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Andi checks out these weatherproof wheels from Spengle.
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hey everyone this is Andy from single
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track again and we're looking at the
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spangle wheels for fresh goods Friday uh
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these are a pretty interesting wheel set
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they're carbon fiber like many other
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Wheels but they only have three spokes
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or blades unlike a traditional wheel set
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so um yeah if you ordered a set of
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Spangles this is the box that they come
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in it's a really big box very wide has a
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bit of information on here such as these
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wheels being super light super strong
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and weatherproof which is very very
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interesting another interesting one is
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here recyclable I'm not sure if they're
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talking about the packaging themselves
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or they're talking about the wheel um
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because carbon fiber isn't that easy to
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recycle so uh that'd be something
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interesting for us to ask spangle
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inside we
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have two orange boxes and in each of
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those we have a front and a rear wheel
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well one wheel in each not in both in
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one so here is the front wheel front
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spangle
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wheel
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and here's the rear wheel with a Shimano
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splin drive there for a standard
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cassette so these a 27.5 wheels and uh
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spangle have sent these wheels in kind
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of like a a semi naked finish now that
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sounds a bit weird but on the website
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spangle off of the wheels naked that's
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what they call it which is just the
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wheels on its own on their own and they
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offer them ready to run I think that's
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what it's called Ready Plug and Play
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sorry is what they call it and plug and
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play Wheels come with schb wheels no
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tires they come with a set and they also
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come with a chain and discs as well but
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we've got a kind of a a combination of
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the two we've got the naked Wheels with
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schwall Bay tires fitted as standard
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okay so um if we take a look at them you
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can see that we've got this three spoke
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or three blade design this is all carbon
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fiber it's a very very smooth finish
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it's a painted finish by the looks of it
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it kind of not to be rude but it kind of
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looks like really Posh MDF it's got like
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this that kind of texture to it we've
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got these uh builtin uh hubs here this
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is the front hub it's boost spacing but
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there is a standard 100 mm uh spacing
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available too 15 mil axle on these and
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on the other side we have a splin disc
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um drive there you can get these with an
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adapter so you can uh put a a regular
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sixbolt disc on there you can't see the
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internal rim on these but they're 24 mil
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because there are no holes for spokes in
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there they're ready to go tubless right
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away you don't need any Rim tape in
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there you just need to pop them on and
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the tires go on quite easily apparently
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cuz they're a hookless design whacking
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some sealant pump them up and they're
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ready to go so that's the that's the
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front wheel and this is the rear again
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looks exactly the same as the front
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obviously but it's got this a splin uh
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drive there for use with Shimano
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cassettes it should also work with the
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Shram NX Eagle cassette as well okay um
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if you bought these wheels just on their
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own they would cost you €
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1,490 if you get them Plug and Play so
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that's with the chain the cassette the
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tires and discs I also believe they will
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cost you
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1,790 so it's not actually bad depending
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on what cassette they they send with
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them I mean I don't mean not bad but the
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jumping price isn't a huge jump in price
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um what we're interested to see is how
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they actually ride because being a
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monoco design a solid piece design this
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is all one piece there's no way of
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adjusting this wheel if you Buckle it
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it's it's going to be buckled I guess
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spangle do give it a lifetime warranty
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so I guess they're you know they're
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planning that they're either going to be
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strong enough to uh to withstand endure
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riding hard riding or you know they're
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easy enough to replace or fix back in
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the factory I'm not really sure another
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thing I'm interested in is how stiff
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they might be spangle claim that these
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wheels are lightweight and strong um to
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me I'm wondering if that is that going
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to mean stiff because stiff wheels and
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me I personally I don't like very very
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stiff wheels so it will be interesting
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to see how they actually feel they do
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definitely look good they kind of well
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they look different let's say um they
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look like something off a Vox all Nova
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from the 1990s but if that's your thing
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you know go for it yeah spangle carbon
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is printed on the side there with a
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sticker now what's interesting with
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these wheels when they're manufactured
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each wheel has an RFID tag which is
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basically I think it's like an NFC chip
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so as the wheels go from one part of
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production to the next um they're each
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scanned so that uh the people at the
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factory know that each wheel has gone
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through every stage of manufacturer so
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in theory that should mean that every
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wheel is tip toop quality and uh you
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know ready to run so that will be also
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very interesting to see how good these
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are they're a very different thing to
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what we're we're used
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to right any other piece of information
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I think that's it that's all ready so 24
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mil internal width 27.5 only €
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1,499 for the naked wheel set € 1,799
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with tires chain cassette and discs very
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interesting set of wheels uh yeah we'll
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see how they are if you've got any
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questions about these wheels obviously
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you're going to ask how much they weigh
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I don't know I need to weigh them if
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you've got any questions about these
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Wheels please let me know in the comment
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section below and I'll get back to you
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as soon as I can if you enjoyed this
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Fresh Goods
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