Current Projects chat and miscellany

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!

5 grams each for spokes is pretty light, you need something nice for that. CX rays are about 4.5 a piece and about £3 a piece.

All you are missing is front QR, nipples, rim tape and that those are claimed weights not actual weights, but other than that, sound pretty good.

Where did you get the weight of the Halo Mercury? That is lighter than IRD Aero at 30mm, which claim to be the lightest 'deep' alloy rims.