i've been VERY happy with my outlaws, as a number of other posters in these parts are as well. by far, the posative feedback on these wheels was a major factor in leading me to deciede to buy them.
so why jack with them? a couple of reasons i suppose. i like to tinker with stuff, i've never built a wheel and wanted to learn how, i wanted to save a little bit of weight where possable, i wanted to make the bike a little nicer looking.
so what i did was tear down the wheels and replace all of the stock spokes and nips with DT Competition 2.0/1.8 butted spokes and DT 2.0x14mm aluminum nipples. as i understand it the build is probobly a bit more durable in the spokes, and probobly a little less in the nipples. i imagine at my level this is something i can probobly live with.
at this point i have the rear finished, and will do the front later today or tomarow. so far i have 4 days of urban ridding on the rear, i regularly hit a couple of stair gaps on my way to and from work. these 6ish foot drops to flat are probobly the most abusive thing that i ever do so i do not believe i have compromised my durability. initial impression are that the wheel is noticably stiffer, but not noticably lighter, and well, they look great. so i'm pretty happy with my little project.
weights:
front stock:
rim: 612g
hub: 241g
nips: 42g
spoke: 230g
front dt:
nips: 11g
spoke: 201g
rear stock:
rim: 612g
hub: 452g
nips: 42g
spoke: 230g
rear dt:
nips: 11g
spoke: 201g
total savings front and rear: 120g or 4.23 ounces.
note that weights were 'naked'. no skewers, adaptors, rim tape, ect.
i was most impressed by the quality of the DT components, comparably the stock stuff is junk while the dt stuff is machined like jewlery. the wheels built up insanely easy, it came to tension very evenly and was insanely straight on the first shot. i didn't keep exact track of costs, but i think i spent around $150 bucks.
okay well, there you go. obviously i didn't have anything better to do today.
so why jack with them? a couple of reasons i suppose. i like to tinker with stuff, i've never built a wheel and wanted to learn how, i wanted to save a little bit of weight where possable, i wanted to make the bike a little nicer looking.
so what i did was tear down the wheels and replace all of the stock spokes and nips with DT Competition 2.0/1.8 butted spokes and DT 2.0x14mm aluminum nipples. as i understand it the build is probobly a bit more durable in the spokes, and probobly a little less in the nipples. i imagine at my level this is something i can probobly live with.
at this point i have the rear finished, and will do the front later today or tomarow. so far i have 4 days of urban ridding on the rear, i regularly hit a couple of stair gaps on my way to and from work. these 6ish foot drops to flat are probobly the most abusive thing that i ever do so i do not believe i have compromised my durability. initial impression are that the wheel is noticably stiffer, but not noticably lighter, and well, they look great. so i'm pretty happy with my little project.
weights:
front stock:
rim: 612g
hub: 241g
nips: 42g
spoke: 230g
front dt:
nips: 11g
spoke: 201g
rear stock:
rim: 612g
hub: 452g
nips: 42g
spoke: 230g
rear dt:
nips: 11g
spoke: 201g
total savings front and rear: 120g or 4.23 ounces.
note that weights were 'naked'. no skewers, adaptors, rim tape, ect.
i was most impressed by the quality of the DT components, comparably the stock stuff is junk while the dt stuff is machined like jewlery. the wheels built up insanely easy, it came to tension very evenly and was insanely straight on the first shot. i didn't keep exact track of costs, but i think i spent around $150 bucks.
okay well, there you go. obviously i didn't have anything better to do today.