privateer-wheels

@R-M-R: bought these Canfields for my girlfriend in 155. They are fantastic.

@gabrielastin: tell us you didn't read the article and skipped right to the comment section, without telling us you didn't read the article and skipped right to the comment section.

I've built one set of the EM30s 28h/32h combo and have been riding them for about a month now, with 10 days riding logged in E47/SDM/La Massif/VBN/etc (all around Quebec, basically). The rims themselves are of great construction quality IMHO. From a builders perspective, they are very clean and wrinkle free internally, and very round and flat (definitely not always the case). In turn, they build up very smoothly, very true, with very even tension. They have all the markers I look for, when the aim is to build a quality carbon wheelset. F+B also designed the nipple bed to work with Sapim MG washers, which accompany the rims - again, something I appreciate. Nipple bed and drilling are well executed to ensure spokes have a good straight path to hub flange (again, definitely not always the case). On first blush, all signs point to these hoops building into wheels that will live long fuss free lives. From the builders perspective again, I can't ask for much more. I definitely won't dispute the design and execution of these hoops is well done from what I have seen. They have definitely been a good ride for me over the past month. They have a fairly muted ride characte, as many have come to expect from todays high end carbon hoops, and for me that's a positive. I've come up short on a few features and cased these hoops hard on numerous occasions, and I've heard a few rim pings while pinballing though rock sections, and they just keep rolling true without signs of abuse. Short term feedback - they have been great.

@ohbmxer: I just crashed into a tree (crash is an overstatement) and fouled a Magura lever the other week. Basically forced the main MC oil seal into the internal Resi/bladder ports and cut holes in it. Leaver was dead. I contacted Magura and they sent replacement parts from the US to Canada the next day. Received in maybe 3-4 days max. They could have sent a new MC lever assembly, but they send an entire brake! Can't complain about their parts/service over here. Gold service.

Aren't the spoke proprietary?