Road Cycling - FSA RD-600 question!

do these wheels (http://www.fullspeedahead.com/products/road/pages/wheels/rd600.htm) use a carbon rim? because i can't tell from looking at them, and i can't find any info about the rim material...

hmm...this article (http://www.cyclingnews.com/sponsors/italia/2004/fsa/) at cycling news says that they don't have the "carbonsilk" rims that the RD800s do, but that doesn't mean they're not carbon...any input would be great!

i bet they're a b*tch to true though...damn spokes running up the middle....

I'm pretty confident they're not carbon. They're clincher only (somewhat odd if they were in fact carbon), and for the price of ~$680 I think you would be hard pressed to find a wheelset with carbon rims. And because the nipples are done in an odd way, I believe the spoke wrench allows for easy truing.

no, they are not carbon

If you wanted some carbon clinchers, the new 2004 Campy Hyperion is available in full carbon, and in a clincher model, at a nice hefty price...

The RD 600 wheelset has alu. rims thin walled of course.The RD 800 wheelset uses carbon rims. All of the FSA road wheelsets are clincher the RD 600 and 800 have teardrop spokes and come with their own spoke wrench. These are not cheap wheels they are meticulously built, and are very light.

hey, thanks for the replies! i was pretty sure they weren't, but i was still wondering. i do NOT want carbon rims, especially clinchers.

the reason i think they'd be a ***** to true is the spokes that go up the middle...my guess is they contribute to the roundness of the wheel more than the trueness of it. which means on a wheelset that has 24/18 spokes rear/front, 1/3 of them are in the center on each, so it's really more like a 18/12 wheelset in terms of truing. then again, it's a pretty deep section aero rim, and i'm a little guy, so it should be plenty stiff and only go out of true if i wreck. i'll have to think about it a little more before i give them a try...and the RD-400 wheels are less expensive and about 100grams lighter, i think due to a less deep aero rim (not that i care all that much about weight).

thanks again!

The RD600 do not use a carbon rim.

The RD600 do not use a carbon rim.

yeah...that was established. thanks anyway. :)