On the slow journey to a new FS bike. Not saying it’ll be my last one, maybe penultimate one?
I am entertaining the notion of getting a KOM wheelset.
I figured that alloy rims are the way to go.
Aside from bling there’s no reason for a sub-average rider to go carbon. Right?
Cheaper on the wallet if you break or wear them out. Alloy rims on all my bikes.
Alloy is fine even for most above average riders tbh
not damaged a rim yet beyond scratches
get whatever meets your budget, to me i prioritize a lighter rim, than a fancy hub
DT 461's and 350/370 hubs work for me
also love my cheapy Chinese carbon rims on hope pro 4s
both were sub £500 wheelsets
So you're not into bling but you're looking at KOM hubs? Does not compute.
My standard answer is Hope or DT hubs with whatever DT rims suits your riding.
Brink are selling discounted Reserve wheels in carbon or alloy but they're out of stock in some sizes.
You could literally buy an entire (nice) bike for the cost of some of those wheels.
120 POE on the KOMs, is the FS frame a design where pedal kickback isn’t going to be an issue?
other than that, us sub average riders need all the help we can get, mine were built on WTB carbon rims.
My standard answer is Hope or DT hubs with whatever DT rims suits your riding.
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So you’re not into bling but you’re looking at KOM hubs? Does not compute
Not sure I said ‘not into bling’.
Alloy rims it will be.
Cheaper on the wallet if you break or wear them out. Alloy rims on all my bikes.
I read somewhere recently, "ride not what you can afford to buy, but what you can afford to break/crash".
