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Old 04-08-15 | 12:24 PM
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Bikes: 2011 Felt Z85 (road/commuter), 2006 Marin Pine Mountain (utility/commuter E-bike), 1995 KHS Alite 1000 (gravel grinder)

I HIGHLY recommend Vuelta Corsa Lites from Nashbar. They are very light at only ~1550 grams for the whole set, and extremely durable. I use them on my commuter, and I'm around 200 or slightly above, and never had any problems out of them. Over a year and 3K miles of use and they're still as true as the day I bought them, and they spin for DAYS. They have 20/24 aero bladed spokes. If you can catch a 20% off single item deal on Nashbar you can get them for less than $200.

My bike originally came with CXP-22 wheels. I'm not sure what hubs are on there, but the cassette definitely wobbles while it's freewheeling. It doesn't wobble at all on the Vueltas. The Vuelta freehub is also fairly noisy, but IMHO it sounds like much more expensive offerings, almost like a Chris King hub.

The graphics are much more understated on the current versions than they are on mine:

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