CRC wheels

penexpers

Hey,

Has anyone bought a pair of handbuilt wheels off CRC? I'm just looking for a basic set, they have a good price on Deore hubs/Mavic EN321 rims.

CheGuedara

Bought a set of deore on 521s maybe 6 yrs ago: good precursors to what you're looking at - no buckles, no problems to date so

Hubs are starting to show their age and the braking surface is pretty seroiusly worn but that's about it and that just down to wear and time.

ednwireland

bought a pair of mavic m521's on xt many years ago (8+) still going strong replaced a couple of spokes but thats about it still true and running

Sneaky_Russian

I just had to send back a 819/XT wheel. basically feel apart after 40 mins of riding.

They said it was my own fault for not upgrading to prolock nipples when i ordered....The standard nipples are not suitable for mountain biking....:eek:

And now they want to charge me £15 to upgrade the nipples.

there you go....

DirkVoodoo

Check out Merlin cycles also, they are quite renowned for their wheelbuilding and the ones on my malt are pretty solid so far.

Acoustic

without blowing my trumpet

my old man has a shop and a guy called steve flynn builds his specialised wheels and anybody in the cycling circle will know him top notch indeed

rob1891

Cliff who? Steve is the man.

Rims wear through before his wheels go out of true.

Heh heh. ;-)

Acoustic

rob1891 wrote: »

Cliff who? Steve is the man.

Rims wear through before his wheels go out of true.

Heh heh. ;-)

you know steve ????

he's over in dundrum

rob1891

Acoustic wrote: »

you know steve ????

he's over in dundrum

No, not personally, but our house is full of his wheels. My uncle (a vet now) would know him from his own younger racing days and put us in touch. Me/brother/dad/uncle would all be cycling around on Steve's wheels, though there are more factory ones sneaking in and recently and I am rolling my own.

The rhyme was just a moment of inspiration :-)

We have gone to him directly and through Humphries of Finglas. Not sure what/if other shops use him, but his shed had an unimaginable mountain of wheels in it when I went there once as a kid. Awesome! He must build for the whole country!

bunnygreen

Hi,how can i get in touch with Steve,thanks

Acoustic

rob1891 wrote: »

No, not personally, but our house is full of his wheels. My uncle (a vet now) would know him from his own younger racing days and put us in touch. Me/brother/dad/uncle would all be cycling around on Steve's wheels, though there are more factory ones sneaking in and recently and I am rolling my own.

The rhyme was just a moment of inspiration :-)

We have gone to him directly and through Humphries of Finglas. Not sure what/if other shops use him, but his shed had an unimaginable mountain of wheels in it when I went there once as a kid. Awesome! He must build for the whole country!

Humphries is my dads shop

so i see steve every wed and sat , is when he's in

he doesnt do wheels for the public , and as far as i know he just deals with my dad

penexpers

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Check out Merlin cycles also, they are quite renowned for their wheelbuilding and the ones on my malt are pretty solid so far.

hey thanks for the tip. Turns out they are cheaper than CRC, just postage makes them a bit more expensive.