Originally Posted by
bblair
I have the American Classic Victory 30 set. If you can believe the published specs, they are lighter than most carbon wheels and moderately aero. In the five years that I have had them, I have never had to true them even once. The hubs are not the prettiest, but bullet proof and have never been serviced in over 20k miles.
Sadly though, AC is out of business. Again.
Oh, and FWIW, when I built my bike I asked about Mavic wheels, but the LBS strongly urged me to get the AC instead. I am glad I did.
Yeah, I have a years-old Victory30 wheelset that has been perfect, too. I think AC published weight as 1547g the year I bought them, maybe back in ‘15, so I dunno that’d I’d say they’re lighter than most carbon fiber, but they are rather light for 30mm deep aluminum wheels and were 18mm internal width back when virtually nothing else was. I also have two pairs of their crazy Argent wheels, which are a shocking 1390g, 30mm, 19.4mm internal alu wheelset, but it was the 1285g Road Tubeless set which were the real lightweights!
Anyhoo, the brand name now belongs to one of their old project managers, and is a going concern offering some impressive value tires at the moment:
https://www.amclassic.com