Xiamen Carbon Speed rims/wheels

[Macedingle]

Thanks! I took your advice and ended up ordering a Shimano 105 11-speed groupset.

Now I’m a bit confused thought since there seem to be HG bodies and HG road bodies?
Is that so? Will the HG body from Peter work for 11-speed Shimano?

I feel I’ve biked long enough to know this stuff but oh well   

Yes it will

[planet_sammy]

Do the spokes touch at the intersections?

[PeterXu]

Current T1100 version rims weight:
D45CU-28 21.4mm ID 28mm OD UD paintless - 355g/piece ,  1165g/pair built with carbon spokes, in-house 54T rachets TPI ceramic bearings hubs 21/21H
D50CU-28 21.4mm ID 28mm OD UD paintless - 365g/piece
D40CU-33 26mm ID 33mm OD UD paintless - 370g/piece
D50CU-33 26mm ID 33mm OD UD paintless - 385g/piece
D50CU-36 28mm ID 36mm OD UD paintless - 400g/piece

[acino]

Ordered mine and can't wait for them! It's been said million times, but Peter was incredibly helpful and patient with all my annoying questions 

[volan]

Guys, since these will be my first carbon rim build, I wonder if the nipple washers still a thing here, cause DTswiss (rims I mostly build my mtb wheels on) do recommend nip washers. I asked Peter and he was pretty clear: nowdays they are rarely used. So what are your recommendations, or practice/experience? thanks in advance!

[Cnasta]

Guys, since these will be my first carbon rim build, I wonder if the nipple washers still a thing here, cause DTswiss (rims I mostly build my mtb wheels on) do recommend nip washers. I asked Peter and he was pretty clear: nowdays they are rarely used. So what are your recommendations, or practice/experience? thanks in advance!

I would go with what Peter says. I'll be ordering a wheelset this week/next week. Just working out the last details. Years ago I ordered some stuff with him and he was very helpfull in the proces. I think I'd trust him on the wheels/no-washers (I also don't see them anymore on other hi-end carbon wheels, and I did have them on my last Alu MTB and race wheelsets),

[volan]

I would go with what Peter says. I'll be ordering a wheelset this week/next week. Just working out the last details. Years ago I ordered some stuff with him and he was very helpfull in the proces. I think I'd trust him on the wheels/no-washers (I also don't see them anymore on other hi-end carbon wheels, and I did have them on my last Alu MTB and race wheelsets),

I sure don't mind couple of grams less on my wheels. 

My wheelset and xc rims are still in transit. Landed in EU today. Should be arriving next week. The only bad part about chinese oem parts is... the wait game. Waiting on my vb268 for a month now

[c.etzo]

Peter send me a photo of my wheelset
Lighter than expected!

[raisinberry777]

Which rims are they?

[c.etzo]

Which rims are they?

T1100 D50CU-33 rims 21/21H UD paintless built up with Carbon Speed hubs 54T rachets TPI ceramic bearings center lock straight pull for 100*12/142*12 with Shimano HG driver

[volan]

T1100 D50CU-33 rims 21/21H UD paintless built up with Carbon Speed hubs 54T rachets TPI ceramic bearings center lock straight pull for 100*12/142*12 with Shimano HG driver

That's really great weight. Mine, 24/24h t800 are 1420g. 200g of savings is pretty awesome.

[KaiDeus]

Got an order in for the promo wheelset, should be around 1250g. Now I'm anxiously waiting, I hope the shipping time won't be more than a month.
Had contact with Allen via WhatsApp, apart from the weirdness of ordering something via WhatsApp, the experience was great, friendly, quick and helpful respones.

[c.etzo]

Got an order in for the promo wheelset, should be around 1250g. Now I'm anxiously waiting, I hope the shipping time won't be more than a month.
Had contact with Allen via WhatsApp, apart from the weirdness of ordering something via WhatsApp, the experience was great, friendly, quick and helpful respones.

I've ordered the 13 of november and the wheels are ready to ship today.

[KaiDeus]

Thanks for the info, that sounds reasonable. I would want them at the end of January to arrive at the latest. If it does not get stuck in customs, that should work out then.

[zett]

My wheelset finally arrived. Peter asked me to post a review which I'll gladly do! The wheelset uses D50CU-28 rims with the in-house hubs and CX ray style spokes. As a specialty I ordered the variant without nipple holes. This makes for a painless and more reliable tubeless setup for just a little bit extra cost. Wheelset came in slightly lighter than expected at around 1330 g. So far I've put on GP5000 S TR tires which was indeed painless to do, it worked much better than on my older rims for some reason. No tricks needed, just put on the tires, a bit of pumping, done. I'm still waiting for other parts for my bike build, so I haven't used them yet, but from what I can see, everything is solid and they run perfectly true, too. Freehub sound at first seemed extremely loud, but with tire and cassette installed, it now sounds a bit muffled and much better.

Edit: by the way, I also ordered a spare freehub (because I've always had bad luck with freehub bodies for some reason). This was very reasonably priced, I think at 25 USD.

Edit2: now I see D50CU-28 is now available in T1100 too! Damn those rims are light! Maybe I should have waited a bit lol! I'm still satisfied since my wheelset is really good value for money though, got the basic T800 variant of the rims. The T1100 rims are probably quite a bit more expensive.