Carbon Clincher Conundrum

[Jcgill]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

No name but 4 new cart bearings, rear hub and BHS new F125 front hub laced to 38 or 50mm carbon clincher rims..20/Radial F and 24 2 cross rear.

$585 plus shipping.

Rims from these guys

http://www.offthefrontracingsystems.com/

That sounds nice, any ability to upgrade the hubs to dt240 or t11's or anything brand name for a higher price?

That would be exactly what i am looking for.....nice hubs that can be re-used if the rim meets its demise laced to some decent 50mm carbon wheels.

[ldamelio]

Another vote for Boyd in whatever profile you prefer.

[galgal]

Originally Posted by rePhil

ProBikes prices look good. Have you ordered from them? How long did it take to get them?

Have ordered 2 wheelsets from Probikekit over the last 6 months. As you say, price was good. Tracked shipping, promised 2 week delivery date and received them within that period. Wheelsets were as ordered with no problems and all included documentation. Small sample obviously but nothing to complain about.

[Neves]

Originally Posted by SoCalSteve

This would be an amazing deal if they weren't in China! I'd be afraid of damage in shipping, customs and the amount of time it would take to get here.

The Reynolds stuff is all good. Or, find a lightly used set of ENVE's here or on eBay.

Good luck!

Light-Bicycle has a pretty solid reputation. They also just opened/partnered with someone here in the states. I just ordered some rims from Nextie and it went pretty smooth, even though I ordered them during their new years.

[kramnnim]

Should be able to find lightly used Enve in your price range.

[markoprotic]

I would get REYNOLDS ASSAULT. I had them for a season. They feel good, Japanese carbon made here in USA per Reynolds. I ran tubes 1/2 season, then I set them tubeless with Bontrager R3 TLR tires 25mm. The ride quality was excellent. I have only good things to say about them, solid wheel. I strongly recommend them.
All the best.

Marko

[Duende]

Bora one 50 (I have the 35's here in SF). I doubt you'll find as nice a hub with any of the other options. Campy hubs are very hard to beat. Braking is excellent... truly excellent.

Really can't say enough good things about these wheels. I'm blown away.

[dgauthier]

Originally Posted by colker

Carbon and tubulars!

Yes, I thought the conundrum was going to be about putting the words "carbon" and "clincher" together.

Hey, I ride clinchers (tubulars just seem like so much trouble), but with aluminum rims. But if you want the best performance from a four figure carbon wheelset, you really should be thinking about tubulars. Go all the way! Otherwise, what are you spending the money for?

[Gummee]

Originally Posted by Bentley

I have them and love them. I have the 7850's which also work tubeless. You can usually get them for 750ish.

Ray

...and I have the 9k c24s. Great wheels (as is pretty much anything D/A)

M

[R3awak3n]

I just bought some reynolds attacks from ebay, haven't ridden them yet but for $450 and they look brand new I could not say no. I read a bunch of reviews and they rated high, also the newish reynolds pads look pretty awesome, bigger so more power and manage heat better.

Seems like reynolds are some of the best for the price. Of course if you want to spend you have campy, enve and zipp.


oh you could also look at boyd, they seem nice for a decent price

[shovelhd]

I'll put in a plug for psimet. Rob builds great bulletproof wheels and stands behind them. He also sponsors some of the worlds best American bike racers.

[Tandem Rider]

I've only bought 1 carbon wheel new, ever. All of them (including the new one) are still going strong, I would rather spend a week off work at a training camp that earning enough scratch to buy a new pair of wheels.

[regularguy412]

Originally Posted by Jcgill

Hello everyone,

Looking into getting some carbon clinchers for my Moots Vamoots CR with Ultegra 6800/Da9000 mixed group.

The moots is currently running an Ultegra 6800 wheelset and it is the nicest wheelset i have owned since i got my first road bike in 2009. (My trek has a bontrager set and my Caad10 has mavic aksiums.)

I live in the Chicagoland area so the wheels would mostly see flats and occasionally rolling hills, no steep climbs or descending.

Looking to spend around 1,000 to 1,500 for new wheels.

So far for consideration are:

Competitive cyclist Mercury M5~900ish
Psimet (local wheels similar to boyd) ~1100 but could upgrade to white industries hubs for a bit more
Reynolds? Strike/assault and other models?
Campy bora50 ~ 1700 and would need a shimano freehub
Are there any other wheels in the price range that i am missing? What do you guys feel would be the bust buy???

I own a set of the Mercury M5's. I also wrote a review on the CC page for those wheels. It's listed under Mike T.

Great wheels for the money. Can't speak to the others brands you mentioned as I've not used them.

Mike in AR

[zap]

Originally Posted by duende

bora one 50 (i have the 35's here in sf). I doubt you'll find as nice a hub with any of the other options. Campy hubs are very hard to beat. Braking is excellent... Truly excellent.

Really can't say enough good things about these wheels. I'm blown away.

+3

[bewheels]

Another vote for Boyd.
I have been running two different sets for several months and am very pleased.

Very well thought out wheels. Tubeless if you want to go that route or run tubes without any issue. I would recommend having them set-up as tubeless and then run however you want (you just pull out the preinstalled tubeless value and keep the tape in place).
AL or carbon rims.
Various depths.
His in-house hubs work really well or you can go for the White hubs.

And they are great to deal with.