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I am going climbing in the Alps this summer- currently I have Ksyrium Elite's.

What would be a good upgrade in terms of wheels?

And how stupid would a pair of Carbone SL's be?

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I am going climbing in the Alps this summer- currently I have Ksyrium Elite's.

What would be a good upgrade in terms of wheels?

And how stupid would a pair of Carbone SL's be?

Keep the Ksyrium Elites - they have steel spokes and are therefore not handicapped by resembling a turbine fan.

Hed Ardennes or Zipp 101 would be an upgrade, but I doubt that the difference is worth £600 to £1100

Cosmic Carbone SL should probably be left at home if you're going climbing, although they have a good reputation as a strong and fast wheel for flat races.

I've been told thaat my Zipp 440's are too flexi for crits compared to my OpenPros. Could it really make that much of a difference?

i currently have open pros on chris king hubs with sapim bladed spokes - as a general purpose/hill climbing wheel. is there anything else i could consider? am not really planning on racing, just sportives, possibly paris roubaix at some point and holidays of hill climbing

i currently have open pros on chris king hubs with sapim bladed spokes - as a general purpose/hill climbing wheel. is there anything else i could consider? am not really planning on racing, just sportives, possibly paris roubaix at some point and holidays of hill climbing

http://www.google.co.uk/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.elementoneip.com/images/homeImage.jpg&sa=X&ei=0e9DTYagCpGJ5AbZqNwJ&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNFtdYGO6H2ycWy1y29Wlz--b_4_vw

The red lines on the diagram below should diverge at 4° to 8°, as shown they are at only 3°30'

Fncking genius. :-)))

That's my weekend fixed.

New H plus TB14. This is going to solve a lot of problems i think. Black, Grey or polished.

Very nice! Exactly what I've been after! TFG I presume? Prices?

Not sure on pricing yet - only due for release late Feb.
You can be assured we'll have them as soon as they're available though.

Nice one Jammy! I'll see you then:)

From their blog:

Weight: 490 grams
Material: G609 Alloy
Height: 14.1 mm
Width: 23 mm
Size: 700c
Drillings: 28 32 36
Colors: Hard Ano, High Polish, Black Ano
Joint: Welded

Bah. 40 and 48 hole would be nice. Moon on a stick please.

Bah. 40 and 48 hole would be nice. Moon on a stick please.

48 would be silly, they are clearly not for tricksters or tandemists, but you're right about 40; plenty of retro bikes need 32/40, not 36/36.

Of course, if you want boxy, silver, 23mm rims, there is already this

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Wowzers

never knew colnago also put their decals on alan stuff

Or Vitus.

indeed. is that a double down tube I see?

Yes, been sold on ebay about 1/ 2 years ago.
Got all nago works in the lugs, not the first alan/vitus like Colnago I've seen tho.

Someone here has one in fact. Someone from Sweden, if memory doesn't fail me.

I don't think so. But interesting, with lovely Tune cranks;

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I don't think so. But interesting, with lovely Tune cranks;

That is a stunning frame but it needs those new H+Son TB14 rims laced to some polished lo-flange Dura-ace for me. I'd go for black cloth tape and a black Brooks B17 on it too. The stem kills it a little bit too, Not too bad but maybe a nice polished lugged stem.