Originally Posted by
jl7676
What hubs should I get then if both formula and dura ace hubs are not exactly lightweight and could keep me under the price range? My current wheels are on a dawes sstal. They seem fine but the entire bike weighs about 20lbs. I'd like to reduce rotating mass first. So using a front road wheel isn't going to be any lighter?
You mentioned Wabi cycles' wheels. Are you referring to this?
http://www.wabicycles.com/GXwheels.html
I haven't heard of the Jalco brand nor Joy Tech hubs before. (I'll do a search for these on the board after posting this. They come out to about 4lbs for the set versus the guestimated 5lbs for my stock set. The custom set you describe is about 3lbs total which sounds even better. If I go the 3lb setup you describe, is there a well reviewed online vendor/builder that could put that together for me for a good price?
while they are the heaviest, you'd be hard pressed to find a track hub 100grams less without say, an AM Classic hub which is at least 100 dollars more. the formulas are still your best bet to keep the prices down, but i was just mentioning dura ace hubs have no real weight savings over formulas and performance gain is minimal (unnoticeable to me). to each his own.
yes, that was what i was referring to. jalco rims/joytech hubs arent the best names in the world like mavic and dura ace but supposedly they work well. i would go this route, so much easier and cheaper - these guys know what they are doing, and plus, they are already tensioned and laced in a favorable fashion. not the prettiest though...
prowheelbuilder, ird cadence is the same as xr200, ird cadence aero is the same as xr300, but they wont have the exact hubs i was mentioning; all city track hubs are similar if not pretty much the same to formulas, velocity front road hub is a little heavier than a novatec, etc but itll still be a sub 1500g wheelset.