[Closed] Climbing road wheelsets - what is worth a look?

what are climbing wheels? do they have a motor in?

Light Bicycle 24mm Clincher maybe? Or tubs if you can be bothered, they'll be lighter. Doubt you'll find anything lighter for the money.

I assume you just want something light?

I ride Shimano RS80 wheels and they are fairly light, around the 1600g mark with chinese Ti skewers. They are good for climbing, racing and just about everything really. google tells me this is a fair bit lower than the Mavic ones.

The RS81 is the latest version and there are also higher levels available. The Dura ace ones look very nice- I think the rims are the same but the hubs better.

You could also look on here for the novatech recommendations. I think people were lacing the Stan's road rims to them to produce some light wheels.

It really depends on what weight you are starting from?

There's some really light hubs on ebay, I've got the 288g hubs, but there were lighter.

288g hubs
360g rims
20/24 spokes at 5g each = 198g

Wheel weight = 1200g

They're only a smidgen lighter than the original Stans alphas though, pretty sure mine were 1250g built up. With tubs and 50g lighter hubs you'd be down to 1050g. But then you're on tubs.............

[url= http://www.wheelsfar.com/road-wheels/tubular/20mm/38mm-x-20-5mm-full-carbon-tubular-wheelset.html ]950g, £357, thread closed![/url]

Even the clinchers are only [url= http://www.wheelsfar.com/road-wheels/clincher/24mm/38mm-x-20-5mm-clincher-wheelset-257.html ]1190g[/url], which isn't bad!

Would be worried about durability going that light? Was thinking of a factory set tbh. I've built my own mtb wheels but for some reason don't trust my build skills when it comes to 50mph+ descents.

I weigh in at 75kg ish in kit and find my braccianos a little flexy and occasionally rub under power. Will be used over the odd cattle grid too.

I've got some M40C's and a set of these for exactly the same reason as you.
Mav's R-SYS-SLR's £1600, but can be found cheaper if you look.

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Strada built me some Velocity A23s on their own hubs (20/24) with C X-rays. Smidge over 1400gms & super comfy too at low pressures (80/85psi). Not supah doopah light, but light enough.

950g, £357, thread closed!

Fek that's light! Still not sure I'd want tubs outside of a race where a puncture would mean losing anyway, but then I don't race!

I think r-sys are probably a bit too pricey even discounted (cheapest I can find is £1k)

Any reviews or users of those wheels you linked njee? Or have you just spotted them?

FarSports come out of all the threads with glowing reviews, there's a huge thread on weight weenies, one on MTBR too. Not specifically those, but it's the same rims FFWD use in the F2R IIRC.

You'd not need to build them - they're a built wheelset. They won't be the stiffest, but you said you wanted a climbing wheel. Alternatively there's a 38mm clincher set at 1250g which should be a chunk stiffer.

I've got Braccianos too - 1550g for just over £200. Rapidly dimishing returns beyond there surely if weight saving. Mine survive rough roads admirably - fred Whitton land etc

Do people rate their MTB wheels Njee?

Back on topic, Campy Neutrons are nice.

For whatever reason their road wheels seem more popular - I think mountain bikers tend to use Light Bicycle for rims only. Not read any first hand accounts. 1400g for their lightest 29er wheels though, I'd have a pair!

Farsports MTB wheels are as nice as the road and CX ones. I've got the 29er wheels for XC racing/general hacking around the Peaks and they've been faultless.
In fact, in our household, apart from some Fulcrums for road training, everything we've got is Farsports-based, so 12+ pairs of wheels. Not a single issue so far.

Thanks, they might well be on the upgrade list once the new MTB arrives

I am having the high suspicion that our too supreme friends above, may be of the high quality, and most lightest we'll company of the China.
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I too am after some wheels and shall be watching this thread with the careful eye.

I've got a pair of the 950g farsports. They've stood up to some heavy training and some big days in the Pyrenees, and I can't fault them for the price. Use their recommended pads only though.- I put some Campag reds on and the front rim is now starting to delaminate.
They become unridable if you break a spoke, but anything that light with a low spoke count is gonna do that I guess.

I've had cheap carbon rims in the past and wouldn't trust them on alpine descents where you're breaking really heavy every 100 yards or so for say 8 miles.

I'd sooner put my faith in a pair of alloy rims, something that's going to give you solid dependable braking in all conditions. For £500 you could do what I did and grab a pair of Campag Bulket 50's from Merlin cycles discounted from £900. They're a carbon rim with alloy breaking. Perfect. Not the lightests but they're bloody taught and soak up the crappy roads in Warwickshire really well.

Just my 10 pence worth.

steady, sharonbaby - people will start to suspect

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