I am rebuilding my road wheels, and moving to 2 wheelsets.
1) lightweight, and shallow for climbing. But also with aluminium rims for descending and wet weather.
2) Deep and aero. For flat rides/races, and tri's.
I'm thinking of putting sexy tyres on the aero wheels, and something more robust on the alu ones. The alu chioce is tricky as I want something light yet relatively tough. I'm willing to accept that the sidwalls will be less subtle on a more resiliant tub.
Current thoughts.
Alu:
- Schwalbe the one, 24mm front/26mm rear.
- Conti Competition 23mm front/ 25mm rear.
- Vittora Pave III, 24mm front/27mm rear (should just fit my frame)
The vittoras seem the best option on paper, and according to vittoras italian scales are the lightest.
I'm currently riding a FMB silk comp front (22mm), cotton P-R (25mm) rear. So I'm massively spoilt. The silk was a delivery mistake which I never owned up to (was meant to be a cotton). I really cant budget for FMBs again. But I'm hoping the Dugast will be similar for a bit less cash. I've run the veloflex combo before. They are amazing tyres, but I like to try something new. So dugast are leading here.
I am rebuilding my road wheels, and moving to 2 wheelsets.
1) lightweight, and shallow for climbing. But also with aluminium rims for descending and wet weather.
2) Deep and aero. For flat rides/races, and tri's.
I'm thinking of putting sexy tyres on the aero wheels, and something more robust on the alu ones. The alu chioce is tricky as I want something light yet relatively tough. I'm willing to accept that the sidwalls will be less subtle on a more resiliant tub.
Current thoughts.
Alu:
The vittoras seem the best option on paper, and according to vittoras italian scales are the lightest.
Carbon aero:
I'm currently riding a FMB silk comp front (22mm), cotton P-R (25mm) rear. So I'm massively spoilt. The silk was a delivery mistake which I never owned up to (was meant to be a cotton). I really cant budget for FMBs again. But I'm hoping the Dugast will be similar for a bit less cash. I've run the veloflex combo before. They are amazing tyres, but I like to try something new. So dugast are leading here.
Any thoughts? Tubs that Ive missed?