Your favorite factory-built wheelset

[Spoker]

Ksyriums SL. Can't break them. Never needed truing in 10 years.

[zero85ZEN]

HED Ardennes Plus Black. Decently light, wide, aero enough and built like tanks! Great all round wheels.

[jamesdak]

Yep, Zonda/Fulcrum Racing 3's are my standard.

To be honest all my Campy/Fulcrum wheels have been trouble-free. Everytime I get a new (old steel) bike I consider Mavics,and Ultegra/Dura Ace, handbuilts, etc. But I almost always go with a Campy Fulcrum set in the end. I guess because they work great and have never caused me any problems.

[jamesdak]

Originally Posted by Spoker

Ksyriums SL. Can't break them. Never needed truing in 10 years.

My worse wheels. Got them used on a Scott CR1 Pro and never could keep them true. Go figure...

[ntb1001]

Zipp 303 FC clinchers, also another vote for Campy Eurus tubeless..bought in 2010 and still straight


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[ryker]

This is a funny topic. Hard to even answer without understanding the perceived advantage of factory-built wheels.

[john903]

Humm, what are my favorite factory built wheels. Lately I have been acquiring several wheel sets and it has been fun to fit a wheel set to the season.

Summer
Campy Hyperon's

Fall
Campy Neculeon's

Winter
Fixed gear White industries eno hub to basic Mavic open pro

Spring Classics
(hand built) White industry hubs to Ambrosio Nemesis

[GregL]

Mavic Cosmic Carbone SL (generation 2, 2010 vintage). Rugged, reliable, and fast. The aluminum brake track meant no need for special brake pads and solid braking wet or dry. If Mavic made a modern version of these wheels (e.g., wider, U-shaped rim, tubeless compatible, etc...), I’d buy a pair in a heartbeat.

Greg

[93KgBike]

Originally Posted by jamesdak

My worse wheels. Got them used on a Scott CR1 Pro and never could keep them true. Go figure...

The spoke-nipples on those are righty-loosey lefty-tighty.

I've never trued the 2-3 sets I've run but I built a set from hubs this year and it was kind of a PIA. Easier to just buy them.

[tv_vt]

Originally Posted by GregL

Mavic Cosmic Carbone SL (generation 2, 2010 vintage). Rugged, reliable, and fast. The aluminum brake track meant no need for special brake pads and solid braking wet or dry. If Mavic made a modern version of these wheels (e.g., wider, U-shaped rim, tubeless compatible, etc...), I’d buy a pair in a heartbeat.

Greg

Mavic does make a newer version of these: Cosmic Pro Carbon, 45mm deep, rounded rim shape, wider, too. About $800-$900 at various outlets. They've tempted me many times.

[Gummee]

Favorites? Mavic Heliums. The original red ones

Right after that are my C24s that I recently sold in a fit of madness

Then 101s

Then 404s, but I tend to change out the rear hubs for DT Swiss and/or White Industries T11

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[weiwentg]

I'd probably vote for Boyd's Altamont wheels, which are available in disc, standard rim brake, or ceramic coated rim brake. I hesitate only because I have no personal experience with their hubs. I have a pair of Altamont ceramics laced to White Industries hubs, but those aren't factory built.

[Mike V]

Driel and Obermeyer Gen 1 Lightweight Wheels

Mavic Cosmic Carbone SSC tubulars

[mtechnica]

Really like my zonda c17 and even my scirocco c17. My girlfriend has fulcrum racing 5 on two bikes and they are solid.

[Skenry]

Originally Posted by Gummee

Favorites? Mavic Heliums. The original red ones

Exactly what I was going to say, past those I still like it build them myself. They were a thing of beauty.