thehammerdog

I am a big bike fan been riding seriously since 1986 when I bought my first C-dale the beast of the east for $400.......I was reading up on new wheels as I want to upgrade my deore hubs/mustang rims but these bad boys take it to anther level....look nice but come on.....
https://www.mbaction.com/Main/N:notam...eels-6552.aspx

fishymamba

Here is a set for $2600 https://www.competitivecyclist.com/ea...NjQ2F0MTAwMTEy

And a set for road wheels for $4500 https://www.competitivecyclist.com/re...NjQ2F0MTAwMDY4

There will always be a select few who will buy these insanely wheels. I doubt it will increase their performance, but if you have the money and are serious about the sport/hobby, why not?

thehammerdog

There will always be a select few who will buy these insanely wheels. I doubt it will increase their performance, but if you have the money and are serious about the sport/hobby, why not?[/QUOTE]
While I agree in concept at some point and maybe it is around $1,000 your just being dicky with your money. At a given pricepoint, tech point and bling point it is just FU money.....I cannot understand why the average non pro cyclist who rides and even races needs a bike that cost more that $5K unless it is all custom I say $500-1,000 range for wheels is plenty if you need more your just rich and I bet I can find 100 guys riding lesser bikes who will crush you.....
signed..jealous in NJ

Daspydyr 

A TRUE Mountain biker transports his $7,500 bike in a $1,100 truck 250 miles so he can spend $50 on a lift pass and camp in the woods eating Ramen noodles he cooks over a wood fire while drinking cheap skunky beer. That is a real fat tire MAN!

ME? I spend most of my money on Black Butte Porter and Monte Cristo cigars. My LBS ends with Mart!

Seriously$2,600 to shave 400 grams front and back? Almost a pound? I understand the physics and the need for low wheel weight in an all mountain setup. The margins in y financial world will not allow that. Even if I had more money, I hope I would resist this extravagance.

cryptid01

Why wouldn't a lighter, stiffer wheel increase performance?

sucks for you on both counts

thehammerdog

dear sir, I assume that you would agree that at a given point the cost of any said good far out paces it's true value or benefit to the buyer..
but maybe you are the exception ......that and I was attempting to be funny but we all cannot get the joke.

cryptid01

I'll opine that if you pay 2K retail for a wheelset, you probably haven't been riding long enough to fully appreciate it. Because if you had, you'd have developed relationships in the industry so you'd get a deal.

But ultimately you don't get to decide what the "true value" is. Only the buyer can do that. And if they're riding a mountain bike and enjoying it, who gives a **** how much they paid.

fishymamba

I meant on more of a cost/performance scale.

floating dutchy

I spend more a year on beer than I do on my bike, I enjoy both equally. Don't ask what it cost to own a boat.

Daspydyr 

If I spent that much on a wheelset I would ride faster! My wife would be chasing me with my Beretta in hand!

thehammerdog

what kind of beer?

Fred Smedley

Mostly a wheelset with $230 dollars of parts , minus the high zoot hubs will ride/perform just as nice and the rotating weight where it counts will be identical. If we are talking carbon hoops, add $200 . No need to spend big bucks for great wheels if you have $300.00 of tools and a brain.

Daspydyr 

I've heard that the two best days in a boat owners life are the day you bring the boat home and the day you sell it!

Daspydyr 

NOW we have the possibility of a great thread!

Fat Tire, Dos Equis Amber, Black Butte Porter, Guinesses Stout, Dale Ale............

Zephyr11

If you have the money to blow, there are worse things to spend your money on. Can't take it with you.

thehammerdog

I have two six packs in my fridge a Goose Island Honkers Ale and a Bass Ale..I'd say yummy..... sadly about $10.00 six pack

Bandrada

Relax. All that profit inevitably trickles down to us! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

sloar 

I'm still rocking my spin wheels from 1998. And I drink miller high life. Says right on the can its the "champagne of beers"

Lew.

Have you considered that that tiny gain of a couple of percent matters to the pros, and due to UCI ruling, all equipment must be publicly available (for a popular example, see the olympic track bikes that Team GB used, they're £20k a frame as they're all one-offs).
For the average racer, even the better than average racer, will win on a mediocre bike if he's the best rider on the day. But when the line-up consists of all pros, those couple of seconds a lap matter.

While it's being discussed, Peroni, Desperados and Corona. (In order or favoured to least favourable, ofcourse).

Bandrada

Tecate., FTW!