We’re very excited by the great review Urban Velo gave of the 36h wheelset. The review is honest and frank- and we agree with the whole thing!
UV points out a few things about the wheels; weight and the anodized color being primary.
- Weight- as Brad points out in his review, the wheels are purpose built for durability and using 36 spokes and a deep rim add weight, for sure. The wheels are meant to be as robust as possible and hopefully hold up to polo, freestyle trick riding and almost anything else you can think of to do with the wheels. They ain’t light- but they are strong!
- Anodizing- Brad is correct again when it comes to the colors not matching perfectly. We try our best to have the wheels built with the closest matching colors as possible. Sometimes batches of hubs and rims are anodized at different times, so it is harder to control, and then the different alloys take color differently, etc. Brad’s also right that gold is one of the hardest colors of them all to match as well. So that’s why you do frequently see multiple hues of gold on bikes built with parts from different companies… it’s a tough color.
All in all, we feel like the review is one for us to be proud of- especially given the comments about durability. The guys at UV rock and we’re glad they’re giving the wheels an honest shot.
Thanks Brad and Jeff!