http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/members/myprofile.asphttp://www.roadcyclinguk.com/members/myprofile.aspI know the "which wheels" thing gets done to death, but I do want some opinions, I recently got rid of (Ebay) a set of racing wheels which were pretty damn light at about 1550 ish grams. However they had a habit (through bad design I suspect) of breaking rear non drive side spokes. I wont tell you the type of wheel but I believe its a well documented problem with them, as I am not hard on wheels being 143 lbs, and the spokes always seem to go when I need it least (in a race, or recently halfway round a Mountain tt)
I do need to replace the wheels as I only have one set of wheels that are doing everything at the moment, training, racing, TT's.
I was heartily recommended the Dura ace wheels (not the Scandium ones) and the price seems good. My mate who is a lot heavier than me, has trained on them all year with no maintenance and swears by them.
However as I dont have a fortune to spend, this wheelset has to be a jack of all trades.
My only concern is the weight the set is over 1600 grammes, with so many wheelsets coming in at around the low 1500's - high 1400's, they do seem a tad heavy. My question is whether they are basically good/light enough to race on in CAT 2,3,4 races (Iam a Cat 4 but a budding 3 to be soon) They do seem tough enough to do some training on, but how much will advantage will I lose against people with 1400 g wheels sets in a race.
Would I be much better off upsetting the Mrs and spending a bit more and getting some Ksyrium SL's. Or would the Mavics not take the day to day training.
I never had any luck with Handbuilts, so I do want Factory wheels.
I really only want to spend maximum the £325 it would take to buy the DA wheels, but I wont bother if people think they are not quite up to nowadays racing standard.
Also I know that people will say, I should worry less about gear and more about training. However I dont have a fortune to spend on gear and tend to spend it wisely ( I am not trying to buy performance, I just dont want to be disadvantaged by it, paticularly when people around me in races, seem to have wheels and bikes that I could never justify/afford)
I do need to replace the wheels as I only have one set of wheels that are doing everything at the moment, training, racing, TT's.
I was heartily recommended the Dura ace wheels (not the Scandium ones) and the price seems good. My mate who is a lot heavier than me, has trained on them all year with no maintenance and swears by them.
However as I dont have a fortune to spend, this wheelset has to be a jack of all trades.
My only concern is the weight the set is over 1600 grammes, with so many wheelsets coming in at around the low 1500's - high 1400's, they do seem a tad heavy. My question is whether they are basically good/light enough to race on in CAT 2,3,4 races (Iam a Cat 4 but a budding 3 to be soon) They do seem tough enough to do some training on, but how much will advantage will I lose against people with 1400 g wheels sets in a race.
Would I be much better off upsetting the Mrs and spending a bit more and getting some Ksyrium SL's. Or would the Mavics not take the day to day training.
I never had any luck with Handbuilts, so I do want Factory wheels.
I really only want to spend maximum the £325 it would take to buy the DA wheels, but I wont bother if people think they are not quite up to nowadays racing standard.
Also I know that people will say, I should worry less about gear and more about training. However I dont have a fortune to spend on gear and tend to spend it wisely ( I am not trying to buy performance, I just dont want to be disadvantaged by it, paticularly when people around me in races, seem to have wheels and bikes that I could never justify/afford)
