Here is my review for my recent purchase of bladeX 60mm carbon clinchers.
First impression: When I got them out of the box they seemed very well made for the price I payed. I use to have 50mm carbon tubular chinese wheels and these were way better in all aspects from first glance. The case that they came in was excellent packaging and even though the outside of the box seemed damaged the contents inside was protected in a box that was made especially to hold these wheels.
The wheels were what I expected for paying this amount of money. Novatec hubs come standard on most chinese carbon wheels and are actually pretty good. In comparison to my pro lite braccianos I would say they spin even a little better. The carbon is toray t700 carbon according to BladeX.
From BladeX
"Full Carbon Toray T700SC - Why we don't do the cheapest?
Without saying, material is the most important for a rim.
There are 3 main places producing carbon fiber material - Japan, Taiwan and China Mainland. Toray in Japan is the biggest and best carbon producer in the world, we use Toray T700SC from Toray for all of our rims, although Toray product price are almost 2X than those in Taiwan and 3X than China Mainland. Comparing the durability and stiffness it brings, it's definitely worth".
In terms of stiffness I can feel a bit of flex when compared to my alloy wheels, but is not all that much. I raced on them this arvo and they handled high speed sprints and downhill bombs very well. My average on the downhill section of this particular race course was a little higher, doubt it was the wheels, but lets just say it was for now.
Mr BladeX the owner/builder emailed me and we discussed what my preferences were for the wheels. Like spokes, hubs and rim finish. Overall he was very helpful. They are not the lightest wheels out there at 1750gm, however I like to think that this is because these wheels have thicker walls on the rim as it says on the wheel page
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BladeX-ROAD- ... 362wt_1270
I would recommend this small ebay seller, they are building quality wheels unlike some other Chinese ebay sellers.
Here are some pics of my wheels after today's race