"Rivermist" <
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> I am thinking of buying some new wheels and am considering the Mavic
Ksyrium
> wheels.
>
> First.. Any opinions on those wheels?
>
> Second... I notice there are some house brand wheels sold by Performance such as the Performance
> Fuego wheelset whose specifications seem to be
about
> the same as far as weight and description go -- but at 1/4 the price. Should I be considering
> brands such as these?
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
>
I have friends that own Ksyriums. To a person, all have broken spokes. The interesting thing about
the Ksyriums is that they use that special AL spoke, and not every LBS is going to have them. One of
my teammate's brother keeps breaking his Ksyrium spokes out in outer BFE...
The only way to go light AND aero are carbon wheels (Zipp, Reynolds, Campy, etc.) but then you're
talking about a LOT of money.
You can have either light OR aero for not too much money. Pick one.
I have a pair of Ritchey Pro wheels that I really like for an "intermediate aero" wheel, but for all
out speed, I really like my Cosmics and Zipp 404s.
Performance's house brand stuff is usually designed in Chapel Hill and then made in Taiwan, or is
re-badged by PBS from existing stuff. Quality is just OK from what I've seen, definitely not on par
with Mavic/Campy/Zipp/Am. Classic et al.
I'm one of those guys that believe that for every job there is a proper tool. For all 'round riding,
go ride your 32-hole Open Pro wheels. If you want to go do some high speed racing/training, ride a
Cosmic/Cosmic Carbone/Zipp/etc.
I've noticed over the years that until you're getting over 25mph or so, aero wheels are just really
big heavy wheels that don't do much good. After that, they really come into their own.
www.analyticycling.com has a comparison of some of the more popular wheels that you can compare time
savings v. standard wheels over certain courses/distances/speeds.
Mike