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Recommend light clincher wheelset
In the thread in which I asked about what I would notice with a light carbon bike, several people said to stick with the Firefly and put some light wheels on it. The wheels on it now are White Industries T11 with HED Belgium rims, 32 rear, 28 front - not sure what the spokes are. I weighed them without skewers or cassette, but with Vittoria Corsa G+ 28mm tires and unknown tubes (short stem, ~25mm) at 1,300 g rear, 1,130g front. The tires new weight 530g (have two, weighed them) and if I guess 200g for the two tubes, I'm at 1,700g for the set with rim tape.
I'm 145 lbs. Please learn me what would be a good choice for lightweight wheels, both alloy, hybrid carbon/alloy if that makes sense, and carbon. Using Dura Ace 9000 brakes if that makes any difference. Corsas measure just over 28mm on the Belgium rims. |
Many hills over there? :p
But seriously, if you want light, DA 9000 or 9100 come to mind. Those are a hybrid of sorts. I'm running T11/Pacenti Forza at a lower spoke count which you could certainly get away with. It's not like your wheels are heavy or anything, just more spokes (and perhaps they aren't the high zoot variety). Other hybrid wheels I've ridden have been the HED Jets, fast as hell but fill up with water in the rain. Easy to beat 1700g for pretty cheap with 20/24 lacing. Edit: you can take my wheels for a quick spin if you want. They have 23mm GP4kSIIs on them and 11s 11-32 cassette. Obviously you can swap whatever but it'll give you a decent idea of what they might feel like. |
Check these out.
https://shop.mavic.com/en-us/ksyrium...html#1028=3283 Shop for prices as you can get these for about $800 |
have had two sets of DA C24s. stellar wheels.
light, bullet-proof, not that expensive... |
A couple of lightweights that have impressed me in quick tests: the Rolf Vigor and and the Industry Nine I25s. Both in the $1k-1.2k range.
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Dura Ace C24s, great wheels..
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Recommend light clincher wheelset
HED Ardennes Plus SL are 1500g. I see them for $720. You can absolutely ride lower spoke count (lighter) at your weight...most 20/24 sets will be under 1500g.
See Boyd also. Or Industry Nine if you like loud durable hubs. |
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There is no reason to ride 1700g rim brake wheels. Especially at 145.
Go find the Fulcrum equivalent to Bora One's and prepare to answer why you did not do that sooner. |
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Only 155 grams difference. |
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A Bora One clincher set is 1400g...there must be a Fulcrum equivalent...else if runing 11sp just use the campag cassette with shimano/sram... 300g is noticeable |
For off the shelf wheels, I’d take a serious look at Hunt. I have a pair of the 30 Carbon disc wheels and have put plenty of miles on them and I’ve been impressed. Not a single issue, freehub is very easy to service. Light, good looking, solid reviews and quite a bit less then comparable wheelsets.
I’d also agree on the C24’s or the C35’. I have both in rim brake versions. Carbon rims with aluminum brake tracks, no need for carbon pads. There’s nothing quite like the sublime quality of Dura Ace cup and cone ball bearing hubs. Feel like silk. Beautiful and they often show up here used for very reasonable prices. Easy to adjust and if taken care of will last many, many miles. Off topic but just for grins I packed a pair of Dura Ace hubs with Mobile 1 synthetic grease when I serviced last. (Had a new container left over from a m/c build) I inspected them some miles later and the grease looked brand new. With the Mobile 1 hubs seem even smoother, probably placebo effect. |
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I’d also recommend checking out FSE wheels. Lots of good options out there.
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