Upgrading my wheelset
11-03-16, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
What's the gearing on your Kestral? Bikes that are meant to go fast on flat ground are aerodynamic and generally have stiff gearing. Going up hill you benefit from less weight, but also from easier gears. If you're using 105, a cassette is about $30, which is 1/10th your budget.
11-03-16, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Western Flyer
Have a look at carbon/aluminum wheel sets. Keep your aluminum set for training with training tires and save you expensive race tires and wheels for race day. If you get all carbon rims you need to change out the brake pads every time you switch wheels. We put a 60mm Zipp A/C wheels on my wife’s tri bike. The rims were the same width as the OME aluminum wheels making the change out as fast and simple as it gets.
And a little bragging by her domestique/mechanic husband, she finish 4th in the world triathlon championships in her age group and was first in on the bike leg.
By the way that is a very nice/fast looking bike you have.
And a little bragging by her domestique/mechanic husband, she finish 4th in the world triathlon championships in her age group and was first in on the bike leg.
By the way that is a very nice/fast looking bike you have.
11-03-16, 04:58 PM
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Look for quality hubs with cartridge bearings. They are the heart of it and will let you know, while you ride, that you have great wheels. bk
11-03-16, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by bkaapcke
Look for quality hubs with cartridge bearings. They are the heart of it and will let you know, while you ride, that you have great wheels. bk
11-03-16, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by decentdrummer91
The silence from the snobs proves that they feel bad. 😂
11-04-16, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by bkaapcke
Look for quality hubs with cartridge bearings. They are the heart of it and will let you know, while you ride, that you have great wheels. bk
11-04-16, 11:04 AM
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I am usually on ~25mm wheels. Sometime when I am on a flat or downhill (while I cannot climb with the best of them, I can descend well and hit straights well) a guy will pass me and invariably, he has deeper wheels like 303s and 404s. I may even be with 5-6 others (not drafting but just grouped together) and one guy who pulls away or passes us and is hard to hang on to, will be the guy with deeper carbon wheels. He is probably a strong rider anyway and that is likely, but is it possible to get a 1-2 mph advantage at high speeds in the 30-50 mph zone with wheels that are 40mm-45mm versus wheels that are ~25 mm?
11-04-16, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by decentdrummer91
I didn't ask for tips on how to be a better rider I asked specifically about wheels
Now we know you at least have some miles in your legs. Snarky responses are a result of asking open ended questions while providing minimal, if any details about yourself and what you want to do.
My answer remains the same - depending on your current rims. Are they deep rims already? If so, just ride them and keep saving up for a nice set of wheels. If not, get some aero rims with the same spoke count as your current hubs and the correct length spokes and have them laced up to existing rims.
11-04-16, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bmthom.gis
Well it goes to follow that if you want better wheels than you want to be a better rider. And for what you can currently spend, there are other ways to get faster. There's no buying your way into performance. We know nothing about you. Are you a newbie who thinks if they spend x amount of money they can get x amount of performance, or someone who has enough miles under the belt where equipment upgrades would actually be meaningful?
Now we know you at least have some miles in your legs. Snarky responses are a result of asking open ended questions while providing minimal, if any details about yourself and what you want to do.
My answer remains the same - depending on your current rims. Are they deep rims already? If so, just ride them and keep saving up for a nice set of wheels. If not, get some aero rims with the same spoke count as your current hubs and the correct length spokes and have them laced up to existing rims.
Now we know you at least have some miles in your legs. Snarky responses are a result of asking open ended questions while providing minimal, if any details about yourself and what you want to do.
My answer remains the same - depending on your current rims. Are they deep rims already? If so, just ride them and keep saving up for a nice set of wheels. If not, get some aero rims with the same spoke count as your current hubs and the correct length spokes and have them laced up to existing rims.
11-04-16, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by decentdrummer91
I see what you're saying. 😊. Idk if they are considered deep rims. Oval concepts 327, they come stock on that bike.
Hop over into the road biek sub - there are quite a few threads talking about Chinese Carbon wheels. I know 2 or 3 people who use some and they have't had a single problem in 10s of thousands of miles
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