The OEM pretendy Fulcrums that came with my Ridley have given up after just 1 winter due to awful design so I want to replace them.
This is mainly a commuter but I also use it for long winter road miles and the occasional CX ride/race. Which wheels should I be looking at for optimum value? Budget should be sub £250 for a set or sub £200 for rear only if possible. Not too worried about their racing capabilities, but decent sealing in the freehub would be good. Tubeless might be nice but then so would the moon on a stick.
The ability to buy rear wheel only would be ideal as the front is still fine. I've not been able to find the Kinesis ones as just a rear otherwise I would have plumped for that one.
Any other suggestions?
I got these built
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Spokes - £12.90 (aci alpina)
Rims H Son Archetype- £100
Hubs Novatec- £90
and some beer for my mate who built them (he read the roger musson book)
Used for a few cross races and now ride everyday to work on them
Will your mate be my mate...? 🙂
Herself has gone for [url= http://thecycleclinic.co.uk/collections/road-disc-brake-wheelsets/products/handbuilt-velocity-aileron-road-cx-disc-brake-only-wheelset ]these[/url] with Aileron rims, and in the event Shimano fit hubs & 11 speed cassette running with Campag EPS.
Thanks for the suggestions so far. Not sure I have the time to source parts & get some built up so it'll probably be factory wheels for me.
aP - those wheels look nice but WAY over my budget.
There are other ones on that website 😕
Mavic Aksium Disks? £160 ish from CRC. Mavic freehubs have been 11sp compaitble for ages haven't they?
And Mavics are available front and rear seperately.
I have the Mavics and they are a reliable and sturdy wheelset but do weigh almost 2kg.
Those mavics do look like a good option despite the weight.
Would be good to know the durability of them but I guess they're too new to have any useful info yet. Will see if I can get my hands on some and see if they at least have some sort of sealing on the freehub (unlike my failcrums - worst winter wheel ever).
American classic hurricane disc?
spokesman.co.uk handbuild of trickydisco's set?
Considering that for my Tripster road setup wheelset.
Thanks for the advice folks. The shop where I bought the bike from have done me a very good deal on some Novatec CXDs due to being so embarrassed by how crap the Failcrums were (and how crap the warranty conditions on them were).
Big up to JM Richards in Perth for being an excellent LBS.