Best strong Climbing wheelset at reasonable price
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Best strong Climbing wheelset at reasonable price
Postby Stagead » Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:33 pm
I do mostly climbing and these wheels flex a bit and it loosens the spokes quickly.
Need advice on a wheelset that is, stiff, and reasonably priced.
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Postby Comedian » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:02 pm
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Postby antipodean » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:07 pm
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Postby brawlo » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:29 pm
I'm going through the process of reading Jobst Brandt's book on wheelbuilding at the moment, and I would recommend that while you're waiting for the new wheels to get there, that you get the spokes tensioned a bit tighter. You may find that that will solve many of your problems. They will be a good training/backup wheelset then.
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Best strong Climbing wheelset at reasonable price
Postby themerlin » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:53 pm
Very stiff strong wheels.
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Postby jacks1071 » Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:51 pm
Try Pro-lite Bracciano or Merano at our website: www.pro-liteoz.comStagead wrote:I ride an oppy a5 with mavic aksium race wheels.
I do mostly climbing and these wheels flex a bit and it loosens the spokes quickly.
Need advice on a wheelset that is, stiff, and reasonably priced.
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Postby MichaelB » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:54 am
Deep V's are not really lightweight climbing wheels. But they are strong.themerlin wrote:I have of velocity deep v's from bicycle wheels.com cost about 370 inc postage.
Very stiff strong wheels.
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Postby hanzao » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:29 am
Hope so because I got these tooComedian wrote:Durace c24's rock.
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Postby Ross » Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:26 pm
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Postby themerlin » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:06 pm
Has anyone tried these ?antipodean wrote:With a 12 month warranty why not try these.
http://www.cyclingdeal.com.au/buy/edge- ... /WWS-XR200
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Postby fixedlegs2012 » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:45 pm
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Postby themerlin » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:26 pm
83kg limit might be the reasonRoss wrote:Pretty light but there must be a reason similar "brand name" wheels cost 2 or 3 times that.
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Postby PawPaw » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:29 pm
Hmmmm...never heard of anyone who does mainly climbing before, on a roadie.
Whatever your bodyweight, you'll get a stiffer wheel with a higher spoke count than the Aksium 20/20, and wider rear flange/flange width.
Most OEM wheelsets have loctite or similar applied to the spoke thread, to stop them from loosening....quickly.
But many wheelbuilders argue that loctite shouldn't be necessary if the wheels are tensioned correctly.
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Postby Crawf » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:15 am
Take one Chinese wheelsetfixedlegs2012 wrote:Why not check out Melb Wheel builder Corecarbon? http://www.corecarbon.com.au they make a 38 and a 58 both are UCI legal and roll really nicely.
Add two drops of decals
Add 60% to the price tag
Bake up a snazzy website and you have the same product as everybody else.
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Postby __PG__ » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:20 am
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Postby Crawf » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:37 am
The newer Alpha rims are beefed up, so should be less of an issue weight wise.__PG__ wrote:If the original poster is lightweight you could build a set of custom wheels on Stans Alpha alloy rims which are less than 400 grams. Laced up to a set of White Industries hubs you'd have a sub 1400g wheelset that won't brake the bank. But this wouldn't be recommended for a heavier rider.
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Postby hannos » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:44 am
PawPaw wrote: Hmmmm...never heard of anyone who does mainly climbing before, on a roadie.
I have!
http://theclimbingcyclist.com/
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Postby __PG__ » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:25 pm
Agree. Braking on carbon rims on the way down is an issue. I wonder what the pros use on the big days in the Pyrenees and Alps?PawPaw wrote:If I did a lot of climbing I·d be reticent to use carbon rims.
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Postby PawPaw » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:29 pm
very few (<10-15%) looked to be using carbon on the hills. most (>85%) did on the flatter stages.__PG__ wrote:Agree. Braking on carbon rims on the way down is an issue. I wonder what the pros use on the big days in the Pyrenees and Alps?PawPaw wrote:If I did a lot of climbing I·d be reticent to use carbon rims.
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Postby jacks1071 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:57 pm
If a large hub flange is high on your wish list - check these out:PawPaw wrote:How much do you weigh?
Hmmmm...never heard of anyone who does mainly climbing before, on a roadie.
Whatever your bodyweight, you'll get a stiffer wheel with a higher spoke count than the Aksium 20/20, and wider rear flange/flange width.
Most OEM wheelsets have loctite or similar applied to the spoke thread, to stop them from loosening....quickly.
But many wheelbuilders argue that loctite shouldn't be necessary if the wheels are tensioned correctly.
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http://www.pro-liteoz.com/store/index.p ... oductId=83
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