Machine Tech/Ritchey Vantage Pro wheels SOLD

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Just got these and changed plans, so going back up for what I paid. All I did was fit tyres. Borrowing original ad blurb:

Pair of silver Machine Tech hubs, Hollow Core front, Power claw rear, both 32 hole, laced with DT spokes via black alloy nipples to Ritchey Vantage Pro rims.
Rear hub is laced radial non-drive side, 3 cross drive side, front is radially laced.

Hubs were used but in excellent condition when built, the rims were NOS, the spokes and nipples were new, they have done about 250 miles since built. Both wheels are dead true, the front rolls smoothly without any notching or rumbling, the rear rolls and rolls, but does have a rumble. The hubs are rebuildable with sealed cartridge units. The 'Power claw' freehub is in good condition and engages well, it is a silent one, disconcertingly so. The freehub body is alloy and has a couple of little notches from a cassette (and single cog as I used it - but a wide based one), a cassette goes on and off smoothly.

Cosmetically they look great, a few small marks as to be expected, and the 'Vantage Pro' sticker from the front rim has inexplicably disappeared, the rims are still flat with no concavity as per Anthony's rim gauge table (TM).

can take an 8 spd cassette

£140 INC UK courier, worldwide for extra at cost SOLD


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I can't stop looking at them..

Shame i've sold (or selling) anything suitable to put them on.. :(
 
(as a fat bloke) ive never ridden radially spoked wheels before. Is there a noticeable difference in feel/flex?
 
I never rode with these, often thought it felt more rigid up front when radial but that could be all in my mind :lol:

From Jobst Brandt, via sheldons page :

"I think you are imagining all this. There is no change in radial elasticity between a radial and crossed spoke wheel with the same components, other than the length of the spokes. A 290 mm spoke is 3% stiffer than a 300 mm spoke of the same type. Since spokes stretch elastically about 0.1mm on a hard bump (not ordinary road ripples), the elastic difference between the radial and cross-three wheel is 3% x 0.1mm = 0.003 mm. Copier paper is 0.075 mm thick, and if you can feel that when you ride over it on a glassy smooth concrete surface, please let me know. You have greater sensitivity than the lady in "the princess and the pea" fable.
 
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