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@Dan_W
Right, Someone might need to shoot me re: wheelset.
I just can't being myself to get the typhoons (fingers burned too much with Mad Fibers...).
I have swooned over the looks of this wheelset since forever (Giant TCR Ext pros or something - see below attachment?), despite barely any (none!) good experiences by anyone that did anything other than look at them. The also need an Enco 11 speed cassette to give any chance of fitting. Still God, LOVES a tryer, right? And I can convince myself they'll be a good 'wet' wheelset as they have alloy rims :).
But for the 'best' wheelset, I'm verging towards Rolf Prima Ares. Either the 60 or 40 mm versions are available vaguely within my price range (£1k ish), and they look nice (when stickers are off they'll be nice plain black just like bits of the frame...)
(hmmm, pics linking isn't working?)
http://branfordbike.com/images/library/Zoom/rolf_ares6_12_z.jpg
or
http://redkiteprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_9329.jpg
The frame is pretty OS tubing-wise, and with integralters is will be nice and aero-y, so the 60mm might not be too offenisve (the original spec was using forks from a boardman TT bike with the hidden brakes...)
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