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A few weeks ago we were talking about BWW XCR Pure wheelsets - forum sponsor Bicycle Wheel Warehouse's house-brand wheels. Mine arrived today and they are quite impressive. They are in a color combination that I don't see on their site -
Out of the box they are just about dead true and my dial indicator truing gizmo indicates that the rim decals are the biggest deflection at 0.005" thick
The radial runout is way better than anything that I'd worry about on my home built wheels. What was more impressive than their trueness was the even spoke tensions. My pluck 'ping' test showed that lots of care had gone into this wheelbuild.
The BWW hubs are an unknown quantity as they are a new(ish) name to us on the market but if quality of outside finish is any indicator of the internals then these should be great hubs. Their finish is excellent and attention to detail is high. There are four sealed bearings in the rear hub and, of course, two in the front. Edit - the rear hub is 30 point engagement with 6 stainless pawls and v-springs. The rims are of a semi-aero section (see below) with single stainless eyelets.
BWW supplies rim tapes with their wheelsets and they are a BWW housebrand tape and a nice full 17mm wide which gives peace of mind.
The spoke length is optimum with the spoke ends where they should be in the nipple head and I was happy to see that lots of lube had been used in their assembly. The builder had aligned and bedded all the spoke heads by tapping them into their seat with a punch. The bends had all been flattened. The build is a nice job done by someone with knowledge and care.
I weighed my wheels and found them to be -
Nice job BWW.
When I get some good weather I'll snap a few pics and update this post.
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- Black BWW Pure rims, 32h. Disc only.
- Red BWW Pure hubs, disc.
- Black DT Comp spokes - 1.8/1.5/1.8.
- Red aluminum nipples.
Out of the box they are just about dead true and my dial indicator truing gizmo indicates that the rim decals are the biggest deflection at 0.005" thick
The radial runout is way better than anything that I'd worry about on my home built wheels. What was more impressive than their trueness was the even spoke tensions. My pluck 'ping' test showed that lots of care had gone into this wheelbuild.The BWW hubs are an unknown quantity as they are a new(ish) name to us on the market but if quality of outside finish is any indicator of the internals then these should be great hubs. Their finish is excellent and attention to detail is high. There are four sealed bearings in the rear hub and, of course, two in the front. Edit - the rear hub is 30 point engagement with 6 stainless pawls and v-springs. The rims are of a semi-aero section (see below) with single stainless eyelets.
BWW supplies rim tapes with their wheelsets and they are a BWW housebrand tape and a nice full 17mm wide which gives peace of mind.
The spoke length is optimum with the spoke ends where they should be in the nipple head and I was happy to see that lots of lube had been used in their assembly. The builder had aligned and bedded all the spoke heads by tapping them into their seat with a punch. The bends had all been flattened. The build is a nice job done by someone with knowledge and care.
I weighed my wheels and found them to be -
- Front - 717g
- Rear - 839g
- Without the supplied skewers.
Nice job BWW.
When I get some good weather I'll snap a few pics and update this post.
