Hi All,

I have a 2010 Cervelo S2 that I ride about 150 miles per week. I ride flats and hills mostly and I don't race, but I do like to push it sometimes. I want to buy a set of carbon clincher wheels for everyday riding. I like the way they look I was considering the "Reynolds Strike" or "SRAM S60". I don't have a reason why I like these wheels except for the price range and style. I'd appreciate if you folks can weigh in on which set of wheels you'd recommend. I am not limited to the above and open to all suggestions. If you can share links on great deals, I'd appreciate that too.

Thank you for your comments.

Consider these. Photos in there somewhere. They're arguably better and less expensive than the wheels you're considering.

Consider Williams 38's also. How deep a section do you want?

my $ 0.02
I would not recommend high profile rims for everyday use. I Will get blown around alot by passing trucks and crosswinds.
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I meant to say "you WILL get blown around......

this question has be asked countless times. use the search function

How about some fresh debate? This site aint no Wiki. Just sayin. There's a 100-page save UMD thread. I'm sure we can tolerate one more wheel discussion.

+1 And here's an idea, if you can't tolerate it, just don't open it!

While I agree that a cycling-related question belongs here, no matter if it is a FAQ, the flip side is that the people who weighed on this subject 9 times in the past few weeks are probably less likely to post the same info a 10th time.

So for someone looking to get the most complete set of answers, a search is not a bad idea.

V.

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...elset-Clincher

Very well said. Now back to wheels. OP, you might also check out wheels from Soul. They and PSIMET both get great reviews on BF.

I ride everyday on 44mm (Zip 303) wheels and I never have problems. I think you have to go to very deep rims or live in a place where there are strong gusts to really worry about that.

I have not had the good fortune to ride a set of 303s, but have heard the same about their crosswind stability.
He mentioned Reynolds Strike's and they are 66mm. I have not ridden them either, but assume (I know,bad) that they would be a little "pushy?" in crosswinds and such.
I had a set of Bontrager Aeolus 5.0s that were very fast, put I personally didn,t like the buffeting in strong x-winds or passing trucks.

If OP is as interested in looks as much as perfomance, maybe some Assaults might be better(or BF recomends)

Agreed. I ride Edge 45s and only rarely encounter crosswinds that bad. The only time I remember it being bad was in a 90 degree perpendicular sustained 35 mph (gusts to 45) wind while riding a two mile span of a floating bridge. Even then, it was manageable.

I ride 58 mm wheels (Zipp 404) all the time and never have this issue, and it's VERY windy around here much of the year.

I like the Williams 38s I have for all around hoops, they only weigh 1460 grams too, $999 from Williams. And see what Psimet can sell you too.

Lowcel seemed like he got a pretty nice setup via Psimet... 50mm carbon clinchers to White Industries hubs for about a grand. You can also get them laced to Novatecs for like $700 something.

Same goes for me.

I am getting some very sweet custom wheels from PSIMET with lightweigh hubs (Alchemy) and tuned to my specific needs. I look forward to posting pics when I get them. Additionally, I asked about 4 carbon clinchers a while back ago and got very good information from the riders here on BF.

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...rbon+clinchers

couldn't help myself. Im aware this isnt a wiki. My comment was not meant to be condescending. All Im saying is this has been discussed in length and the OP would probably benefit from reading some of those prior threads.

I think that the crosswind thing is over pitched. I ride Hed 3 wheels every day and live in the windy flat lands of central Illinois and do not have any serious issues with wind. Sure you can feel a strong gust or a strong cross wind but I do not find it to be an issue.

Way e

It could be that my Bontragers just sucked (when it blew), or it could be that I'm just a wind-wimp.

Ahaha!

I, of course, won't throw my hat into the "which is better" club. I consider myself biased of course.

Just chiming in about the crosswind deal. Non-issue in my opinion unless you are a very light rider. It has a lot to do with people's general comfort and handling skills as well. If you are a 180 pound crit crusher living in Chicago....non-issue. Gee - I wonder how I know that?

Long story short - I will pass on some recent input from a Past Masters National Champion I am prepping wheels for for next season as I am sponsoring him this upcoming season. He and I were discussing setups. I have some black op style carbonium coming in for him to test and we both agreed on a 50/60 setup. He races an 808 now to keep his bike at legal weight - I will be having a hard time keeping his setup legal....but....I digress. He flat out said he had to have a shallower front for certain races. I said, "oh for handling?" Kind of surprised....then again he's like 140. He says, "Yeah....but this is for REAL races. The ones we'll be traveling to where we climb for more than 5 minutes and descend for long periods of time. That's it though. Wind can really f me up on those long descents."

FWIW

carbon wheels for everyday?

Yep, everyday.

I felt the wind too last week when I was going descending down gusty Sandia Crest road. It was no big deal while climbing but was an issue at 35-40 mph. I am just south of 140. I was using Velocity Deep V's. Never thought it would be an issue until then.