I know how you all love wheels so .................

STEFANOS4784

What are the lightest wheels under 300 quid? Would hand-builts be the best option :?: Payday looms and,as usual, i've become befuddled with the vast array of choice,
cheery-ho

maddog 2

Xeros must be a candidate. They have some 1500g ish ones for 200ish I seem to recall. Not the stiffest in the world by some accounts but there you go. Have a look on Parkers.

Handbuilts will weigh more than that, at that price point (based on new components) but for ride quality and reliability handbuilts would be where I would spend that amount of cash. Maybe Ultegra hubs, DT rev spokes, prolock nipples and Open Pro rims?

STEFANOS4784

Cheers dog I've got various wheels lying about but they all weigh loads so just want light, light, light. i only weigh 63kg so strength shouldn't be a huge issue

maddog 2

just been browsing myself, and Merlin have the 09 Ksyrium Elites for £360, which are 1550g and look impressive. Over budget of course but a big step up from the Xeros in terms of design, and they do look good....

STEFANOS4784

Hmmm should be careful, budget is an easy thing to get carried away with, see here:
http://www.cyclingtechblog.com/2009/01/ ... le-wheels/


:shock: , did see some for 15 k, but can't remember where, probably shouldn't have asked, that's 2 more to the equation and so far they all seem roughly similar weights at that price point, cheers :? :arrow:

softlad

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

What are the lightest wheels under 300 quid?

EA70s - 1650g for around £260. Not sure if they're actually the lightest, but I'm very happy with mine...

bigmat

Another vote for the Xeros - I got mine from the States when it was 2 for 1 on the exchange rate, worked out sub £200 never mind sub £300. Mine have been fine so far - done a few thousand km including Fred Whitton, the Etape etc. Haven't noticed any noticeable flex and I'm not the lighest (85kg).

Another option might be Planet X type B - think they are around 1600g and get good reviews (on bikeradar at the moment).

STEFANOS4784

MatHammond wrote:

Another option might be Planet X type B - think they are around 1600g and get good reviews (on bikeradar at the moment).

They're one of many i'm considering, ultimately it will come down to what i can find that is the lightest, also considered 2nd hand Bonty's, ah well payday not til Friday so plenty of time to decide

nathanb74

Soul S2.0. Mine came in bang on the advertised weight

http://www.bikesoul.com/s2.html