Someone tell me I don't need them!

dru

Hi all,

Currently I'm in the slippery slope of looking at new bits and peices for the bike.

The bike in question is a Racelight RC2 Kinesis setup running a campagnolo 9 speed set up on Campagnolo Vento G3 rims with 700 x 23 Michelins.

Can someone please tell me that buying new wheels that I may 'prefer the look of' or are 'more aero' are totally not required at this stage and that my Ventos are perfectly good for the forseeable future

Thanks,

Dru.

Anonymous

No. Sorry.

gkerr4

well I would do - but it sounds to me like you need new wheels.

sorry.

avoidingmyphd

if anyone does tell you that Dru, they are lying

hopper1

gkerr4
PM'd you...

dru

thanks for the support guys :roll: I'm like a women in a shoe shop at the moment!

pedrojake

buy them, buy them, buy them..............

dru

Ok,

Lets take this thread in another way.

Campagnolo Vento G3 rims with 700 x 23 Michelins.

What sort of wheels would be seen as the next jump up in performance and what would those benefits be?

After that jump up I guess the next jump up would be deep rim wheels, again, what sort of performance increase would they realistically give me in say a 20km TT and are there any drawbacks to them?

Many thanks,

Dru

gkerr4

Dru wrote:

Ok,

Lets take this thread in another way.

Campagnolo Vento G3 rims with 700 x 23 Michelins.

What sort of wheels would be seen as the next jump up in performance and what would those benefits be?

After that jump up I guess the next jump up would be deep rim wheels, again, what sort of performance increase would they realistically give me in say a 20km TT and are there any drawbacks to them?

Many thanks,

Dru

personally I think you would need to step up to at least Eurus / Fulcrum Racing1 level to reduce the weight enough - not sure about the mavic range - one of the higher end ksyriums I would imagine.

performance over 20k TT - probably negligible - but you will look a million dollars on the start line and that's what really counts.

dru

cheers - regarding deep section and or carbon wheels they seem to be similar wheels (some are more)

Is the question there that the aero benefit outweights the weight - and thus on a flat race/tt/ride aero wheels are the ones to go, but for courses with climbs its better to have a lighter wheel thats easier to spin up?

Sorry for what might sound silly novice questions - but thats currently where I am

dru

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dalkiia-Six-Aero- ... 286.c0.m14

Would these sort of things be seen as a proper upgrade?

cougie

How long have you been cycling ? If this is your first winter - I'd put your money into some nice kit to keep you riding through the cold.

Monty Dog

For £400 you can get a new pair of Planet-Xs which use the same rims