Can new rims be fitted?

denbatt

I have a pair of Dura Ace c24's, noticed over the last couple of months the wear indicators are very worn and brake surface is concave. Does anyone know can i fit new rims? Hubs and spokes are mint, be a shame to not be able to use them anymore

seamus

You'd practically always replace the spokes too, but otherwise yes you can have new rims built onto your hubs.

ford2600

denbatt wrote: »

I have a pair of Dura Ace c24's, noticed over the last couple of months the wear indicators are very worn and brake surface is concave. Does anyone know can i fit new rims? Hubs and spokes are mint, be a shame to not be able to use them anymore

Search the bigger forums, but from memory rims wouldn't be cheap (are rs80 the same rim?)

The big question is who would you trust with a 2 cross 20 spoke wheelbuild or a radial 16 spoke.

denbatt

seamus wrote: »

You'd practically always replace the spokes too, but otherwise yes you can have new rims built onto your hubs.

Cheers, gonna ask a couple of local bike shops to see what options are.

denbatt

ford2600 wrote: »

Search the bigger forums, but from memory rims wouldn't be cheap (are rs80 the same rim?)

The big question is who would you trust with a 2 cross 20 spoke wheelbuild or a radial 16 spoke.

I also have rs80's. Don't think they are the exact same. Don't know who I would trust, hence asking on here

murf85

denbatt wrote: »

I have a pair of Dura Ace c24's, noticed over the last couple of months the wear indicators are very worn and brake surface is concave. Does anyone know can i fit new rims? Hubs and spokes are mint, be a shame to not be able to use them anymore

Will be very interested to hear your solution to this one Denbatt!! Iv a pair of c35's in a very similar situation to your c24's. 2016 could be their last year, and with recently serviced hubs and freehub, it'd be a shame to just hang them up!

Daroxtar

Out of curiosity, what kind of mileage is on the DA rims, or what would you expect to get from them?

murf85

Daroxtar wrote: »

Out of curiosity, what kind of mileage is on the DA rims, or what would you expect to get from them?

At a guess, iv probably 20,000km + on my C35's.

Seweryn

An average rim life is expected to be in the region of 20 to 35k km from my own experience.

I guess the cost of rims for an off the shelf high end wheelset including labour and spokes (if required) will be very high, but I hope I am wrong.
Finding an experienced wheel builder is another thing, especially for this type of wheelset. You could probably do it yourself with the right tools and data regarding spoke tensions, etc., but would be better to send it to a good wheel builder.

Good luck and let us know how you get on with the repair works.

denbatt

To follow up on this, unfortunately it just will not be cost effective, rims are stupid money and even the spokes and nipples would add up fast. Better off saving for new rims next year now. Pity tho.

seamus

denbatt wrote: »

To follow up on this, unfortunately it just will not be cost effective, rims are stupid money and even the spokes and nipples would add up fast. Better off saving for new rims next year now. Pity tho.

If you're interested, find yourself the cheapest rims and spokes you can, and experiment with rebuilding the wheels yourself.

You might even be able to build usable turbo/cx/winter wheels out of it.

Seweryn

seamus wrote: »

If you're interested, find yourself the cheapest rims and spokes you can, and experiment with rebuilding the wheels yourself.

I would be careful if the hubs are only 16F / 20R. Depends on your weight, but that is still a very low spoke number for any rim. You would also need stronger spokes and tension them higher. All in all, a tricky task to select decent components for the new build.

All in all, the design of the Dura Ace wheelset is not great in general and very limiting if you are to replace the rims with something different. Pity, because the DA hubs are very good.
Same situation with the Mavic Ksyrium or similar designs. Boutique type wheels I would call them.