Frameset choice
03-28-12 | 04:01 PM
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From: It is North.. of Florida
Kilo frameset + Wabi wheels = +$370
Rush frameset + inexpensive wheels (DP18, Sun M13, CXP22) = +$450
Add the $80 difference to your Kilo budget and you still can't really get better wheels unless you add another $100 to look at DA/Phil wheelsets. In the end the Wabi's are comparatively more associated with the inexpensive budget wheelsets than the higher-end DA/Phil wheelsets. So the question I am poking at is if you think the Rush is $80 better than the Kilo, because I feel that the Wabi's are in the same boat as every other forumla/novatec hubbed rim in the game.
Rush frameset + inexpensive wheels (DP18, Sun M13, CXP22) = +$450
Add the $80 difference to your Kilo budget and you still can't really get better wheels unless you add another $100 to look at DA/Phil wheelsets. In the end the Wabi's are comparatively more associated with the inexpensive budget wheelsets than the higher-end DA/Phil wheelsets. So the question I am poking at is if you think the Rush is $80 better than the Kilo, because I feel that the Wabi's are in the same boat as every other forumla/novatec hubbed rim in the game.
I bet that 600g of rotating weight difference on wheels is huge, compare to what we can feel on slightly different, same weighted steel framesets...
