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14/06/2009 10:02:47 PM
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Redlad
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I've decided I need to upgrade my wheels from a set of Shimano R500's and thought I'd seek out some advice...
I'm looking at spending around the $1000 mark and I've got my eyes on some Easton EA90 SLX's, but I've also heard good things about Fulcrum Racing 3, Mavic Ksyrium SL Premium and I also like the look of the Shimano Ultegra RS80.
I'm running 9-speed gear and enjoy hill climbing and the subsequent descent, but also like going fast on the flat.
I'm around the 85 kilo mark.
Any recommendation from those I've listed or other options I should consider?
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15/06/2009 10:13:04 AM
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DanielS
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I can't recommend any factory wheelsets, but what I would strongly recommend is getting some 'custom' wheels handbuilt. The cost will be about the same (or cheaper) for something of equal weight, but with much better durability. You can choose your hubs, rims, spokes and lacing pattern to best balance out weight/strength. I have two sets of handbuilt wheels with thousands of kms on them and they have never needed truing. There aren't a lot of shops that will do handbuilt wheels, but a few will. Both of my sets have come from BMCR.
edited by DanielS on 15/06/2009
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15/06/2009 1:43:18 PM
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Mick
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Handbuilts are a good option. Get some Niobium 30mm rims laced with CX-Rays to some good hubs. If you are set on the factory built wheels, I'd pick the RS80 out of your list. They are almost exactly the same wheels as the much more expensive Dura-Ace carbon laminate clinchers, the only difference is the Ultegra hub which is a little heavier but still a good performer.
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15/06/2009 5:02:45 PM
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Robert Rau
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Hand builts sound good as I ride on a set of Mavic Open Pros with twenty year old Mavic 571/2 hubs which have a shimano compatible hub body. Smoothest running hubs ever built. Strong enough to withstand running over any wino in Whitmore Square. Just remember that any hand builts with need a little tweaking a few weeks after they are build as they settle in. Well worth the money.
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25/06/2009 12:52:52 AM
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harley j
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ive ran a lot of wheels but my fav are my 36 hole chris king and velocity aerohead (off center rear).
fashion wheelsets cos mega bucks to replace a rim if you need to. ksyrium rims are like 300 -400$ yeah?
velocity rims..aussie made and world class.
corsa cycle center does a great job.
as does kim at north adelaide cycles. kim has this massive truing machine to get it spot on.
andrew field at bicycle express has built some pretty tough wheels.
adelaide has some really good mechanics..we are very lucky..
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25/06/2009 2:43:58 PM
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Redlad
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Thanks everyone for your responses.
I was so close to going down the custom-built route after all your recommendations............but then I ended up buying the Fulcrum 3's!
Haven't heard a bad thing about them whereas people had plenty of negatives to say about the others I was looking at. Not so much the Ksyrium's but the other 2.
Only "problem" I had with the Ksyrium's is that every second guy out there has them in one model or another.
One way of looking at that is that they must be fairly good...I just wanted something different.
Thanks again guys!
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25/06/2009 8:14:50 PM
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Robert Rau
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Can appreciate what you said about the Mavic Ksyriums. I modified mine, lots of fun and now alot lighter. Put in a titanium axle and ceramic bearings (grade 3) and Abec 7 bearing races. The hub body has had that nylon bush removed and the hub machined to suit a new sealed bearing - the wheels spin almost forever, and they are great for climbing Yep seen a few guys ride on those fulcums and they all love them. I would like to see how they are engineered (ie: how many pawls, bearings where the axle is supported etc). I would love it if some bike shop offered customers tests of different wheel sets before purchase - but it all seems pie in the sky.
edited by Robert Rau on 25/06/2009
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6/08/2009 1:56:42 PM
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Troy Collett
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I did hear that Alex Da22 rims are slightly bigger than 700c - no wonder its hard to fit tyres
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