Shimano Dura Ace 7850 CL Wheels

relanium
relanium Posts: 487
edited January 2010 in Road buying advice
Can anyone tell me what the actual weight of these wheels are.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Which ones?
  • relanium
    relanium Posts: 487
    The 700C clinchers, same as on Merlin Cycles
  • flanners1
    flanners1 Posts: 916
    Weight - 623g (front) or 811g (rear)

    Officially

    My pair from Merlin arrived Friday and they are lovely, well made and aesthetically pleasing :D not yet ridden them yet, they feel very light and the rim walls very thin :shock: thinking of the 50mm clinchers as well.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    relanium wrote:
    The 700C clinchers, same as on Merlin Cycles

    There are two...

    The shallow rim (WH 7850 C24 CL) and the deep rim (WH 7850 C50 CL)

    The shallow ones are 1380g a pair and the deep ones are 1695 a pair.

    It was really really easy to find the weights on Google.

    They are even on the shimano website!
  • relanium
    relanium Posts: 487
    I did do a search, the shimano website is saying 1380g, but as "Flanners1" said weight - 623g (front) 811g (rear) which equals 1434g... Which is correct :)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    relanium wrote:
    I did do a search, the shimano website is saying 1380g, but as "Flanners1" said weight - 623g (front) 811g (rear) which equals 1434g... Which is correct :)

    Mine were 1383.
  • relanium
    relanium Posts: 487
    Who's doing the best deal on these at the moment?
  • strodey
    strodey Posts: 481
    Just bought set from chainreactioncycles £494.99 free delivery here 48 hours later, Merlin £499.

    Agree with NapD on weight.
    Carbon is a mans best freind
  • dave_oc
    dave_oc Posts: 46
    Remember Merlin have got 10% off at the moment, making them £450 - the cheapest you'll find i think
  • relanium
    relanium Posts: 487
    I have been reading that these wheels have an indicator on them to show when they are wearing down, is this true?........ And how long do these wheels normally last, a few months, a year or a couple of years.
  • morrisje
    morrisje Posts: 507
    £450 !! I paid £630 for a pair from my LBS last September and that was with a 10% discount
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    morrisje wrote:
    £450 !! I paid £630 for a pair from my LBS last September and that was with a 10% discount

    But don't you get the warm feeling inside from supporting your LBS? :twisted:
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    morrisje wrote:
    £450 !! I paid £630 for a pair from my LBS last September and that was with a 10% discount

    People talk about supporting their LBS. I would only be prepared on supporting them at the same price or may be a little bit more than the cheapest from the internet. Let’s say 450 from Merlin. I would pay 475 from my bike shop and the wheels fitted.
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  • morrisje
    morrisje Posts: 507
    They are still £616 at Wiggle so I don't feel quite so sick. Still, it's no wonder the LBS owner smiles when I walk through the door.
  • flanners1
    flanners1 Posts: 916
    relanium wrote:
    I have been reading that these wheels have an indicator on them to show when they are wearing down, is this true?........ And how long do these wheels normally last, a few months, a year or a couple of years.

    Yes they do have an indicator on them. As for your second point how long is a piece of string?! If they are your only wheelset and you ride in all weathers especially the rain/salty roads then the rims are going to wear faster. I have a set of Ksyrium SSC's circa 2003 and they have minor barke surface wear with 000's of miles still in them, they don't go near wet/gritty roads. That is why I have set's of training wheels like Askiums, Scirocco's and Khamsin's etc to wear them out without worrying too much.
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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    just seen these and am tempted.

    As anyone tried out the 50mm deep section carbon wheels. Would love to get a pair of deep section carbon wheels one day
  • relanium
    relanium Posts: 487
    Flanners1... Yes these will be my only wheelset, ive been told that they should last a few years if I look after them :)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    I got mine for 450 from my LBS.
  • relanium
    relanium Posts: 487
    I wonder if my LBS would price match :D
  • flanners1
    flanners1 Posts: 916
    sherer wrote:
    just seen these and am tempted.

    As anyone tried out the 50mm deep section carbon wheels. Would love to get a pair of deep section carbon wheels one day

    Merlin sold out at £809 found them for £813 from CycleSports UK, they had extra 10% off over the weekend; ordered them last night so will let you know when my frame and all the parts turn up and the weather is nice enough to ride a new steed....so August then!!! :D
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  • bristolpete
    bristolpete Posts: 2,255
    I have these wheels on my FP3. Simply awesome, rolling like a knife through butter. Just superb, what ever the price.

    I am definately buying the 50mm carbon set for the summer, hopefully, late March.
  • relanium
    relanium Posts: 487
    Can I fit an Ultegra 10 speed cassette onto these wheels or does it need to be DA?
  • flanners1
    flanners1 Posts: 916
    All Shimano/SRAM cassettes now fit DA wheels, unlike the 7801 series which was Da or Ultegra only I think.
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  • sturmey
    sturmey Posts: 964
    Remember Merlin have got 10% off at the moment, making them £450 - the cheapest you'll find i think

    This ain't correct.
    Their website makes it clear the 10% discount does NOT apply to factory wheels.

    They will set you back 500 stripes .
  • Evil Laugh
    Evil Laugh Posts: 1,412
    sturmey wrote:
    Remember Merlin have got 10% off at the moment, making them £450 - the cheapest you'll find i think

    This ain't correct.
    Their website makes it clear the 10% discount does NOT apply to factory wheels.

    They will set you back 500 stripes .

    Weird, they were £450 on there a couple of days ago, nearly bought them but went for the RS80s instead, which I got the10% off of.
  • sturmey
    sturmey Posts: 964
    [/quote]Weird, they were £450 on there a couple of days ago

    Guess they realised we were getting too much of a good thing.
  • flanners1
    flanners1 Posts: 916
    I got my 7850 24 CL's from Merlin when they had their Winter Freeze sale, all the time Britain was under snow they had extra money off including wheels, got mine for around £450 delivered a good price!
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  • relanium
    relanium Posts: 487
    They went back to £500 on wednesday, luckily I ordered mine tuesday so got them for £450, and they arrived today :)
    Just need to swap the DA skewers now for KCNC skewers as I feel the DA ones are quite heavy.
    I do have a little noise in the freewheel so hopefully this will go in time.
  • wicked
    wicked Posts: 844
    relanium wrote:
    They went back to £500 on wednesday, luckily I ordered mine tuesday so got them for £450, and they arrived today :)
    Just need to swap the DA skewers now for KCNC skewers as I feel the DA ones are quite heavy.
    I do have a little noise in the freewheel so hopefully this will go in time.

    Got mine at end of last year. Yet to use them but yes they are a bit noisy, is this normal then?
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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    is that price on merlin per wheel or for the whole pair ? £500 for the set seems a bit too low to me

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