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My problem with those (and the Coles) is they're nearly 1900g. The whole point of this bike is to ride up some mountains (in violation of my own principles, on normal road gearing, not 20 GI). Feel like there must be something better out there second hand for £150. Feel like I could build something better myself for £150 in fact but don't have time.
But you're right, both of those options I suggested aren't great in comparison to the Aksiums. Urgh.
Annoyingly I sold some hardly-used Fulcrum Racing 5 for £50 a few months ago, they would have done the job
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My problem with those (and the Coles) is they're nearly 1900g
You're 80,000g. Your bike is 10,000g. Weight-weenie clincher road wheels you can't even afford second hand are 1500g. You're worrying about something which will make about 1/10th of the difference between a having a 28T or a 29T bottom sprocket when it comes to climbing a mountain.
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With that budget you should be able to hunt a decent used alloy wheelset. You won't climb any faster with deep carbon
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Kinlin XR22T/XR22TR, Cyclebasket for Aci DB spokes, Bitex hubs, brass nips.
20h front, 24h rear.
I’d hazard a guess that’s 1650g? Not hard to build, repairable and nice to ride (once you’ve lost 10kg) and you can buy the parts within budget.
gbj_tester
Netakure
miro_o
Compare anything you're offered with shiny new Aksiums. If whatever you're looking at isn't better than that, it needs to be cheaper. I'm happy to entertain arguments (cup & cone, J-bend) for Shimano RS010, which is under £100 at any competitive retailer, but on balance I marginally prefer the Aksium.