Originally Posted by
OldsCOOL
Love the wheels, glad they work well for you. You just clipped 2Lbs+ off the weight. The wheels are very light but also the move to cassette and the provided alloy quick releases they provide are a nice weight savings. And they look killer. I get looks and compliments everywhere it goes. Performance? They change the personality of the bike.
Rock On!
Absolutely changes the personality. A local group had a ride scheduled for tonight but the weather threw everything off. I hung around a bit until it passed and a couple of us went on out for an easy 12 mile rainy ride in the dark. I don't have a lot of experience yet with those two particular conditions in road riding, so I was glad to have the experience. The wheels performed flawlessly, as did the shifting. I still wussed out in a couple of tight corners with a lot of loose gravel (and in the dark with rain), but I'm running some Bontrager AW3 tires on these wheels–because that's what I happened to have–and they gripped in fine.
Got a relocation coming in a week and half or so, and the schedule's going to thicken quickly. I'm hoping to get in some longer miles before then.
Still the bike seems to laugh at me....rookie. It scoffs and rolls its eyes.
I will say this: when I arrived this afternoon, the bike stirred up some intimidation apparently. One said, "uh oh, here comes an evil DeathStar bike."
Ha! Never fails to be a tremendous conversation piece.