Wheel Choice - Shimano RS20 Fulcrum Racing 7 or Mavic Aksium

kafkathedog
kafkathedog Posts: 242
edited November 2010 in Workshop
Can get a good deal on the following wheels, any ideas which is best?.
Needed as a backup/ commute pair

Shimano RS 20
Mavic Aksium
Fulcrum 7's

I weigh around 82Kg so I'm thinking the fulcrums probably aren't a good idea. Tending towards the Shimanos as I can get them for < £100

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  • venster
    venster Posts: 356
    If you go for the Fulcrum don't forget the earplugs too....I've just swapped mine to the Aksiums.

    Which are the better - IMO.....
  • stueyc
    stueyc Posts: 518
    i have the fulcrums

    but shimano on winter bike which just useing again...didn't realise how loud fulcrums were to be honest

    ...but i kinda like the noise!
  • bazbadger
    bazbadger Posts: 553
    I've got a pair of Fulcrum 7's and so far, so good. I like the noise, saves having a bell!!
    Mens agitat molem
  • SDP
    SDP Posts: 665
    fulcrums ..apart from noise ..they are all very similar at this price point TBH
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  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Yes, I have the Racing & they are noisy. The noise is a different tone to the racing 3s for some reason. I find them very good though. All pretty much the same though really.
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • JimmyK
    JimmyK Posts: 712
    my RS20 wheelset is for sale, 3 months old. selling them for £50 quid + postage if you are interested.


    JImmy
  • Lagavulin
    Lagavulin Posts: 1,688
    passout wrote:
    Yes, I have the Racing 7 they are noisy. The noise is a different tone to the racing 3s for some reason.
    Ditto. I've got a pair of Racing 3's for my Izoard and, like my DT Swiss wheels with their 240s hubs, the freehub is loud but it is a sound that echoes of quality.
    The freehub in my Racing 7's on the other hand sounds like a football rattle you might get free with a McDonald's Happy Meal. They've remained true though. Still think with the benefit of hindsight I'd of opted for another set of Aksiums.
    2010 Cannondale CAAD 9
    2008 Wilier Izoard
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Whereas the new Racing 5s have a hub that makes an almost imperceptible purring noise! I like it but it does mean the cyclist in front will have no idea you're there...
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  • synchronicity
    synchronicity Posts: 1,415
    The RS20's don't have many spokes... I'd go with the mavics or the fulcrums.
    vertebr.ae | precision braking & shifting
  • Pink Steel
    Pink Steel Posts: 4
    I just don't understand why you're all freewheeling...
  • bing gordon
    bing gordon Posts: 662
    kafkathedog wrote:
    Can get a good deal on the following wheels, any ideas which is best?.
    Needed as a backup/ commute pair

    Shimano RS 20
    Mavic Aksium
    Fulcrum 7's

    I weigh around 82Kg so I'm thinking the fulcrums probably aren't a good idea. Tending towards the Shimanos as I can get them for < £100

    i know the threads old but were can you get rs20's for £100 ?
  • 06townsonj
    06townsonj Posts: 509
    I will buy the rs20s for £50?
  • flasher
    flasher Posts: 1,734
    JimmyK wrote:

    Posted Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:48 pm

    my RS20 wheelset is for sale, 3 months old. selling them for £50 quid + postage if you are interested.


    JImmy

    06townsonj wrote:
    I will buy the rs20s for £50?

    :lol:

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