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Partington gives Lightweight a run for their money?
I had never heard of Partington wheels (https://www.partington.cc/). Not until I got an email from Above Category today. Looks like Lightweight has competition!
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Their website (at a quick glance) is pretty much devoid of any information about the company. I'd be very suspicious that this is just a marketing company spec'ing, shipping and branding wheels from an OEM in Asia.
Maybe I am wrong, and they have their own shop... but if they did, I'd think they would feature that.
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And here was I thinking that 3 grand for car wheels is an absurd amount of money...
but really, they look like any rim from a taiwan brand that costs $200 a pop then with some fancier spokes and propietary hub? |
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Quote:
https://cyclingtips.com/tag/partington/ From CT article a couple months ago: Quote:
Last edited by yinzerniner; 06-24-2021 at 10:37 AM. |
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Looks like a sub of an Australian company: https://partington.com.au/
Partington Advanced Engineering Still doesn't talk about their manufacturing...looks like they design and prototype though. Maybe the wheels are a prototype project?
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What does "Max System Weight: 110" mean?
If I am ~65lbs heavier than those wheels can tolerate it's a non-starter... |
#7
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Surely it means kg. Mixing imperial and metric measurements is for mountain bikes.
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#8
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That should be in Kg
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so...who is buying this?
I mean apart from the stiffness (that end users cannot measure), the wheelset is kinda around the same ballpark weight as the roval alpinist clx. the alpinist is "only' $2500. granted that it is made in taiwan(?) and is not tubeless compatiple. |
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Everyone knows a Tarmac with Roval wheels will be faster, but the custom Aussie or other nationality customer will take pride in outfitting their bling ride with a veblen good |
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I would consider these, but I only run 24+mm internal width hookless rims these days. 21mm is too narrow.
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w/a buck getting you ~1.32 AU, you might as well take a trip to pick up a set.
Funny how they 'found' the right US retail partner for a one-stop-shop. |
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They charge AU$7K = US$5.3K, so seems fair.
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Asian factories are so sophisticated now, many can do the design, prototypes, and testing. So it is really easy to start up a wheel company with a good graphic designer, some connections to influencers and a slick website... All the knowledge on actually building wheels lives somewhere else. At that point, what does the brand even represent?
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I'd be willing to bet a large amount of $$ that these wheels are slow AF compared to any modern day HED/Zipp/Enve wheelset.
Big bladed spokes like those are not aero, and lightweight <> speed unless you are living in 1990....... Aero trumps weight by a long shot. |
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