As the crank turns… tales of life on the rims

Cooking with gas.

So...it dawned on me that there was some money in my paypal account left over from the wheel builds for Alien and aham. I had been wanting 2 things this winter. I scoured ebay and found and won one of them...

Powertap laced to a Zipp 404 tubular. Old model of both the powertap and the rim, but I got it for $610+$25 for shipping -10% for a coupon I had from Paypal....making it come in at my door for $575-ish.

I don't need the tubular rim and will relace this to a Niobium 30 rim. I will either sell the Zipp rim or put it on a cheap front hub and use it for TT's with a wheel cover on the rear. If I sell it I could possibly get $150-$200 for the rim. That would net me a powertap for $375. Not bad considering the model I wanted I could get on deal for $1,200 and this model sells new for over $800.

Now I am cooking with gas.