Chinese Clinchers on Sale?
11-23-17, 09:16 AM
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I think most rims and tires are made in China ? I know it is very hard even to find a tire for my truck/cars that is not made in China . Wait, I'am going into the garage to look at my BMC bike tires which are the higher end Continental Ultra tires and Shimano rims . Made in America ? Just kidding ! You guessed it, made in China . My Specialized saddle made in China and on the bottom of the saddle it reads designed in CA . Well I know that means alot to me . Maybe the China wheels were designed in the US ?
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11-24-17, 12:22 PM
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Superteam rims
Myself and friends have purchased from aliexpress seller Ridespice with great luck. Bassalt brake surface, chose your hub, spoke, nipple colors... I also have a set of SuperTeam wheels that are a bit lighter. Have had great luck with all of them. Look for extended reviews. Should be able to get a nice set of 50's for $300
I'm hard on wheels.... really hard. I've had many wheels fail with less than 2000 miles and the China carbons have held up very well for me. No issues with over 4000 on my two sets and almost 10000 on one of my friends. We're all over 200 pounds, rough roads and pretty aggressive riding.
I'm hard on wheels.... really hard. I've had many wheels fail with less than 2000 miles and the China carbons have held up very well for me. No issues with over 4000 on my two sets and almost 10000 on one of my friends. We're all over 200 pounds, rough roads and pretty aggressive riding.
I'm thinking of getting the 50mm for all around riding
12-28-17, 01:28 PM
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My bike is a 2017 TCR Advanced Disc, so it has skewers and obviously Disc brakes. I have not swapped wheels out on such a bike before, so this is why I am asking such Noob questions.
01-01-18, 01:20 PM
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He has amazing prices on wheels. What do I need to know if I buy from him? For example, I'd also order some Continental 25 tires and light tubes. Can I simply buy his wheels, mount the tube and tire and then put the wheels on?
My bike is a 2017 TCR Advanced Disc, so it has skewers and obviously Disc brakes. I have not swapped wheels out on such a bike before, so this is why I am asking such Noob questions.
My bike is a 2017 TCR Advanced Disc, so it has skewers and obviously Disc brakes. I have not swapped wheels out on such a bike before, so this is why I am asking such Noob questions.
There is also the clincher/ tubular distinction. You want the former.
01-01-18, 01:37 PM
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Looking to get a set of 50mm Chinese clinchers, maybe 25mm wide. I like the Yoeleo wheels with the SAT technology. Do the Yoeleo wheels every go on sale? How about the other Chinese wheelsets do they go on sale very often. Maybe Black Friday. Which are the better Chinese clinchers? I certainly can not pay over $500.
. Planning on getting another pair for commute & training .
01-04-18, 11:25 AM
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I've had 50mm SAT yoeleo for 2 years that I paid $450. I trained, commuted, rode in high water and basically abused those wheels for 2 year with around 20k miles. Last year racing on a muddy road going uphill my chain dropped, got caught between wheel spokes, ripped both derailleurs in pieces and tore 3 spokes. Still sold them for $250 . Planning on getting another pair for commute & training .
. Planning on getting another pair for commute & training .If this isn't convincing, I don't know what is.
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I've been riding a set of Yoeleo SAT T38 tubs for about 4k miles. I went over some metal trash (never saw it) which took out the sidewall on my rear tire and also damaged the rim at the brake track. Put some epoxy on it to seal the damage and a new tire. Have about 3k miles on the wheel after that and no problems.
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01-05-18, 10:28 AM
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Ive been noticing a lot of these Aliexpress sellers offer different hubs. One of the options being the DT240s. Are these the real DT swiss hubs or also some type of replica. Reason I ask is because the price of the wheel with the hubs is just about identical to the price of the hubs if they were to be purchased separately. (Not on Aliexpress) website.
09-19-18, 04:19 PM
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My light-bicycle 28mm wide by 46mm deep rims just arrived today. Let the temptation continue. I plan on building these with White Industries CLD hubs and Sapim CX-Sprint front spokes and Force spokes in the rear. I got mine with no brake track because I have disc brakes, but they also will build this with a brake track if you specify it during ordering.
Light-bicycle would build and sell a complete wheelset, but I wanted a drilling and hubs they didn't have, so I got just the rims and will build up the wheels myself.
