Campagnolo Stheno rims worth anything?

[Crum]

Not a money question.... A function one.... I am rebuilding the wheels on my ALM-1, and it came with a set of Stheno rims on it.. I have read lots of reviews on the net, and most complain of them having a tendency to crush under braking... I am putting most of that down to them not realizing that they are supposed to have a concave brake surface..........

Anyone out there have any experience with Campy MTB rims?? Will they stand up to a big guy commuting? (275lbs)

 

[orange71]

they are quite soft in my experience but that concave surface thing does make it look worse than it is :shock:

 

[elPedro666]

Ran them on a 'Dale for a year or two in the nineties, had no trouble at all other than I always found it awkward to set up the brake pads :? Was probably running Force40s though & I believe getting them to just about passably work is NASA's advanced competency test

Quite deep & skinny as I remember, like me at the time...

 

[stevec1975]

Best rims I have ever used. Wish I could get some NOS ones now.

 

[Crum]

Then I should look into aerospace engineering... I have had no problems setting them up I cheated and stuck some of that sticky backed sandpaper for the orbital sanders on the rims. I used it to pre-profile the shoes to match the concave rims...

I might just leave the old wheels laced up as spares, and put the new hubs in different rims probably some old Mavic 221's that I have....

There is a guy on Ebay US selling a NOS one right now... pretty cheap too....

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Campagnolo-STHE ... 3f012c2597