New Wheel Advice...

Stwutter
Stwutter Posts: 362
edited October 2007 in Workshop
Gonna treat my self to some new hoops.

The shortlist is as follows -

Kysrium ES's.

Campag Shamal's.

Fulcrum 1's.

Fulcrum 0's.

Despite the fact that they're GOLD, weight wise, and, from what I can gather, performance wise, the Shamal's have nudged ahead in my mind at the moment, until I get up, make a coffee, sit down only to find that now, the F-0's perfectly match my colour scheme etc etc... basically I can't decide. I've only ridden F-1's from this list, and they were excellent., but I hear that the ES's are a great balance between weight, stiffness and reliability.

Any advice appreciated - I don't think I can go too far wrong with any of these, but thought I'd throw it out there.

Cheers.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,571
    The Shamal Ultras will also be available in a titanium colour scheme next year which may influence your choice. They are the lightest of the Campag (and I include Fulcrum in this) range of factory built aluminium wheels.

    Whoever told you Kysriums are a great balance between weight, stiffness and reliability is a damned liar. :shock:

    What you don't say is what you intend using them for?
  • Stwutter
    Stwutter Posts: 362
    Cheers for the reply. I've already taken the plunge - the Shamals....

    Ok - they're gold, but the bike's black/red, so it won't look too outta place.

    Use is the normal Sunday run, training rides and maybe some racing/sportives next year. I think the Shamals are good value at just over £500 from Parker, and no doubt the 08's will be nearer £650-700 when they come out anyway, which is a little out of my range.

    If the gold is too bling, I'll just have to ride faster so they 'blur' a bit more!
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  • preeby
    preeby Posts: 22
    I see on Campag's website that the Shamal's are now available in a Ti finish - a definite improvement on gold !

    I've never ridden Ksyrium ES, although having used Ksyrium Elite, Eurus and Fulcrum 3 over the last few years, I'd go with the either the Fulcrums or Campag wheels, no question. In my experience, they are a stiffer wheel, and tough as nails !
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,571
    Stwutter wrote:
    If the gold is too bling, I'll just have to ride faster so they 'blur' a bit more!
    Or you could wear white shorts and shoes to distract peoples attention away from the gold wheels? :wink:
  • Stwutter
    Stwutter Posts: 362
    andyp wrote:
    Stwutter wrote:
    If the gold is too bling, I'll just have to ride faster so they 'blur' a bit more!
    Or you could wear white shorts and shoes to distract peoples attention away from the gold wheels? :wink:

    Doesn't everyone?!
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  • wildmoustache
    wildmoustache Posts: 4,010
    I have the gold shamals. With the right bike (black or white) they look superb. quite individual. anyway, we'll be seeing lots more shamals in the roads next year i suspect.

    they are better wheels than ESs. Suspect on more or less on a par with Zeros (haven't ridden), but cheaper, fractionally lighter, and possibly a touch more aerodynamic (these last two are probably so slight they don't matter).

    Buy whichever of those two suits your bike/pocket would be my advice.
  • Stwutter
    Stwutter Posts: 362
    I went for Shamals ordered today from Parker. For £529, they're mega light (1395gms the pair I think), and have good reviews re. stifness and reliability. Yeah, they're gold, but sod it. They're the only ones in the range that I was after that no one's had a bad word to say about - 'cept the colour! I'll live with it!
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  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Heard so much bad press for the ESs gotta say, and a lot of good press about the Zeros, but your choice is sooo bling mate, good luck to ya. And as you say you'll get used to them.
  • Steelride
    Steelride Posts: 89
    I think mine look good. Don't like bling myself but work fine here:

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1071/143 ... a4f4_o.jpg
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Steelride wrote:
    I think mine look good. Don't like bling myself but work fine here:

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1071/143 ... a4f4_o.jpg

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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    wheel test in the latest Cycling weekly :wink:
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  • JWSurrey
    JWSurrey Posts: 1,173
    maddog 2 wrote:
    wheel test in the latest Cycling weekly :wink:

    Yeah - a great test, and good to see some scientific background to it as well.

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