Originally Posted by
chenghiz
Do you have them, or are you assuming? A guy on another forum built a 1630g multispeed wheelset with them.
Get off the drugs.
I have had all the parts. Also, its easy to add this stuff up from info on the internet. A pair of IRO hubs, IRO (Velocity Fusion rims), with 32x2 straight gauge spokes is going to weigh around 1981 gms, probably more because published weights are usually less than reality. Add spoke nipples and rim tape, its going to be over 2000 gms wheelset. I'm not sure if my wieght data includes track nuts, but if not, add another hundred+ gms.
In comparison, I have a pair of wheels built with 30mm deep Kinlin rims, formula rear hub, sub-100 gm Formula front
road hub, with 24 CX Ray spokes in front and 28 CX Ray spokes in rear that weighs 1560 gms, including tape, rear track nuts and front bolt-on skewer. Total cost 3 years ago was about $350. With a shallower rim and novatec rear hub (which has a hollow axle), you could get it down to around 1400 gms without additional cost. You could also substantially reduce the cost by at least $100 by using a strongly butted round spoke such as a wheelsmith XL 15 rather than an oval CX Ray.