Originally Posted by shimanopower
a) How much lighter could your wheels possibly be? these are 1500 something grams. The weight of a bottle cage lighter?
b) these are pretty strong wheels... do you actully know your wheels are stronger or are you just guessing? if you do know show me how you know.
c) half the price huh? $250 dollars? thats a great price for 2 wheels that weigh under 1500 grams... yet unless they were used I doubt they were $250.
d) I paid way less then retail
e) you wouldn't race on these? lol... maybe you're the one with money.
The 7800 wheels are speced at 1579g. My DT Swiss RR1.1s actually weigh 1540g Yes not much BUT....your wheels have 16 spokes in the front and 20 spokes in the rear. My DTs have 28 spokes in the front and 32 spokes in the rear (yes 24 extra spokes and STILL lighter), so I am about 100% sure my wheels are stronger. That is a) and b). c) Ok I saw the $688 plus shipping but that is for the wheels, cassette and tires. I paid $349 for my wheels shipped quite a bit more than half....again you got a heck of a deal compared to US retail, and I admit I screwed up and looked at the wrong number from your post. e) Well I don't race as I am fat
which is one reason I ride wheels with so many spokes...but if I was looking for a race wheel I would be looking for something in this weight range with an aero profile in the 50mm range OR something in this profile with a weight closer to 1200g.