which road wheel set @ c £500 price point

[CAB]

so far i was thinking;
- Shimanno dura ace wh-7850-c24
- campag eurus
- somebody else has just mentioned zipp CSC

looking to use the wheels for training and devouring miles. I am about 80 kg so weight shouldnt be an issue.

From what i have read so far the 7850 are prob' the best out there. would appreciate your views.

Thanks CAB

[pawsmcgraw]

Other tha what you've mentioned,my options at the price would be between, the CSC's, Bontrager Race xlites, Mavic open pros built into some dt swiss.Anything else in that price range is too heavy....unless your not fussed about heavy/dead wheels If you could blag a set of R SYS Mavics on special it might be worth a punt but they are painfully slow at anything over a 39x15( you wouldn't believe they could have so much drag)

Edited by pawsmcgraw on Thursday 31st July 09:41

[CAB]

pawsmcgraw said:

My options at the price would be between, the CSC's, Bontrager Race xlites, Mavic open pros built into some dt swiss.Anything else in that price range is too heavy....unless your not fussed about heavy/dead wheels If you could blag a set of R SYS Mavics on special it might be worth a punt but they are painfully slow at anything over a 39x15( you wouldn't believe they could have so much drag)

thanks for the very quick response

why would you discount the campags and shim'o hoops?

[pawsmcgraw]

Both good wheelsets,nothing wrong there, just down to taste i guess.Actually, my mate reversed his Audi A4 over his rear Euros wheel, right over the top.It broke the skewer and that was it.They've done a few thousand kms since then too.No issues, although i won't draft him down hill now

[CAB]

pawsmcgraw said:

Both good wheelsets,nothing wrong there, just down to taste i guess.Actually, my mate reversed his Audi A4 over his rear Euros wheel, right over the top.It broke the skewer and that was it.They've done a few thousand kms since then too.No issues, although i won't draft him down hill now

that is amazing

does anybody know where i can get comparative weights??

[pawsmcgraw]

Have a search in http://www.cyclingnews.com/
or http://www.velonews.com/

or best is http://forums.roadbikereview.com/ have a look in the forums under wheels

[CAB]

think according to the officical supplier websites the weights are as follows...

campags are 890+660 = 1550g
shim's are 1386g

all taken with a pich of salt!

[CAB]

After some agonising i have gone with the campags on the basis that they are more aero and will prob compliment the bike better [read: was won over by the shop assistant...]

[smack]

I have some Campy Newtrons - lovely wheels, apart from they are a bh to get tyres on. Looking at reviews on the net, I am not alone in that.

Besides, I couldn't put French wheels on an Italian bike - the two wouldn't get along!

[CAB]

smack said:

I have some Campy Newtrons - lovely wheels, apart from they are a bh to get tyres on. Looking at reviews on the net, I am not alone in that.

Besides, I couldn't put French wheels on an Italian bike - the two wouldn't get along!

I am used to this - i currently have some 1.2' gatorskin tyres on some large mtb rims - it is so hard to change i normally use a silicon/co2 cyclinder to fix the tyre if i get a flat.

[jacobyte]

CAB

Get onto the Cervelo forum. 2 good relevant discussions here:
http://forums.cervelo.com/forums/t/1281.aspx

http://forums.cervelo.com/forums/t/1671.aspx

[CAB]

redcorn looks like he knows his stuff! issue is that rolf arent supplying the uk now...

[khushy]

I have just bought some Mavic Ksyirium SL Premiums from www.probikekit.com - FANTASTIC wheels!

khushy