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So, I spent the day thinking about light wheels. Had been considering a factory wheelset such as Dolan Navigators, but they are 1050g rear / 950 g front which put me off a bit.
I have come to the conclusion that the best I could do on a reasonable budget is the following:
Rims: Halo Mercury (455g each)
Front hub: Planet-x superlight small flange road hub. 16 hole (82g)
Rear hub: Novatec 24 hole (262g)
Spokes: allow 5g per spoke (16+24 * 5 = 200g)
That's a total of 1454g for both wheels. Seems very light. Am I missing something here? the total cost of that would be about £120 plus spokes, which seems quite cheap too.
The intended use would be riding on the road and some time trialling which I would like to get into next year.
Obviously I don't mind having a QR front axle and I think I could get away with the low spoke counts because I am quite light and (I'm guessing here) not particularly powerful.
Comments welcomed!