RS80 Wheelset

incog24
incog24 Posts: 549
edited April 2009 in Road buying advice
Has anyone got any experience of this wheel set? They look reasonably decent from what the road.cc review says. I'm looking for a wheel that's light for climbing, and aeroish and they might fit the bill. I can get some at £280ish which is a bonus. The only downside is that I've heard a few bad things about the ultegra hubs.

Cheers :)
Racing for Fluid Fin Race Team in 2012 - www.fluidfin.co.uk

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  • RC21
    RC21 Posts: 166
    I don't have any experience with them mate so can't comment on their quality but heard they're decent - I am intersted where you can get them from at £280?

    Thanks
    Ryan
  • Rhods
    Rhods Posts: 400
    Can't comment on the wheels but I've used Ultegra hubs on my handbuilts. They were actually recommended to me on the basis that, as far as groupset hubs go (i.e. not including specialists such as Hope and DT Swiss etc.), they're very good and easy to maintain. In my short experience of using my wheels (approx 500 miles) the hubs have been trouble free.

    What bad things have you heard about them?

    Cheers
  • incog24
    incog24 Posts: 549
    I've just heard that the design isn't particularly amazing. That's probably in comparison to slightly more expensive hubs so isn't really gospel. I'm afraid the wheels at that price are pretty unlikely to appear on the web...sorry.

    Thanks for the advice so far.
    Racing for Fluid Fin Race Team in 2012 - www.fluidfin.co.uk
  • incog24
    incog24 Posts: 549
    Right I'm now a bit confused. I can't find anything on the shimano website about this wheelset. However they appear to be the WH-7850-SL, but with Ultegra sl hubs. More confusingly the RS80's appear to be the same weight as the WH-7850-SLs despite the different hubs.

    I'm confused. Is this actually bizarre or am I just being stupid and missing something here?
    Racing for Fluid Fin Race Team in 2012 - www.fluidfin.co.uk
  • Mettan
    Mettan Posts: 2,103
    edited April 2009
    incog24 wrote:
    Right I'm now a bit confused. I can't find anything on the shimano website about this wheelset. However they appear to be the WH-7850-SL, but with Ultegra sl hubs. More confusingly the RS80's appear to be the same weight as the WH-7850-SLs despite the different hubs.

    I'm confused. Is this actually bizarre or am I just being stupid and missing something here?

    They haven't officially released the indivdual weights for the separate wheels, yet - Apparently the rims are coming in at a superlight ~ 390g (they're the same/similar rims to the 7850 CL's from what I remember - but with lower spec hubs than the CL's) and probably lighter (rims) than the scandiums. I'd love a pair of the RS80's. Been saying for some time that they're going to be a big hit (we'll see in time).
  • wicked
    wicked Posts: 844
    http://road.cc/content/review/1216-shim ... 0-wheelset
    It’s the most beautiful sport in the world but it’s governed by ***ts who have turned it into a crock of ****.
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    1486g with skewers for the RS80s at approx £390 vs 1380g for the DA 7850 C24 CLs at approx £550-560. Tough call but personally I would go for the 7850s ...
  • incog24
    incog24 Posts: 549
    True they aren't as light. But, since that weight appears to be purely in the hub, maybe it isn't an incredible issue performance wise? I think I'm going to go for the RS80s as they fit my budget the best. However, there is a slight issue in that Madison haven't had them in stock since November...I think I'll just have to put my name on the waiting list.
    Racing for Fluid Fin Race Team in 2012 - www.fluidfin.co.uk

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