Looking at getting the light bicycle 36" carbon rim.
I know a few people who already have this rim, are you able to provide me with any feedback on your experiences with this rim please.
I had the nextie version and had issues with it, as it was the 1st run of them.
Also what are your thoughts on having it with a 100mm hub as currently my 36" frame has a spacing of 100mm with the disc on the external but with this build I’m putting the disc internal, ideally with a 100mm spacing frame.
My ridding style is going to be distance on this frame.
I had broke a few spokes on this rim, using a 32h with inboard rotor Schlumpf hub and a 36h Pipifax hub, both with 100mm bearing pitch. However, they seem to break less often than with the Braus rim, so that’s great.
Tires are also hard to set up and remove, but that’s a great thing as that probably prevents them from popping out
All in all, I think the Light Bicycle rim is the best carbon 36er rim available so far.
That’s perfect thank you for the information.
How many spokes has it broken being like this mainly with the 36h freewheel hub, I wont be using a freewheel hub but it will be the same number of spokes.
Ideally the perfect setup will be 125mm spacing but that’s like a complete new unicycle, so trying to use my flansberrium 36" 4130 frame.
A single one so far, after ~1 100 km. Mainly road riding, but a bit of XC and DH. I’m not sure when it broke, but probably during my last XC ride this week.
That’s ok then. At least it’s not all the time and that short of KM is probably what I do in a year or just under on various sizes of wheel.
So Im not too bothered if that’s the only one.
I’m mainly going to be road riding and canal paths but mostly tarmac, so should be good.
I’ve been running the Light Bicycle 36" carbon rim for a while now, and it’s been great—definitely stiffer and more responsive than the Nextie ones I had before. No durability issues so far, even after some long rides. For distance riding, they roll smooth and feel pretty efficient. As for the 100mm hub with an internal disc, it should work fine if your frame is already spaced for it, but just double-check rotor clearance—some setups can get a bit tight depending on the caliper.
