Sun cr18 rims - good, bad, ugly?

[ishaw]

That'll do snake, that'll do.

Cheers for the pics, has helped sway me.

 

[Anthony]

When Orange used WTB Speedmaster rims they had some terrible reviews. I couldn't understand why, but when journalists say a particular type of rim won't stay true, no matter who builds/rebuilds the wheel, it just makes you wonder. To me, if you build a wheel properly it should stay true, and I don't understand why the nipples would loosen from the spokes with one type of rim and not another, but that's what they said. I've never built a wheel with a WTB rim, so I can't contradict, but nor can I understand it.

I didn't mean to suggest that all Sun rims were hum drum, far from it, just that a CR18 is a budget rim compared to the CR17. I don't think the difference between the two is as widely appreciated though as the difference between the Mavic 221 and 517.

Nuke Proof hubs were expensive, but had a reputation for being fragile (the opposite of the name ironically). You would expect to see them built into top-level rims though.

 

[Anthony]

Here's one with top-level accompaniment. I think that must be a 217 Ceramic rim and presumably a Kore ti skewer.

 

[ishaw]

Here's one with top-level accompaniment. I think that must be a 217 Ceramic rim and presumably a Kore ti skewer.

Cheers, is that yours as I have the same brake blocks that I have not used yet and wondered if they were worth taking out of the box? Mine are green though and I guess this is going slightly off topic.

 

[Tizumo]

I think the WTB rims were also made by Sun. There's some similarities in design too.

 

[8lezard]

Good rims in my experience.

Had mine built up with XT hubs at LBS three years ago.

Not had to touch them since...

 

[cannondale king]

i built some cr18 rims up to xt m737 rear hub and a Tioga SP hub for jango they have stayed true from what he's said and after some harsh peaks action too so if built by a skilled wheel builder they should be ok. I noticed while building them they are a little soft so do need some time and a keen eye with gentle touch to get them balance and golden so prob best to get a pro wheel smith to build them than a home brew job as could be easy to fubar them.

Hope this helps

pics of the wheels seems nuke proof works well with cr18's

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... f&start=30