Honestly, not much capacity at all. It's just me and I am in no way a web developer or webmaster. Just a simpleton Arkansas mountain biker that somehow figured out how to get this forum up 10 years ago.

I know the broken pages are annoying... and I am sorry about that... I do try to fix them immediately when they pop up so please do let me know.. I really appreciate it. I do have plans to upgrade to the latest SMF version to fix little issues like that but I'm sorry to disappoint anyone but there are no plans to "modernize" the forum in any way. No desire to have some modern mobile-friendly, super slick, dark mode interface. Chinertown will remain old-school looking with zero ads and zero optimizations for Google search. My main goal going forward is to keep AI out of the forum as much as possible. That's just my jam but I do understand if it isn't for everyone.

That said, I am certainly open and interested to hear everyone's input/advice/ideas and really appreciate it.

Yeah, I hope I didn't give the wrong impression - this forum is awesome and I'm thankful that it's here and free and no ads and all that!  My original post was mostly about the broken pages - good to know I can reach out to you when it happens. 

If you're interested, I could maybe spare some time to see if I could safely upgrade it to a later version of the same forum with minimal risk - though it's always scary trusting an internet stranger/volunteer.  Presumably the fresh one would have fewer bugs/broken pages but with the same feel but would want to confirm that too.

Sorry to be off-topic.  Who is the admin?

These guys did it back in 2017, can we too?  https://forums.unraid.net/topic/54962-goodbye-smf-forum-migration-on-monday-2202017/

Did you even check the product page?
Says there:
q-factor:149/151mm

what product page?

Hi there,

Has anyone ordered from these Aliexpress vendors? I'd be pairing these with GRX 400 Calipers on a gravel bike. 

The prices look good but I'm not sure if I'd be getting myself into an issue by ordering from them.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006834014541.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.3d1538daEajvXN&mp=1&pdp_npi=5%40dis%21CAD%21CAD%2049.99%21CAD%2035.99%21%21%21%21%21%402103209b17419686496991607ee36b%2112000045920295928%21ct%21CA%211720646446%21%212%210

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006436026329.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.3d1538daEajvXN&mp=1&pdp_npi=5%40dis%21CAD%21CAD%2052.51%21CAD%2035.18%21%21%21%21%21%402103209b17419686496991607ee36b%2112000045735354137%21ct%21CA%211720646446%21%212%210

Comments on your experiences would be welcome!

Just a quick update on my order.

D50CU-33 w/new in-house straight through hubs & 5mm width carbon spokes are ready to ship. 

They look great in the picture and the weight is impressive.

Thanks all for your help and of course to Peter for being so patient and helpful with me as well as for making these wheels available.

That great that you disproved a BS 25yo wind tunnel test with an even more BS CFD analysis.


I actually skip wind tunnel testing and CFD analysis, I acquire a rim profile in a .jpg file format and scanning with my eyes I am able to calculate the aero performance of a particular tire-rim transition with a 100% margin of error

What specifically makes you say his particular cfd analysis is bs? I'm interested in seeing the details.  Maybe he has deep expertise and validation data at his disposal. Maybe not. idk.

Merry Christmas everyone.  I just got my order in for D50CU-33 with the 20H hubs and carbon spokes, ceramic bearings, etc.  Great communication from Peter and really looking forward to being able to see and test these wheels up close!

Thanks, Toxin.  That's consistent with the rabbit hole of research I've done over the last couple days.  Appreciate the thoughtful discussion here from people more knowledgeable than I.

I want to get my order in but I'm having trouble picking between 3.8mm carbon, 5mm carbon, or steel CX-Ray spokes for my T1100 D50CU-33.  I'm 60kg fwiw and assuming cross winds won't be an issue. 

The extra cost of carbon spokes is significant but if it makes my bike more fun but not noticeably less comfortable on 32c tires or significantly less safe then it's probably worth it for me.