Bicycle Mechanics - Recommendation for 700C wheel set under $200

I need to get a new 700C wheel set. Could anyone recommend something in this price range? My bike is 20 years old so I don't want to spend more.

Thanks!

What kind of riding do you do and on what condition of streets?

I commute 9 miles twice a day on a paved bike trail.

One other thing, are you sure it's 700 and not 27"?

Shimano 105 laced to Mavic Open Sport rims would be a good durable, low cost, wheel set for commuting.

Sorry for all the posts, here's a bargain wheelset to consider.

http://www.chucksbikes.com/store/wh013.htm

EDIT: I just came across this site via a link on the board. http://shop.greatdealsonbikes.com/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=GDOB&Category_Code=RW

If your bike is 20 years old, you need to make sure you get a compatible rear hub. Are the hubs shot? If not, I'd just pay a decent wheel builder to relace them to Open pro rims. $120 for the rims, $30 for the spokes, and another $30-50 for labor.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Reynolds-Alta-Comp-700c-Road-Bike-Shimano-Wheelset-New_W0QQitemZ160127597100QQihZ006QQcategoryZ58099QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Do you know if the rear is cassette or spin on freewheel?

Do you know if the rear is cassette or spin on freewheel?

which hub / wheelset are you referring to? If you are referring to my post, take a look: http://images.marketworks.com/fullView.asp?id=64514646&fc=1&img=http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/56/55673/reynolds2.2.jpg

Do you know if the rear is cassette or spin on freewheel?

If it's a 7 speed still no problem. Use a 4.5 mm spacer and run a 7 sp cassette on the 8/9/10 hubs. All Shimano Cassettes are splined the same. Well, not the new Dura Ace but he isn't thinking about that. Good luck

Tim

Performancebike.com has Mavic Open Pro/Ultegra hubs (http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile_combo.cfm?SKU=19253&estore_ID=&subcategory_ID=5320&CFID=71393123&CFTOKEN=36085439), 32 double butted spokes. $200 before any coupon codes (currently 6002367 for 10% off, and you can get $.25 standard ground shipping, though you'll be charged an additional shipping fee for oversized box).

If you read my other thread, I'm having some truing issues, but they've been "tampered" with by an LBS..and me.

For a bike that you use that much, you might want to consider putting the money, and some more, towards a new ride. If you get the wheels, they still are going on an old ride. bk

If you get the wheels, they still are going on an old ride. bk

Some of us kinda like it that way-:p

Many thanks for all of the advice. Given that the bike isn't in great shape, I think I'll hold onto it for a year (until I have a garage) until I invest in a better ride. Spending $200 on wheels for a Trek 750 that's naerly 20 years old probably doesn't make sense.

What is a Trek 750? What year and what type of frame material? What was its intended use - racing, sport, touring, cross, etc? Thanks for a little education.

Many thanks for all of the advice. Given that the bike isn't in great shape, I think I'll hold onto it for a year (until I have a garage) until I invest in a better ride. Spending $200 on wheels for a Trek 750 that's naerly 20 years old probably doesn't make sense.

Reynolds 531? That frame was 2nd from the top in '81 and '82. How bad of shape is it in? And what's wrong with the current wheelset? What is the current wheelset?

Invest in the wheelset because you will soon find out that when you pickup a new bike, you will save on the cost because you already have parts, reuse whatever components you can. At that point, your frame will be dirt cheap and you will still be able to trust the pieces you have already and already trust.

recycle your bicycle !

^ Except that the new bike will need different hubs, which will require new spokes, and that's more than half the wheel gone.

Sorry for all the posts, here's a bargain wheelset to consider.

http://www.chucksbikes.com/store/wh013.htm

EDIT: I just came across this site via a link on the board. http://shop.greatdealsonbikes.com/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=GDOB&Category_Code=RW

You are correct. Those are good wheels. I was actually looking for something like that myself. Thanks

Tim

You are correct. Those are good wheels. I was actually looking for something like that myself. Thanks

Tim
Glad to be of help! :)

You are correct. Those are good wheels. I was actually looking for something like that myself. Thanks

Tim


DANG ! thems is cheap wheels! PA, GO GET US THEM MONEY HOLDING MACHINES, WEZ US GETTING US SOME BIKE SCICLE WHEEL THINGA MABOBS.

I used to quite happily tool around on a $100 wheelset (yes, both wheels) for a commuter, 80 mi/wk. The thing you gotta be careful about with those is that the wheel is tensioned right and the bearings adjusted right and greased right, which it won't be as you get it.

It's not a hard thing to do, and I'd rather have a Sora or below wheel tensioned and stress relieved and rim-taped and greased and adjusted properly than an off the shelf 105 wheel. And I'm not certain that the twice as expensive one would last twice as long or be twice as nice as the cheaper one.

That said, that $175 105 dealio is pretty *darn* primo.

And spending some time and thought on how to appropriately adjust bearings and tension wheels (there are online resources for this, like Sheldon Brown's site and Park Tool's site) will give you a wheelset that is equal to ones coming out of the box from Nashbar or whatever for $100 more, so to say.