Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

The longer this thread goes on, the less my Shimano RS80s seem to be worth :-)

Anybody looking for some cheap but relatively light skinny 10-speed wheels? Make me an offer. It would help if you could collect from Slough or take delivery somewhere between here and W1.

In the summer I was disabused about the notion that they were really good.

are hope hubs worth it?

Not really, but then most things aren't if you look at the value for money rationally.

But then we tore into Mavic and half of PBP seemed to finish on them later this year.

With Hope the freehub is a bit dodgy it was explained to me and the Mavic you can not replace anything obviously.

Mavic you can not replace anything obviously.

In france yes ;)

With Hope the freehub is a bit clickyclickyclickyclicky

it's easy to replace tho

New hope pro 4s are about to hit to replace the evo 2 and with a steel cassette they are likely to not chew up like the pro 3 . I like the fact you can strip and re grease with your eyes nearly closed after a few attempts .

are they for road caliper brakes though?

I've snapped quite a few very beefy levers on those rims. New corsas are always pretty tough the first time but they're awful with all tyres I've found, but get a little better once the tyres been on there for a few months. I actually don't ride them any more in fear of not being able to change a tyre if I puncture. I read somewhere that campagnolo weren't confident enough in their ability to hold tyres at higher pressures so increased the erd by a few mms..

amey in reply to @pacef8
are they for road caliper brakes though?

No sorry 135 disk width

I've snapped quite a few very beefy levers on those rims. New corsas are always pretty tough the first time but they're awful with all tyres I've found, but get a little better once the tyres been on there for a few months. I actually don't ride them any more in fear of not being able to change a tyre if I puncture. I read somewhere that campagnolo weren't confident enough in their ability to hold tyres at higher pressures so increased the erd by a few mms..

Interesting - thanks for the post, a weight off my mind as I was wondering if it was just me.

I've got a pair of Omega tubular wheels and the tubs went on in seconds - then the clinchers fought hard for what felt like hours.

To your point about punctures- yes, I think that the tubs would be way, way faster to change out on the road.

I'll bang sealant in them and keep my fingers crossed.

Does anyone know if the DT Swiss R460 is available cheaper anywhere other than bike24?

http://www.bike24.com/p2123285.html

Cheers.

Wasn't when I was looking.

No. Cheapest for sure and one of the only places that even have them in stock at the moment, I think, in all hole counts.

Beat me to it...^^

Cheers!

Bikediscount.de might be cheaper, I got mine from there, but I can't remember if that was because bike24 didn't have 28h

Theyre not made in 20H are they? Ive got some hubs off an aksium wheelset ive been meaning to build up

Theyre not made in 20H are they?

They're not sold in 20H, although it seems to be the same rim as the R23 wheels which do have a 20H front. DT now have a 32mm deep 22mm wide rim called RR511 which is available in 20H, and the Superstar Pave/Kinlin XC279 is available in 20H too.

Has anyone tried Wiggle's Cosine wheels yet?

Pretty light wheelset for this kind of £££

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cosine-23mm-alloy-clincher-disc-brake-road-wheelset/

What's the go-to Novatec 11 speed non disc hubset? For a lightish summer wheelset involving SL23s or Ryde Pulse Comps

I like the look of the 32mm set 1485g is v. light

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cosine-32mm-alloy-clincher-road-wheelset/

1485g is v. light

But is it true? And if it is, what have they compromised to hit that weight? You don't get owt for nowt.

They just corrected the weight for the disc brake version from 1,506g til 1,610g.