These are my first carbon rims, but I have to say they look fantastic. Flawless. I had my hopes up that these would arrive and at least appear to be a good product, but I have to admit they look way better than I'd imagined.
I got them with the glossy clearcoat, the black version of their logo (I think of it as ninja mode), and the 3K weave outer layer. You can get them with no logo if you want, but I didn't mind people knowing what wheels they were, I just didn't want the logo to overpower the look of the bike with something huge and bright.
Light-bicycle advertises these rims as weighing 460g +/- 15g. One of them weighed in at .46kg on my fish scale, the other one came in at .47kg, so just as advertised.
Light-bicycle would build and sell a complete wheelset, but I wanted a drilling and hubs they didn't have, so I got just the rims and will build up the wheels myself.
These are my first carbon rims, but I have to say they look fantastic. Flawless. I had my hopes up that these would arrive and at least appear to be a good product, but I have to admit they look way better than I'd imagined.
I got them with the glossy clearcoat, the black version of their logo (I think of it as ninja mode), and the 3K weave outer layer. You can get them with no logo if you want, but I didn't mind people knowing what wheels they were, I just didn't want the logo to overpower the look of the bike with something huge and bright.
Light-bicycle advertises these rims as weighing 460g +/- 15g. One of them weighed in at .46kg on my fish scale, the other one came in at .47kg, so just as advertised.
09-28-18, 03:23 AM
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I have a 50mm wheelset of icancycling with Sapim CX-Ray spokes, but the width is 23mm.
I bought the one during last year black Friday and got a 15% discount, has been riding about 2000 miles.
AliExpress has a huge discount on Double 11.
If you are interested, check it: https://icancycling.com/collections/...ncher-wheelset
I bought the one during last year black Friday and got a 15% discount, has been riding about 2000 miles.
AliExpress has a huge discount on Double 11.
If you are interested, check it: https://icancycling.com/collections/...ncher-wheelset
09-06-19, 07:55 AM
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Sorry to resurrect an old thread but . . . I want some carbon rims on my commuter. I run 32mm Conti 4-season tires. So I was hoping for a 28 mm rim with disc brakes. Was leaning Superteam. Any thoughts?
09-06-19, 09:11 AM
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While I don't have disc wheels or 28mm width, I do have two sets of Superteam wheels. A 38mm depth, 25mm wide set with 3800 miles on them, and a 50mm depth, 23mm wide set with 150 miles that I just bought based on my experiences with the first set. I'm completely happy so far but would highly suggest you buy a set of good brake pads first thing and scrap the ones that come with the wheels. I may also consider a wider disk set with 12TA to run a 32 tire on the gravel bike eventually.
09-06-19, 09:46 AM
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https://www.lightbicycle.com/700C-Gr...ompatible.html
I have a 56mm(30mm wide) version that I'm very pleased with. They aren't the cheapest wheels available, but they are high quality wheels at an affordable price.
https://www.lightbicycle.com/700C-Gr...ompatible.html
09-06-19, 10:33 AM
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Hi guys, in reply to noodle_soup's mention, yes those wheels I built with LightBicycle carbon rims have been great. My goal was to get a set of wheels that were relatively light while also being very strong and durable, having a size that's good for riding with wider tires, and being relatively aerodynamic. I sacrificed a little weight for the durability part by going with 36/36 spokes, since I'm a heavy cyclist at 260-270 lbs and 6'2" height (the weight is falling again, hope to be back in the 250s in another month). The wheels have about 2000 miles on them, which is quite low considering when I built them a couple years ago, but I had another military deployment and was off the bike for a long time, some months before it, and I just returned a couple months ago and have only ridden a couple hundred miles since my return. I will say the LightBicycle wheels are stiff and strong, work very well with my Compass 34mm tires, and the hubs I used (White Industries CLD) seem to be quite nice and have a great sound. Since nothing has happened (knock on wood) to disprove this I'm still assuming these wheels are quite durable. I checked their site and LightBicycle now has a new model rim that's even wider than the ones I used by a couple milimeters, and slightly deeper as well. If I was building these wheels again I'd use that newer model, but the ones I used are quite nice.
