Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

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We're you on the Tarmac Dov or did you try them out on a trip to the BMX track?

I had a test set mounted to the CC SLR's for a few weeks. Commuted on them, raced them, trained on them...

They are very, very good tires. Pricey though.

I love it when Scoble tries to one-up someone with a tottaly bizarre comment that makes no sense whatsoever.

"incidentally the wheel rims width measured out at 22mm wide"......WTF?

I had a test set mounted to the CC SLR's for a few weeks. Commuted on them, raced them, trained on them...

They are very, very good tires. Pricey though.

£35 on CRC.. think I'd prefer some Corsa Evo's

I was talking to a guy who works in Tokyo Fixed about those Yksion tyres as he has them on a beautiful Tomassini. He said they were great apart from in the wet when they lose all grip.

I love it when Scoble tries to one-up someone with a tottaly bizarre comment that makes no sense whatsoever.

"incidentally the wheel rims width measured out at 22mm wide"......WTF?

You call this one-up? He reminded me of the venge we build up not long ago that turn out to have a wide rims, this is all.

I was talking to a guy who works in Tokyo Fixed about those Yksion tyres as he has them on a beautiful Tomassini. He said they were great apart from in the wet when they lose all grip.

^^^ Sounds true to form from Vittoria/Lion Tyres.

Eg Vittoria Corsa Evo CX's are lovely until you ride them in the rain, or over a piece of glass.

^ are the CX's crap in the wet? The Pave's are so good in bad conditions.

Very very slippery- wheelspin is easy when out of the saddle on damp roads

They're a race tyre, so softer compound, so theoretically better in the wet (pressure and rider technique dependent).

Didn't hippy use some for a while, including hellishly flooded sportives? I know he decided they weren't worth the extra cost at that point, due to cutting up more easily (again, they're a race tyre, softer compound, blah blah blah), but he could probably shed more light on the subject.

From memory Hippo loves the Vittoria Pave, he had them on last time I rode with him- but that is a couple of years ago now.

pff - I think I'm a way off needing race tyres tbh (no race = no race tyre). I've just become a huge fan of the Pave's and anything with lower thread count seems a bit harsh/shit. The problem with having posh anything is that it raises the bar a bit every time.
I will probably shut up and buy some Rubino's; and most likely be very happy for another 2,500k

Personally I cherish my saddle time, and the best spend-to-gain ratio, when comes to bike bits, is tyres.

After some opertunist winter rides on the BMC my rear Ultremo looks shagged though. That was probably taking the piss a little too much.

Have a fair few local-ish climbs planned with a fellow imigrant and BMC rider. He has some nice low profile Kinlin/alchemy climbing wheels, but wants to try some deepish carbon hoops. He even uses the same cassette as me. So we can test each others wheels pretty easily.

Also, had a sale e-mail for some Easton EC90 SLXs. 1175g the pair. Do want.

I asked previously about the wider A23 wheels and I'm thinking about getting a set from Just Riding Along for £250:-

hubs: Miche Primato 32h road hubs, black
rims: Velocity A23, black with (MSW) machined side walls**
[B]spokes:** [/B]DT Swiss Competition black
[B]nipples: [/B]DT Swiss brass silver
**[B]weight: **[/B]front 844g, rear 978g (1822g/pair)

I want them for commuting (my short light commute) and longish (100mi) weekend rides. I'm 15 st. I've been on the stock bontrager racelite whels that came with my bike since I bought it 6 years ago and they've been fine - no problems. I'm interested to see if new wheels will make much difference.

I've also seen on here that Life Cycles can do a wheelset for £260:-

Mavic Open Pro Road Rims
Hope Pro3 Hubs
DT Swiss Competition Silver

I'm aware Mavic and Hope are held in high regard. Would a fat b'stard be best off sticking to the A23s? Are there better options out there for the price?

Can you really get that hope wheelset for £260? When I'd looked around they were all above the £300 mark.

I asked previously about the wider A23 wheels and I'm thinking about getting a set from Just Riding Along for £250:-

hubs: Miche Primato 32h road hubs, black
rims: Velocity A23, black with (MSW) machined side walls
[B]spokes: [/B]DT Swiss Competition black
[B]nipples: [/B]DT Swiss brass silver
**[B]weight: **[/B]front 844g, rear 978g (1822g/pair)

I want them for commuting (my short light commute) and longish (100mi) weekend rides. I'm 15 st. I've been on the stock bontrager racelite whels that came with my bike since I bought it 6 years ago and they've been fine - no problems. I'm interested to see if new wheels will make much difference.

I've also seen on here that Life Cycles can do a wheelset for £260:-

Mavic Open Pro Road Rims
Hope Pro3 Hubs
DT Swiss Competition Silver

I'm aware Mavic and Hope are held in high regard. Would a fat b'stard be best off sticking to the A23s? Are there better options out there for the price?

I'd guess the A23s would be nicer to ride. But the Hope hub would be nicer to live with. Tricky one TBH. I'm leaning towards the hope wheelset though.

The hubs are annoyingly noisy

I love my miche A23 wheelset and went with them over the Hope pro/ open pro wheels.

I'd say they're much of a muchness, so you'd be better off deciding on colour.

The hubs are annoyingly noisy

Thats a matter of taste. I love the clickety click noise of hope hubs. Soon I'll two bikes running them. Although my tune make a nicer sounding loud buzz.

Can you really get that hope wheelset for £260? When I'd looked around they were all above the £300 mark.
I think so. The rear is £163, and the front is £106 so £269 total
I'd say they're much of a muchness, so you'd be better off deciding on colour.
Sounds good to me!

The hubs are annoyingly noisy

Only when you stop pedalling, and stopping pedalling is bad.

Remember when everyone used to ride fixed and they couldn't stop pedalling, should be used to it as it wasn't that long ago that fad was over.

Ah the good old days of fixed gears. What were they again???