Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

Aero aero aero. Always with wheels.

Temporary stock wheels while I save up for some hand-built wheels,

Shimano rs11 for 50 pound cheaper but narrow or fulcrum 7 LG wider but plain gauge Spokes?
And Am I right in thinking that the fulcrum hub is reusable more easily as it uses j bend Spokes?

Shimano rs11 for 50 pound cheaper

^This, if they are just to stop your dropouts from scraping along the ground for a few months, or even WH-RS010 which is the 11-speed replacement for the #tester_approved R500/R501

Cheers tester, any reason to pick the rs010 over the 11 price difference is less than 20 pound?
Edit:
Well the rim holes are more easier to find replacement for and I suppose the hub is basically the same right?

any reason to pick the rs010 over the 11

Only that it's cheaper

I had nothing but problems with Fulcrum 7's had to get the free hub changed twice on them.

Mavic Askium Disc suffer badly from freehub drag is my conclusion from the weekend. Anything above 55Kph and they slap the chain into the chain stay the moment you stop peddling.

I've had my eye on some pro 4 hubs built into grails for a while now, now Hope have released these:
http://www.hopetech.com/product/hope-20five-sp24/

Can't find any reviews yet, but am hopeful(!).

Warrant it, they're usually O.K. but every once in a while, there's model whose freehubs is draggy.

every once in a while

On a new one, it's a warranty issue. On any Mavic FTS-L freehub which has been ridden in all weathers for a while, freewheeling drag is a normal feature :)

Problem is a lots of customers never go fast enough to realised their wheels have a problem with the freehubs, luckily @yeahdext notice it.

Warranty sounds like a ball ache. I've already been waiting 3 weeks for a 135 end cap from Mavic. Must all be watching Le Tour.
Looks like I'll end up with the Hopes and use these on the turbo.

It's a little bit cheaper to warrant it than spunking out more money for a new wheels.

Mavic wheels are pretty easy to service, even down to the bearings inside the freehub, so the other option is that you give it a go yourself.
There's lots of options for what causes the drag, but I'm pretty sure you would be able to locate the problem of you had a look inside.

As testament to how shit these wheels are - both sides. That's how much flex they have. Pissed off doesn't come close...

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Warrant it.

What am i looking at roughly then time wise, Ed?

There is mention of this upthread, but am looking at the Hunt wheels for an on-trend, road / off roader that I am building - if I am going to do some bikepacking, should I go for the higher spoke count models (e.g. over the nicer Mason v Hunt option? I'm not massively heavy (c72kg) so can probably stay within the 90kg rider weight on the nicer ones even with luggage...

http://www.huntbikewheels.com/collections/road-disc-wheels/products/mason-x-hunt-four-season-disc-brake-road-bike-wheelset-tubeless-ready

or

http://www.huntbikewheels.com/collections/road-disc-wheels/products/4season-gravel-disc-road-cx-wheelset-1589g-24deep-24wide (but delivery is in Sept)

or

http://www.huntbikewheels.com/collections/road-disc-wheels/products/4season-dura-disc-road-wheelset

Or is there another wheel choice I should look at for the same thing (disc brake, capable of going offroad a bit, not too expensive)?

the wiggle cosine wheels are fairly cheap http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cosine-23mm-alloy-clincher-disc-brake-road-wheelset/ or there's these http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/stans-grail-disc-road-wheelset.htm but I think the max tyre pressure on the grail rims is 100psi which may or may not put you off.

Cross-posting this in the hope someone knows the answer!

My DT Swiss R24 spline disc wheel popped a NDS rear spoke on the way into work today. Any idea where I can get hold of a replacement aero straight pull spoke somewhere in London (ideally near Victoria) today?

100 PSI isn't an issue on the Stans but not sure what the weight is (stated on there as 460g, but guess that must be rim only)? The wiggle ones could work, although can't see a stated max weight. Hmmm, decisions

Did some research while building my bike, "heavy" rider here with 87-88kg, Hunt wheels seemed like a great option for disc wheel, but low spoke count for me was a problem.

Finally choosed the Pro-Lite Revo A21, with a similar price tag and features, but 28 spokes on the front and 32 spokes on the rear. Even got them (Pro-Lite factory in Taiwan) to build me another front wheel with an SP Dynamo hub with a 32 spokes rim. Did almost 10.000km on them with a total weight of aprox 106kg (rider+bike+equipment), no spoke or rim failures, not even rim unalignment... Many will say 32 spokes are less aerodynamic than 24, but for what I like to do (long distances) avoiding mechanical failures is a greater advantage. Nice review here

They're likely to get the wheel and send you a new one instead.

If you brought it from a shop, couple days, maybe a week, if online, longer.

Thanks @bertocq & @fredtc, both helpful guides! I am trying to work out what balance between weight / strength I need - I'm not doing really long distances at the moment as recovering from knee surgery, but will be commuting so something reasonably robust will be in order. There's a fair amount of guesswork as not sure how much weight I'll want carry for overnight trips yet, and whilst I'm sure I'll be able to keep me (c.72 / 73 kg) plus luggage beneath the Mason / Hunt 95kg max, can't tell if I'd be better served going stronger. Would go for the Hunt gravels but the Sept delivery date seems so far away...

Actually I'd consider these

http://thecycleclinic.co.uk/collections/road-disc-brake-wheelsets/products/handbuilt-pacenti-sl25-disc-brake-road-cx-wheelset-with-or-without-tubeless-tyres

from @thecycleclinic on here. these also looks pretty good for the price.

http://thecycleclinic.co.uk/collections/road-disc-brake-wheelsets/products/handbuilt-dt-swiss-460-disc-brake-wheelset-weight-1650g (32h version should be more than strong enough)

(sorry, not really helping, just giving more choices)

It came on my bike.. from Evans.. I'll swing by later!