Some more pics. I know I put other photos of the wheels in some other thread here quite a while ago, but since this thread has been reanimated, here goes:
Some more pics. I know I put other photos of the wheels in some other thread here quite a while ago, but since this thread has been reanimated, here goes:
09-07-19, 02:21 PM
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It's the second. A few years ago I built a set of aluminum rims on Shimano Ultegra hubs for my old bike. That set was 32/32 spokes. I read a bunch of stuff on the web on wheel building, watched some videos, and for this set, picked up the Park Tools truing stand. It wasn't that hard, and they came out well. One factor in my decision to go with LightBicycle was that they had some good reviews, and they'd been making carbon rims for a few years, so they sounded like they would be legit. One interesting little anecdote that impressed me was that after I placed the order, I could track online the process as they built my wheels. They'd update it at each stage of the process. After it had left the layup and whatnot and gone past finishing and hit QA, it went back into the manufacturing status. I emailed them to ask what was up, and they said that QA had caught a defect in one of the rims they'd made for me so they were making a new one. Instead of worrying me about the fact that they'd had a defect, I was comforted knowing that they actually had a real QA department that took their jobs seriously, caught a defect, and were making a new one rather than send out a problem rim. All companies are going to have rejects, but almost all companies aren't going to admit it.
09-07-19, 03:17 PM
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It's the second. A few years ago I built a set of aluminum rims on Shimano Ultegra hubs for my old bike. That set was 32/32 spokes. I read a bunch of stuff on the web on wheel building, watched some videos, and for this set, picked up the Park Tools truing stand. It wasn't that hard, and they came out well. One factor in my decision to go with LightBicycle was that they had some good reviews, and they'd been making carbon rims for a few years, so they sounded like they would be legit. One interesting little anecdote that impressed me was that after I placed the order, I could track online the process as they built my wheels. They'd update it at each stage of the process. After it had left the layup and whatnot and gone past finishing and hit QA, it went back into the manufacturing status. I emailed them to ask what was up, and they said that QA had caught a defect in one of the rims they'd made for me so they were making a new one. Instead of worrying me about the fact that they'd had a defect, I was comforted knowing that they actually had a real QA department that took their jobs seriously, caught a defect, and were making a new one rather than send out a problem rim. All companies are going to have rejects, but almost all companies aren't going to admit it.
09-07-19, 09:57 PM
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Well, firstly I don't mind having a project. I like building things, so building a set of wheels is something I might do even if I could buy a similar set of wheels for a similar price. It's not just about economy for me. In this case, however, it's about the fact that nobody really sells a set of wheels that uses a good aero profile carbon moderately deep section rim, with good quality hubs, using 36 spokes front and rear. Commercial (and very expensive) carbon wheelsets typically are built for conventional lightweight riders, and in the 260s lbs currently I decidedly do not fall within that customer profile. If I wanted the equivalent set of wheels but built tough and durable to be ridden hard by an unconventionally heavy cyclist, it had to be custom. And in this case, I did save a lot of money over commercial wheelsets. It probably cost me about a grand to build these, but commercial carbon wheelsets cost even more. I got about as nice of a wheelset as it's possible to get that are tough and durable enough to be ridden by someone like me.
09-07-19, 09:59 PM
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The bars aren't really angled the way they appear to be in this photo. Notice the front wheel is propped up, and the photo is taken from an angle, not directly side-on. The tops of the bars are actually parallel with the ground. Where my hands go on the drops is at a bit of an angle, but my hands come down onto them from an angle as well, so it doesn't feel unnatural. At any rate, about 95% of the time I'm either riding the tops or the hoods, not the drops, so it doesn't really matter.
09-08-19, 02:00 PM
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Well, firstly I don't mind having a project. I like building things, so building a set of wheels is something I might do even if I could buy a similar set of wheels for a similar price. It's not just about economy for me. In this case, however, it's about the fact that nobody really sells a set of wheels that uses a good aero profile carbon moderately deep section rim, with good quality hubs, using 36 spokes front and rear. Commercial (and very expensive) carbon wheelsets typically are built for conventional lightweight riders, and in the 260s lbs currently I decidedly do not fall within that customer profile. If I wanted the equivalent set of wheels but built tough and durable to be ridden hard by an unconventionally heavy cyclist, it had to be custom. And in this case, I did save a lot of money over commercial wheelsets. It probably cost me about a grand to build these, but commercial carbon wheelsets cost even more. I got about as nice of a wheelset as it's possible to get that are tough and durable enough to be ridden by someone like me.