After a rim failure on my Girlfriends bike it was time to get some new wheels. She wanted silver to match the rest of her bike. A dynamo would be good to charge her phone and I didn’t want to pay to much. After a quick internet search we found Taylors wheels and a wheelset. 36 spoke, Mavic a319 touring rims, Alfine dynamo hub and XT rear hub. pretty good build I thought and at a good price. all delivered from Germany ( I think) in less than a week. The quality seems good. spokes tinged a lot as I rode off so you can tell they were not custom. Only two niggles that bothered me. The front hub is disc compatible but the rear is not. Which is a bit limiting. also the worst bit. I got a silver front skewer and black rear. Thats just annoying. Lucky I had a pair from the old wheelset.
A big box arrives baring gifts
Clear rim strips hidden! Almost missed them
The cat checking them out
Wheels shod in Schwalbe Dureme 700×40 folders
Attached to the bike they seem so much more robust than the old hybrid wheels
The wheels look and feel good though and run tru. Makes the bike feel a bit heavier I thought but with the dyno hub and a more robust build what can I expect. At the same time I also added a pletcher rear kickstand. A lot better quality than its wilkinson predecessor. which I may of snapped off. Just need to trim a little of the length. This stand comes with cut marks which is handy.
New kickstand
Will write more once we have used them for a few miles to check the build quality. But the bike is almost ready to carry her round Europe for a summer. Now to get the time off.
pedal powered travels 