On this page: skewers, Triumph rims, rim strips, brake pads.
Skewers are available in two styles:
Suggested retail: cromoly $16.95, ti $49.95
For road bikes, we have produced the Triumph rim. Not only are the Triumph sidewalls machined to a tolerance of 0.02 mm, it is balanced.
All bicycle wheels wheels have a slight, inherent imbalance, usually not noticeable because the compliance of the tires and the fork and frame absorb the very slight eccentricity this imbalance imparts. This imbalance has two drawbacks. One, on a very few bikes, at high speed, a wobble or shimmy may be induced. The other is very subtle. The imbalanced wheel is slower. As the rider's energy turns the imbalanced wheel, it rotates like an out-of-balance car tire with the heavy part of the rim being pulled by centrifugal force slightly out of the perfect path of the trued rim. The absorption of this very slight out-of-round rotation by the tires and the frame is lost energy, something no rider chooses to waste.
The Torelli Triumph rim has a small balancing weight at the valve stem hole to completely counterbalance the increased mass needed to join the ends of the rim extrusion. This joint is always opposite the valve stem so that the increased mass of the valve stem will counter-balance the effect of the weight of the joint. However, it does not do this completely. The Torelli Triumph rim, with the balancing weight, does. By adding a few extra grams, we have a faster rim that also often yields a better handling bike at high speed. This is really what we are truly seeking. Not the lightest bike, not the stiffest bike, but the FASTEST bike.
A note about rim weights. All bicycle rim weights quoted by any manufacturer are approximate. Rims are produced by squeezing aluminum through a carefully shaped hole through a process called "extrusion". The hole, or "extrusion die" is designed to wear over its lifetime. Rims produced later in the life of a die will weigh over 10% more than the quoted weight. This is true of all rims and rim manufacturers.
Prices listed are suggested retail and are per rim, not pairs.
Triumph. Machined sidewall, and balanced (see photo above). Anodized in black, silver, or gold, with a gold anodized balancing weight. 440 grams. 32 hole. Suggested retail for silver or black:$79.95. Suggested retail for Gold Triumph rims: $96.00
Dominator SL. 350 grams. Tubular rim (rim for sew-ups). T-3 hardened only, 32 and 36 holes.
Torelli High Pressure Rim Strips Made from woven polyester fabric and coated with PVC to stand up to today's higher tire pressures. This construction resists splitting as well as rot from humidity. Each box contains two rims strips. Width: 16 mm (about the same as Velox #51). This is the size suitable for most road rims. Made in Italy. Suggested Retail: $8.95/pair Ok, you're going really fast with Torelli rims and wheels, but you do still want to be able to stop. We have brake pads compatible with either Campy or Shimano brakes. Suggested retail $5.95.
