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Old 06-10-10 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by dookie
no doubt. what's 'light' about 1600g?

scroll, my ass.
for the price and weight, better than average.
and I said they were road wheelsets.
and they're clinchers.

700c clinchers only get down to about 430g per hoop before they become really flimsy and force you to use more spokes.
some of the lightest clincher rims you can get are kinlin XR-200 that weigh 390g, but they're not for riders over 60kg and even for 60kg riders, it's recommended to keep a high spoke count of 28h/32h.

for hubs, a fairly priced novatec or formula road front hub is 70g.
While a track rear hub is about 260g

I know for a fact that a 24h XR-270 with novatec road front hub is 700g with 14/15/14 spokes and brass nipples.
so, that basically makes the track hub the boat anchor.

getting a good, lightweight rear hub that's under 150g and doesn't cost an arm and a leg, now that would be something
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