The Rainbow of Kinlin Rims

Part of launching Oregon Cycling Action included me involving myself as more than just the web master but as the guy who does the cycling product reviews.  My first one is the wheel review I’ve been talking about on this blog for a while.  I got 5 people from the Oregon area to test a set of wheels.  The wheels are a stock set hand built in California.  The kinlin rims are laced to DT Swiss 240 hubs using DT Swiss Aerolite spokes. I learned a fair amount from this review.  Like if you get 5 people to test wheels you might only get 3 reviews back.  Which I don’t think is bad considering the riders weren’t getting paid anything or getting any kick backs.  All in all though it went extremely well and I look forward to testing more items.

You can read the review here:

kinlin rims / dt swiss 240 hubs

Matt touching up the wheels after a long day on Saltzman

You know the second one is going to suck when the first one leaves you this sweaty.

It’s been a long day.  Lots going on in the part of my life that involves working on the interwebs…  I did manage to head over to Saltzman to do some intervals that I needed to do on Wednsday not Friday, but hey what’s a few days to a training program.  It’s not like this is scientific or anything, right?  So I brought the flashy new wheels with me while I rode Saltzman, twice, from 30 to Skyline.  I love that little stretch of road.  The main reason I like that road so much, is we have nothing like it in Tucson.  The sun down there is always shinning down on you… Always!  It’s nice to get in the shade on a hot day.  Plus it’s my kind of ride, hard packed gravel always breaks up the monotony of a road ride.

Afterward I went to Sellwood to see what happened to the wheels.  As I’m not being the good scientific reviewer that I should be I didn’t make sure they were straight before I rode, so they did need a few turns here and there but they’re new and that’s probably just initial spoke stretch and nipples settling in.  Another thing to note while I’m on the subject of Sellwood turning my nipples, see those little shiny tires in the picture? If you’re commuting, go down there and get those! I had a great experience with them. Flat resistant, safe, and well… Shiny.   Schwalbe, reflective sidewalls.