Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

£99 from Sigma with free UK delivery if you want a London(ish) shop

http://www.sigmasport.co.uk/item/H-Plus-Son/Archetype-Clincher-Rim/2ISZ?wmp=904#

As if it will ever be clean enough for you to see what colour the rims are...

Yeah, get me with my colour (designer: not a colour) matching shizzle.

Truth be told, I prefer black for everything because it all tends to end up covered in my custom road grit + grease paste.

But at least the black start out as black, as opposed to some other colour that I might reveal once every decade when it gets cleaned.

Well done Feng Shui well against grey but for a suit in a job interview.

Grau: Die Farbe Grau gilt als Symbol für Angst, Depression und Selbstverleugnung. Ängstliche Menschen sollten Grau lieber meiden.
Andererseits hat Grau einen formalen Charakter, der gut ins Büro passt (Arbeitskleidung) und nicht ablenkt. Für ein Vorstellungsgespräch ist das neutrale Grau deshalb gut geeignet.

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http://silca.cc/blogs/news/17998268-road-to-roubaix-part-1

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-dura-ace-9000-c24-clincher-wheelset/

Or

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-wh-rs81-c35-carbon-laminate-clincher-wheelset/#tabCustReviews

Or

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dt-swiss-r23-spline-alloy-road-wheelset/

Or

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dt-swiss-r20-dicut-alloy-road-wheelset/

Or

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/mavic-ksyrium-elite-s-alloy-clincher-wheelset/

Or any others?

http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/pacenti-sl23-volta-evo-wheelset.htm ?

Rather not.
the c24s are winning, given the ridiculous longevity of my current ones.
these are tempting though...
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/pave-28-ultra-11speed-wheelset-2024.htm

Very light for the price too, with normal j bend spokes, very compelling.

Hi
I'm looking for decent clincher tyres that look like good old fashioned tubulars - you know with beige walls - any suggestions?
(Everything on wiggle seems to be uniform black or coloured...)

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/vittoria-corsa-sc-open-clincher-road-tyre/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&kpid=5360525239&sku=5360525239&ci_src=18615224&ci_sku=5360525239uk&test=5360525239uk&utm_source=google&utm_term&utm_campaign=Components&utm_medium=base&utm_content=smhG0711j_dc%7cpcrid%7c%7cpkw%7c%7cpmt%7c%7cprd%7c5360525239uk ?

Veloflex Master, Challenge Criterium/Strada/Strada Bianca also

Clement Strada LGG or Panaracer Pacela too.

Clement Strada LGG.

This, money, look, and reasonable weight.

What wheel is that?

ta all!

Thanks for all suggestions

At one stage I toyed with Schwalbe Lugano - with beige walls, they look like tubulars but the reviews below are terrible...

http://www.roadbikereview.com/cat/wheels/tires-clincher/schwalbe/lugano/prd_411360_2489crx.aspx

edit - ignore

The dura ace c24's have much thinner braking surfaces than the rs80 c24's if I'm not mistaken - will probably impact longevity.

Idiot question - can I run Hope Pro 3 on 11 speed? Hope says no, various things I've read on the internetz (and since lost the links for) suggest it is possible with a campag 11 speed cassette. This would be with a shimano group.

Truth, or witchcraft? And will the shifting be fucked?

You need a 10speed campag freehub as the campag freehub fittment is the same for 10/11 spd cassettes.
Or you can get a 11sp cassette that fits on 10spd free hub, they exist but aren't cheap.

Neither option is cheap.

I'd just rebuilt wheel with new 11spd hub.

Sounds like a good excuse to buy new wheels then :)

I think you're okay as long as you use a 28t cassette, as that gives enough height to clear the spokes. Could be wrong though.