Bike Wheels
han382
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I love my bike-having started to put in some serious miles recently (training for IM Austria next year) I've become very close to her (a bit closer on some rides than I'd like-but no pain no gain etc). My question is on the often asked question-where best to upgrade, the answer of which is almost always the wheels-but what would be a noticeable upgrade for a set of Fulcrum Racing 7s that I have on the bike at the moment? The 220 Tri triathlon essentials has a set of £900 wheels at the "budget end" of the scale-do I realy need to spend that much to get a noticeable improvement-or would the Planet X Carbon 50s at £400 give me a noticeable difference in performance.
I've not got £400 or £900 to spend on tyres at the moment-but if I'm to start saving it would be good to have a figure in mind-or even an idea of what performance I could expect to see for a given type of wheel and I could start searching the second hand pages of the forums.
Any advice appreciated.
I've not got £400 or £900 to spend on tyres at the moment-but if I'm to start saving it would be good to have a figure in mind-or even an idea of what performance I could expect to see for a given type of wheel and I could start searching the second hand pages of the forums.
Any advice appreciated.
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No you dont have to spend £1000 on wheels, spend it on coaching, it'll make you quicker.
For what i wanted - light and aero he suggested these £450.
http://www.eurobike.uk.com/details.aspx?p=124
Have beaten all by bike bests this year on them.
See what the others recommend and speak to a LBS tell them what you want and your budget and see what they suggest
have a look here:
www.ffwdwheels.com
If you go through their website directly then mention I sent you :0) (jason Walkley) speak to Roland Ten Brinke, he is the general manager! He may do you a good deal.
I think 220 needs to have a reality check, yes we like to uber bling stuff but most of us 1. can't afford and 2. are not good enough to get the best from it.
Whats the point in buying wheels where you need to be hitting big speeds to get the benefit when most of us can't get those speeds v. often???
I would rather see more in depth advice than the generic crap you get at the mo
People will buy the mag regardless.
Report on which wheels are most aero. The American Classics hold up quite well against the carbon brigade.
http://www.roadbikereview.com/cat/wheel ... 90crx.aspx
Having said that I have read that the 2009 range has cured/significantly reduced this problem, in any case if you weigh 65Kgs or less then they do seem to do the business from what I have read and GHarvs excellent posting makes very interesting reading.
Bomb proof, light and rigid, spin up fast and look good, especially the hubs.
I don't know about the other models in the range but I think mine do a great job.
Recommended, chosen and fitted by a bloke in a shop WINK WINK( but if I mention it I'll get shot down in flames and told i'm on the payroll for said business)
Very tempting I must say