bling wheelsets
 

consider the following hypothetical situation:

you win a contest at an online bike retailer, and get to choose a clincher wheelset that's in the $450 dollar range. the wheels will be used mostly on the street, and occasionally on the track. the shopkeep tells you the following:

"Here's what I have:

Cane Creek Volos - a little unconventional. cane creek tells us that they use straight pull spokes, and extra light nipples at the hub. shifting the weight inwards supposedly makes these really quick. the spokes are 300% tighter than conventional spokes, making these stiff

Phil Wood Track laced to your choice of Mavic Open Pro, Velocity Aerohead, or DT Swiss R.R. 1.1 rims. Gorgeous and built to last. the name speaks for itself

Shimano Dura Ace 7710 laced to your choice of Mavic Open Pro, Velocity Aerohead, or DT Swiss R.R. 1.1 rims. - Unbeleivably smooth cup and cone hubs, and easy on the eyes to boot.

If you're not interested in those I be able to hook you up with something else in stock, I might have some steinwerks or pauls laying around. i've got some assorted rims as well. Let me know and I'll see if I can pull some strings."


so, which ones would you choose?

volos sound pretty sweet...

but you also know the phil/dt swiss combo would be good. or open pro, but seeing as they're both good, and the dt swiss are lighter...

oh, and by the way....i hate you. ;)

For mostly street use my choice would be Phil/Open Pro.

yeah i was playing around with thebikebiz's custom wheel builder, and it got me to thinking

oh. i was thinking "hypothetical situation" meant "not hypothetical at all". you know, one of those deals.

Phil / Fusion

Campy Pista wheelset

Test out the steinwerks for us.

Those Steinwerks really do look nice. Has anyone seen them in person?

I think this guy has!
http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...6&postcount=19

My Bad! I was thinking Mack hubs...

i'd go for the phils, since they'll mainly get pounded on the street. dura ace would be my second choice.

aren't the volos tubular? that might be something to keep in mind.

Campy C-Record laced to Mavic CXP-12's.

i just got a set of phils laced to open pros. they are the jam.

They also come in a clincher for $25 more on Cane Creek's website.

is the chainline standard on the volos or is it like pauls and mavic ellipses (44)?

campy c-records laced to any non annodized aluminum rim that you can polish until it looks like mirror.... or my wheelset.

One more vote for Phils laced to Open Pros (32 rear. 28 radial front). Stay away from boutique spokes.

Phils + Aeroheads. Bomb-survival, easy servicing, super custy-serve, and RESALE value.

Phils to Open Pros for the street. Those Volos wheels look badass, but truing looks like it would be a pain. No radial front for me.

dura-open pro is what i have on my bike. 32 3x front and rear. true since day 1. love em to bits

Sums up fixie "culture" right there.

For me:

http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/...c_ma40_old.jpg

with

http://www.steinwerks.com/

what the **** do you mean by that? i weighed the options for an all-weather street fixed wheelset and found that to be a highly recommended and good way to go. eat a ****ing cock, ******brow.

You ****in *****...you used to talk so much ****!

turd...