quick, name a brand of carbon wheels in the 40-60mm range
 

I sold some stuff and have enough $$ to drop on a set of blingy wheels.

I'm trying to make a spreadsheet to make sense of all of the available wheelsets.


so far i have zipp, hed, AC, reynolds, easton, bontrager, Shimano/DA and williams.

I know there are lots of brands in europe, but to be useful to me they must be easily available in the US.

Thanks,
B.

Ritchey WSC Carbons. same as the AC and Easton, they use the old non dimpled zipp rim.

Lew, lightweight, cormia, campagnolo, blackwell


gigatex-many different names ebay stuff and others you haven't heard of

How is it that three wheel manuf's are using the same rim? Sigh. Oh well, cheap(er) rims for me.

Corima
American classic
Neuvation
Token
Bontrager
Zipp
HED
Blackwell
Easton
Reynolds
FSA
Lightweight
LEW
ADA
Shimano
Campy (bora)
Ritchey

there must be more....

canecreek

Mavic.

Did I miss it or did no one say Flashpoint?

Flashpoint

flashpoint isnt a brand but a zipp sales line. Real design. What is the criteria for your wheel selection as we have listed wheels ranging from $1200-$5000 and 850g/set to 2000g/set?

i'm still trying to explore my options, right now i'm looking for fast, under $2k, and under 1600g. Durability is in there, as I weigh 180-185, but these will be race-only wheels.

Your 1600g limit eliminates most of the clincher wheelsets.

Rolf, go for tubular.

Race only = tubular.

Rolf TdF 58's. HAWT.

Hijacking the thread a little...

If I want to get also very blingly aero wheels (deep front, disk in the rear) for TT only... is tubular the way to go? There'd be no training on them.

Morally and physically, tubular is the only way to go.

I don't know where in NC Huntersville is. The OP is looking for a race wheel, not incredibly expensive, in San Francisco... he'll get way more wheel with a tubular; it'll be lighter, and probably negotiate turns better.

For a TT only, assuming aero is the same, you have a tubular that is indisputably lighter vs. a clincher that may or may not have a lower rolling resistance - this is heavily disputed. Your turning capability is secondary. Having a low polar moment of inertia is not important - in fact, it might be counterproductive.

What's better for you depends on your budget, which setup you believe has lower rolling resistance, and how hilly your courses are.

But what about Spiritually?

There's no such thing as a spirit.

I would look at reynolds DVs or zipps.

check my sig

These are $650:

http://www.chucksbikes.com/store/wh035.htm

Anyone have the story on those? Specifically the more well-known brand part.

FSA RD-488, $1000.

Soul Zephro 5.2's, $750- http://www.bikesoul.com/k52.html

It was posted before that these are Token brand wheels. I can't find the citation so YMMV.