Even when the H+Son rims debate is still going on, maybe it's time to introduce yet another new brand of super deep aero rims for your fixed gear bike. Jacopo and the people behind the Vintage Pista blog are from Italy and they've recently produced their own brand of Dodici deep aero rims:
"More than 40mm height, Incredible Hulk-like strenght, 32 and 36 holes!
Only 1662 grams per set.
Available in powder coated black, white and now also in uncoated rough finish"
Available in powder coated black, white and now also in uncoated rough finish"
If I'm correct, the rims are manufactured in Italy and what's also pretty interesting is the fact that, again I might be wrong here, but the rims appear to be modeled after the legendary and hard-to-find Gipiemme Tecno 416 rims of the 1990s. Ok, Dodici rims have more spoke holes than 416s but still.
On the other hand, the sellers are comparing their rims to Campy Shamals and and I guess the weight is on the same range between these two. In any case, Dodici rims are bit heavier than Deep Vs, DP18s or H+Sons so maybe they really are strong as well, who knows.
My man Lauri will be lacing up a pair of these rims very soon and I'm interested in seeing how they will look like in real life.
You can order directly from the blog or from the Ebay, where they are selling ready-laced wheels too.
You might want to also check out the Vintage Pista blog because they seem to have quite lot of other interesting stuff for sale there as well, vintage Italian track frames and the like...
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