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Now I've swapped my wheels I've been able to weigh both sets to get a fairly accurate comparison. Just used kitchen scales but the weights seem to be close enough to the listed weights for the shimanos. I could never find a weight for "bontrager approved wheels" that were fitted to my Trek Madone so now I have that. I was pretty surprised at the weight actually:
Shimano Ultegra 6800
Front: 725
Rear: 960
Bontrager:
Front: 975
Rear: 1225
So a difference of 515g!
Both sets weighed without tyres / tubes / cassettes / QR skewers etc
Shimano Ultegra 6800
Front: 725
Rear: 960
Bontrager:
Front: 975
Rear: 1225
So a difference of 515g!
Both sets weighed without tyres / tubes / cassettes / QR skewers etc
Steve vRS said:
Our kitchen scales are a bit out to one another.
I weighed my wheels when I changed from Ultegras to Camp Zondas and got the following values:-
Front Ultegra 660g
Rear Ultegra 850g
Without tubes, tyres, skewers etc.
Interestingly, the Zonda weights were identical!
Steve
My scales are old cheap and not digital so I'll go with your weightsI weighed my wheels when I changed from Ultegras to Camp Zondas and got the following values:-
Front Ultegra 660g
Rear Ultegra 850g
Without tubes, tyres, skewers etc.
Interestingly, the Zonda weights were identical!
Steve
Got some 50mm Farsports the other week ... had a look at a mates so thought I'd take the plunge and seem like decent set of wheels and why not for the money. Had a fast-ish almost 80 mile club ride last weekend and even with some decent climbs there was no flex under full load and they roll well. Only the standard Novatec hubs so I'm not expecting them to last for years. Also had a faster chaingang ride ... so far so good. First race on them on Friday so at least they've been tested before they get a proper hammering.
Also swapped my Wheelsmith's 38's onto the Aithein .... they really look at home!
Also swapped my Wheelsmith's 38's onto the Aithein .... they really look at home!
Replaced my Shimano M575 pads on the weekend; swapped to a resin pad to see if there’s any difference. Initially seems more of a bite. Also ordered a shorter stem (going from 100mm to 50mm) for my road bike as I’m finding the reach a bit too far for comfort – just to see if it’s noticeably better.
JEA1K said:
Got some 50mm Farsports the other week ... had a look at a mates so thought I'd take the plunge and seem like decent set of wheels and why not for the money. Had a fast-ish almost 80 mile club ride last weekend and even with some decent climbs there was no flex under full load and they roll well. Only the standard Novatec hubs so I'm not expecting them to last for years. Also had a faster chaingang ride ... so far so good. First race on them on Friday so at least they've been tested before they get a proper hammering.
Very interested in your thoughts on the Farsports. I'm always pondering but never feel confident enough to click "yes" TonyHetherington said:
Very interested in your thoughts on the Farsports. I'm always pondering but never feel confident enough to click "yes"
Same. I've been toying with the idea of getting a set of Reynolds Assaults but the Farsports look like they are about 1/2 the price. I like the idea of being able to walk into the LBS with the Reynolds wheels if there is a problem which you wont have with the Chinese wheels.P
We have some farsports on my wife's bike the same as those above.
Also have a set of Reynolds Attack from 2013 with the ctg brake track.
I've used both extensively with the Reynolds cryo blue pads.
Both wheelsets are very good but the Reynolds definitely are a cut above in terms of quality, feel much more solid.
My wife got some deformation of the brake track on the rear of the Farsport rim and a defect in the valve hole caused a worse problem in this area and caused a buckle. In fairness this was on a serious hilly ride on poor roads with big descents then the Fred Whitton which they're not really designed to do.
Pics below (original dimensions are 17mm internal, 23mm external).
You can just see a defect in the carbon layup here too, in the same area as the valve hole:
Farsports sent a new rim under warranty but it needs building up with the existing hub and spokes.
The Reynolds are bombproof, I did all of the above and more on them and they're still perfect.
Plan now is that she use the farsports for flat(ish) riding and the Reynolds everywhere else.
Price wise, I spend £490 including import duty on the Farsport and bought the Reynolds used on Bike Radar for £400, I'd say the latter were the better buy overall.
Also have a set of Reynolds Attack from 2013 with the ctg brake track.
I've used both extensively with the Reynolds cryo blue pads.
Both wheelsets are very good but the Reynolds definitely are a cut above in terms of quality, feel much more solid.
My wife got some deformation of the brake track on the rear of the Farsport rim and a defect in the valve hole caused a worse problem in this area and caused a buckle. In fairness this was on a serious hilly ride on poor roads with big descents then the Fred Whitton which they're not really designed to do.
Pics below (original dimensions are 17mm internal, 23mm external).
You can just see a defect in the carbon layup here too, in the same area as the valve hole:
Farsports sent a new rim under warranty but it needs building up with the existing hub and spokes.
The Reynolds are bombproof, I did all of the above and more on them and they're still perfect.
Plan now is that she use the farsports for flat(ish) riding and the Reynolds everywhere else.
Price wise, I spend £490 including import duty on the Farsport and bought the Reynolds used on Bike Radar for £400, I'd say the latter were the better buy overall.
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paulmon said:
TonyHetherington said:
Very interested in your thoughts on the Farsports. I'm always pondering but never feel confident enough to click "yes"
Same. I've been toying with the idea of getting a set of Reynolds Assaults but the Farsports look like they are about 1/2 the price. I like the idea of being able to walk into the LBS with the Reynolds wheels if there is a problem which you wont have with the Chinese wheels.P
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