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By price? Campagnolo breaks their wheels down into high, low and med profiles. This is a basic list (some shuffling at the top is certainly possible and I don't know where to put the Neutron Ultra.)

Bora (high profile carbon tubular)
Hyperon Ultra (Low profile carbon clincher)

Shamal Ultra
Eurus
Neutron Ultra
Zonda
Scirocco
Vento
Kamsin

Sort of like that.

1. Amazing-wow.
2. Fantastically great.
3. Gooder than good.
4. Good.
5. Okay.
6. It rolls.


How's that?

About as useful as most of your other posts.

I'd say the same about your posts, but hey .

Zonda's are every bit as good as Eurus - same design just a bit heavier. Best bang for your buck offering from Campagnolo.

The Zondas use the same axles, cones and bearings as the Eurus. They use different hub shells. The Eurus has additional machining done to the rim as well as aluminium spokes vs the bladed stainless spokes on the Zonda. So, different hub shell, spokes and machining on the rim make them pretty different.

I do agree that overall the Zonda is probably the best value of all the wheels.

If you're looking at Campy wheels, don't forget about the Fulcrum line as well which is made by Campagnolo.

Anyone experience with these wheels? At the bike shop I was assured that these wheels were very good quality, even at the entry level (Fulcrum 7).

The 7s are a nice wheel at the price, but the little extra for the 5s is $$ well spent.
a fair bit lighter, just as durable (if not more) and a smoother rim finish at the joint.

Agreed. While I can't comfirm, I've also been told the 5s have a chorus level hub vs. the veloce/centaur internals. Prior to that I was told it was the R3 with the better internals. Too bad campy discontinued the Protons after 2005. My 05 Protons are the best prebuilts I've ever owned. 1600gms, pre 07 Centaur/Chorus level hubs, butted spokes. Love'm

I have Fulcrum racing 1's and they are awesome! a bit pricey but they look great, they are really stiff and they have never needed to be trued.

Yes, the Racing 5 Evolution is a significant step up from the Racing 7 for not much coin. You are also correct about the internals.

Fulcrum is owned by Campagnolo. They maintain separate design teams etc but they share purchasing (bearings, axles, cones, freehub bodies, lockrings) and assembly functions. The spokes in the Racing 7 are the exact spokes for the Khamsin, for example. This keeps costs down.

So quality is good. Fulcrum uses the 2:1 spoking ratio vs Campagnolo G3. Do your homework and decide which you like better. Fulcrum also has a new Shimano compatible carbon crankset that uses the Campagnolo UT technology. Very Nice.