Remerx Master Disc Wheelset

by Simon · 31/05/2013

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Initial set up was pleasing; the wheels sat nicely in the drop outs. However there seemed to be an issue with the rotors. The Teppan Yaki rotors are manufactured in two parts, a central disc which bolts to the hub is riveted to the ‘floating rotor’ with the rotor offering the braking surface within the brake set up. There was a clonk, clonk, clonk noise where the rivets were striking the pull tab fittings of the brake pads. Sadly as a result the Teppan Yaki rotors had to be removed and replaced with my own tried and tested Shimano rotors.

As we’re now out of season for cyclocross there has been no opportunity to race test the wheels, but they have been put through the rigours of the White Chalk Hills 1066 Ultracross ride that took place in early April; 92km of hard on road/off riding across the South Downs, through marshland and forest.

The wheels performed admirably well, though the added weight made the futile section in Darwell Woods even more of a trial – there was lots of carrying the bike as opposed to riding it, but then that is what Ultracross is all about. The bearings in the hubs do not roll quite so freely as perhaps you’d like to on the faster road sections; it’s hard to quantify or define but there is some resistance in the momentum. It’s noticeable but not damning.