Wheel upgrade

DamonC
DamonC Posts: 263
edited December 2009 in Road buying advice
Looking at the spec of my 2010 Scott CR1 Pro I think the first upgrade needs to be the wheels and tyres.

A modest budget of £400 should bring a worthwhile improvement in the wheels. So being out of the scene for several years what are the popular choices at that price point?

The tyres it comes with are Continental Ultra Road fold. I have now idea if these are a good tyre or not so any thoughts/recommendations would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Damon
Suffering from the light bike fat git syndrome.

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  • DamonC
    DamonC Posts: 263
    Oops, the Mavic Ksyrium Elite 09 it comes with are £350 aftermarket!!!

    Newbee error :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
    Suffering from the light bike fat git syndrome.
  • pianoman
    pianoman Posts: 706
    The wheels you're getting are around the £400 mark! How are you going to get any improvement, unless you go down one specific performance path or the other?

    If you sold them brand new on Ebay for around £300, plus another £25 for the tyres (they're not the greatest BTW) you could add the £400 and get something like these:

    http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=produ ... goryId=167

    £725 to start with (once you've flogged the wheels and tyres for as much as I think possible) - £675 for the Zero's - £50 left.

    And would you believe it - the same shop is doing a deal on Michelin Pro 3's! £47.95 for a pair.............can't beat that, and that's coming from a Schwalbe Ultremo devotee too! So a couple of quid left over for a pint, can't be bad eh?

    Another "performance path" you could go down is the aero/triathlon/time trial route. Starting with the same £700+ you could get these:

    http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/mountain- ... elset.html

    and the tyres all for less than £500. Then there's plenty of money to get the most important thing for riding fast against the clock: TRI BARS! Like these:

    http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/tri-bars- ... -bars.html

    You could always choose something longer for events that don't allow drafting, I think these are "draft legal" for triathlons where you might come across other riders of similar pace.

    Happy shopping!
  • pianoman
    pianoman Posts: 706
    lol, I didn't type fast enough for once............. :P
  • blorg
    blorg Posts: 1,169
    You probably need to indicate your priorities as suggested as those Mavic Ksyriums are a very solid more than reasonably lightweight wheel to begin with. Maybe keep them for a season and see how you get on?

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