Wheels - What's the difference between...

windsock07
windsock07 Posts: 26
edited October 2009 in Road buying advice
...Shimano RS80 (Carbon Laminate) and Dura Ace 7850CL (Carbon Laminate)? Apart form a couple of hundred quid on the price.

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  • Evil Laugh
    Evil Laugh Posts: 1,412
    The hubs?

    Am mulling this choice over too.
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    hubs are different - DA are lighter obviously as they are more machined and have a ti freehub, and spokes are different colours, I think. Rims look very similar and are identical AFAIK but stickers are different obviously.
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  • incog24
    incog24 Posts: 549
    I've got a pair of RS80s. Rims are the same carbon laminate ones (370g claimed or something?) but the hubs are ultegra rather than dura-ace. Not sure whether the spokes are different or just lacking paint, but I think the weight difference is all at the hubs. The wheels feel fast and spin up to speed well. There's a bit of flex when you're really going for it, but I haven't ridden enough comparable price wheels to compare stiffness. Had an issue where the counterweight in the front wheel came loose, but Madison just gave me a new wheel without any hassle at all (rep had a quick look at the wheel, got me a returns number, and put a new wheel in the post which came the next day...).

    All in all, happy!
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