Yellow Beast

Ok. Dem rims:

There is a deficiency of information about these rims, be it 50, 82 or 101mm. They seem like a great deal; lightweight aero carbon for less than £200, now actually under a ton for each depth. What many people might want for various applications. I think Planet-X is missing a trick by not more thoroughly describing their product. And selling the appropriate nipples.

A few questions I had were: what do they actually look like?

I've seen a few pictures and they vary from covered with gigantic stickers with logos to plain.
Mine look like this:

The other side is the same, less the stickers.
No gigantic logo stickers, just a warning sticker/label and some number sticker on each. The other side in each case was bare. No laser etching here. In earlier correspondence with Planet-X they have told me that 'going ahead all their rims will have the big stickers but that with a bit of elbow grease they will come off, if that is what you prefer.'

Warning sticker and (serial?)number.:

front

rear
Interesting to note here that maximum recommended spoke tension of 100kgf. Planet-X told me when I asked them what it was earlier, 139kgf.

Here you can see that the spoke holes are not perfectly symmetrical. At the inside of the rim they exit at they same point but the angle of the drilling is alternately this way or that. Also note the drive-side specification; I don't know why.

At the tyre bed and at the inside edge we see the regular criss cross we expect of carbon fibre these days, but that 'lay-up' of the outer wall seems odd. It reminds me of the straggly hairs stuck to a freshly hatched chick.

Stickers opposite valve hole.:


These mean nothing to me.
All stickers will be removed.

The widths are not specified. Here is that for you:

And precise depth:

Here you see a bog standard 2.0mm spoke through one of the spoke holes:

Here you see that bog standard spoke with a bog standard nipple resting on the inside of the rim; it does not drop through.

Both rims according to my kitchen balance are under 400 grams the rear being a fraction less than the front, suggesting they are the same except the rear has more holes in it.

It has occurred to me that to make the most accurate/relevant measurement of ERD I will need at least one of the nipples I intend to use for the build...