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Old 02-04-04, 01:52 PM
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Mild dilemma, I'm trying to buy locally and keep at a max of $400, thus the options are Velomax Circuits, Open Pro/Ultegra (maybe Dura Ace if I'm lucky) or Spinergy Xareo's. Any opinions folks?
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Spinergy, but you already knew that!
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Open Pros are a great wheel for the money- BUT and I do mean BUT, you can go with Torelli Master Series that is identical to the Open Pro and may be a tad lighter but are about $20 per wheel less; and use DT Competition and alloy nips or Sapim bladed spokes and their nipples.

One thing I did find was at Nashbar, they sell a wheel called the Velocity Spartacus and the price is cheap-BUT what I do not know is if it's a good wheel. I would say that if a person wanted these to go with the wheels made for heavy people just to make sure they would hold up. Click around to get the rear wheel and look at the close up picture to see if it's something you might want. Also wait for someone here to respond concerning these wheels they may be junk or they may be one of those good "sleeper" wheels.
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Not exactly local but Performance has stores in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland as well as mail order ($15 shipping for a wheelset).

They have the "Fuego" wheelset that is an OEM Alex ALX-320 wheelset for $249. The set weighs 1659 gr. but only has a max rider weight of 175lbs. The ALX-320 wheelset is pretty stiff riding (for my 135lbs) and is spec'd on a lot of mid/high end bikes (like my Bianchi Axis and various Specialized models).

https://www.performancebike.com/shop/....cfm?SKU=14862
https://www.aclass-wheels.com/wheelsets/alx320.htm
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I think I heard somwhere that you can test ride Velomax wheels give them a shot, I love mine, stiff, light, a bargan
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the retail is closer to $500, but i just bought a set of brand new ksyrium elites for $400 through a local private sale.
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Brunning, who did you get them from. A guy near Broadway uptown?
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