disappointed.
So, it appears I need to repair my rear wheel. The question is do I
need to use another offset type rim? One rim I was looking at is the
Velocity Aerohead OC (off center) rim here (scroll down to Aerohead
OC):
http://peterwhitecycles.com/velocity.asp
The problem is it appears to be similar to the Ritchey offset rim as
its anodized AND it doesn't appear to have any eyelets.
The other option I'm considering is I have a couple of the old silver
Mavic MA-2 rims hanging in my garage (got a decent deal at $27 each).
Although its not a offset rim, it isn't anodized (or doesn't appear to
be) and it does have eyelets. Would this be a better choice?
Thanks for your help!