Rim woes

[Andydauddwr]

Hi folks,

Have done a little damage to the rear wheel on the Santana.  Basically I over-tightened the spokes on the truing jig and the RIM has started to crack along the centre line between spoke eyelets.  I'm struggling to find a similar replacement.

The current rim is a Mavic CXP-33 40 hole.  JD have been on the case for me, but the best they can suggest is an A719, which I think has significantly less of a deep-section.

So what I'm after is either a dusty back room somewhere with a CXP-33 I can buy or an alternative which is at least as deep (if not deeper).

A couple of hours on google hasn't yielded much luck.  I even tried Harris cyclery,  but to no avail.  The mavic website still lists the CXP-33 as current, but there are no contact details on there to ask intelligent questions and their specification info doesn't even mention spoke count.  I've seen some reference to 40H velocity rims, but they look a little on the narrow side for tandem use.

I guess this could be the excuse we've been waiting for to buy a bling new wheelset, but I'm not sure if that can be justified at the moment.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

AC

[clarion]

Good luck with your search, but the A719 is a great rim.

[andrew_s]

Velocity do one widish rim in 700c 40h - the Dyad Their other 40h rims are narrower and deeper (Deep V, Fusion). Try asking BrickLaneBikes, otherwise it will be Peter White or somewhere.

Mavic seem to have stopped catering for unusual spoke counts some time ago.

[Tewdric]

Velocity do one widish rim in 700c 40h - the Dyad Their other 40h rims are narrower and deeper (Deep V, Fusion). Try asking BrickLaneBikes, otherwise it will be Peter White or somewhere.

Mavic seem to have stopped catering for unusual spoke counts some time ago.

The Dyad looks like a good tip - seems to have the same ERD as the CXP33 too so a simple transplant will be possible.

Amazon.com: Velocity Dyad 700c 40h Silver: Sports & Outdoors

[Andydauddwr]

Thankyou, good find!

AC 

[rogerzilla]

Will they ship to the UK?  The only Velocity 40-hole rim I could get last year was a Deep V, and I had to pay through the nose for that.  I really wanted a Fusion.

[Martin109]

I've got a pair of Velocity Dyads, one 48H, one 40H, which I've built up and am very pleased with.  I got them from triathlon specialists 53-12.

[Andydauddwr]

As predicted by RZ, the amazon link will not ship to the UK.  Have enquired with 53-12, so fingers crossed...

Thanks,

AC

[phil d]

I may be wrong (wouldn't be the first time) but I think that the tandem shop in Telford import Velocity rims.  IIRC Mr U N Dulates of this parish is using them on his tandem.  Might be worth a pm to check.

[Andydauddwr]

Thanks may try that.  53-12 didn't have any, but put me onto bricklanebikes who are apparently the sole importer for velocity.  They don't have any in stock but are pricing up as a special order...

AC

[Tewdric]

As predicted by RZ, the amazon link will not ship to the UK.  Have enquired with 53-12, so fingers crossed...

Thanks,

AC

Doh!  Sorry.

[Jasmine]

Just a thought, but if you can't get them in the UK, you could get them shipped to someone you know in the US and they could post them on, assuming the postage isn't stupid.