Disc ready 700c wheels – What are my options?

Hi.

Im after some 700c wheels that I can run discs with for my Cannondale Quick CX. Ideally they would be as light as 1500kg for the set and under £300 although I can stretch that.

So far I have seen:

One one reetard – cheap but abit heavier than i wanted

Planet x carbon – light and stretching my budget but the main issue is that they are tubs.

Happy to have handbuilts if theycan meet the criteria, any thoughts?

‘Just Riding Along’ build up great wheels.
Velocity A23 rims (easy to tubeless) onto whatever disc hubs you can afford…

Mine are brilliant, bombproof and light enough.

Superstar hubs and crest 29 ers? Mine with DT rev spokes and brass nipples weigh 1590g.

could i run road tyres with those rims?

I had this dilemma too. Crests can be ran with road tyres, but the maximum rated pressure for a 25c tyre is 60PSI…not really good enough.

I’m about to build a set of XTR hubs (silent) onto a set of Stans Iron Cross rims.

I’ve been looking for a while now – JRAs calculator offered an Archetype rim on DT 240s for £645. Pricey and came in at 1608g with brass nips and Rev spokes.

Still trying to decide, personally, but the above is looking like the favourite…

You could always save some money and go for my Cotic wheels 😆

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-cotic-700c-disc-ready-wheels

Superstar tesla with Pacenti rims, the narrowestm/ lighted ones…£260 the pair. Pleased with mine for my Salsa Vaya based on the 1st months ownership

I run 25mm road tyres on my crests, I was also told by Stans that the pressure limits only apply to tubeless setups.

i have 29er crests on my CX bike, run tubelss of road and with tubes on road. I’ve had it confirmed that with tubes you can be guided by the max PSI of the tyre.

Have been thinking about getting some chinese clincher carbon rims, should have a problem because there is no heat build up on the rim. Only problem is that the price is way higher than planet x are selling them!

so 1.5kg is realistic then?

Kinesis ?

You should use aerolite rather than revolution. Having revolution just for being light is just plain wrong, like using Stan rims.

how do the superstar hubs compare to hope pro II’s?

Juan – not sure what you mean?

Juan – not sure what you mean

Likewise. There’s not much in it but for the same given length Aerolite’s are lighter than Revolutions.

Only done about 50 miles off road on them so far, but my Stans Iron Cross on Superstar Tesla hubs seem good.

£320 and 1700g (so maybe a bit heavy for you?), and running tubeless very nicely.

superstar wheels

Well the rev is a very tricky spoke. The aerolite is top of the range, the lightest yet the stifest spoke (average tension is about 110 N.M).
Problem with the rev is trying to build a fastest wheel by decreasing its weight is likey to be counter productive as a build with the revolution gives a very wobbly wheel. The rev is the most elastic spoke.
Good if you want a mountain road wheel or the rider is sub 10 Stones and don’t have big brakes. Otherwise you’re better of with comp or aerolite

Okay, thanks. The Rev sounds like just the kind of spoke I’m after.

I decided to go for Velocity A23 rims but was having difficulty finding a UK stockist that had the non machined side wall version.

Wheelsmith were due to get them in this month so I’m waiting for these as they should build some lightish wheels that will be fine to handle CX tyres as well as road tyres at high pressures.

As I said carefull with the rev. It is a very elastic spoke to wich you can’t really apply much tension.

Hope you have better luck than me paid £349.99 and sent back after 40 miles of wet riding but not hard freehub faulty cost £17 to return.Got rear wheel back and 50/70 miles later free hub give up the ghost and another long push home will not be sending back a second time as I would not use these hubs again the claim to be quick pick up and I agree as ive spent more time carrying the bike. The spokes and rims I can not fault but the hubs maybe good for canal rides or a dryer climate.
On a plus side Mrs and kids are happy as at home instead of training so they would thank superstar components for using these hubs.

Hope you have better luck than me paid £349.99

Phew – I was thinking about these !!

There is also this guy on ebay who uses Novatec hubs to keep the price down:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160990279685?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

there is a link to his website on there where he sells at a discount to ebay prices.

1610g for £305 delivered or an extra £50 for different spokes and a 50g saving.

Also has some Stans 400 on novatec for $368 delivered and 1475g, but I am not sure if that is disc-ready. The hubs might be the same as the Switch Evo ones from Superstar.

I looked into this a while ago and ended up building with Novatec hubs on Open Pro CDs.

Well, I haven’t actually finished building them yet….. 😳

I got Velocity A23 rims on XT disc hubs from JRA with DT comp spokes. Around £230ish I think and lovely.

A bit heavier than you wanted but I guess it depends what you’re using them for. I’d be wary of DT Revs or the Stans Alpha rims – might be a bit floppy!

Don’t forget to check the spacing for your rear wheel before choosing the hubs though…

i bought some Velocity A23 Disc rims on Sram X9 hubs from a US co on ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Handspun-Peloton-Series-Cross-Disc-Front-Wheel-700c-32h-SRAM-X-9-Velocity-A23-/350738867110?pt=Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item51a9aa63a6

very nice – considered buying novatec hubs but not convinced work in wet and i ride all weathers X9 hubs very nice and last pair XT hubs i bought i had to repack and loctite with 23mm tyres versus 32mm and some lighter discs i saved nearly a kg over wheels i was running – which i’m still using for gravel/exploring but wanted something for audax style stuff

i’m currently in Oz so shipping from US is pretty good for me and no hassle with tax (apparently reckon costs too much to collect)

reckon only just over budget if you add in ship to UK then around $60 handling fee, duty at 6% (ish) then add vat at 20%

then again you can’t fault JRA – just another option

Just had some very nice Pro 2 / Mavic Open Pros built by this chap (in Halifax) £308. Good price, I think.

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