Cheap, solid rear wheel for commuting

london-red
london-red Posts: 1,266
edited April 2010 in Road buying advice
Any recommendations or links? I'm running Shimano 9-speed.

Thanks in advance.

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  • davidcambridge1
    davidcambridge1 Posts: 275
    Me finks most people would recommend the Planet X Model B wheels. I have not got some, but I am tempted!! Although, you can't buy them singuarly, they are pretty cheap to buy as a set!!
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,496
    shimano wh-r500 is tough and good quality, 54 quid http://www.fatbirds.co.uk/detail.asp/sku=WTWR074

    ribble is doing front+rear for 68!
    http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... HIMWHFR200

    but you can get a no-name generic wheel cheaper
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    Planet x model B
    Mavic Aksium

    either.
  • london-red
    london-red Posts: 1,266
    Cheers guys - I'm actually running a rear RS500 currently, and haven't been that impressed. I've pinged a hell of lot of spokes, it's gone crazily out of true, there's a lot of lateral movement and now the freehub's on its way out.

    So, I'm reluctant to go down that route again, even if it is the best looking deal out there.

    Currently stuck between a pair of RS10s for £90, Planet-X Model B's or C's for £100 or a rear Aksium for £90 (my Zonda front wheel is still going strong and perfectly in true).

    What do you reckon??
  • Daimler
    Daimler Posts: 215
    Just got the Planet X Model B's on my Allez 16 2010 bike.
    Upgraded from the Alex S500 wheels.
    They are very light for the money £99.99 at the mo and come with lightweight skewers and rim tape.
    I upgraded my 8 spd block at the same time and have saved a huge chunk in weight.
    Took them out last night on their maiden voyage (albeit a slow 8 miles with the GF in tow) and they were spot on.
    Straight and true, good looking and saving you about 1/2lb in weight over the nearest Mavic/Shimano wheels.
    They get bladed spokes too. 8)
    Well recommended IMO.
    Planet X RT-57 custom build
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Handbuilts, why would you use anything else for commuting?

    32 spokes so the wheel doesn't taco when you hit a pot-hole at 35 and ping a spoke, easy to find spares and relatively cheap.
    Neeermad
    Carbon 456
    456 lefty
    Pompino
    White Inbred
  • huuregeil
    huuregeil Posts: 780
    Quite.

    http://www.spacycles.co.uk/products.php ... 7s176p1786
  • london-red
    london-red Posts: 1,266
    The thing is, you're probably right... But I want whizzy aero spokes and 30mm rims :roll:

    So, I took the plunge on the Model Bs today.

    Thanks for all the advice guys - and one day, when I grow up a little, I'll definitely have a go at the hand-built route :wink:
  • stevenb
    stevenb Posts: 717
    Hand built is good but sometimes it's a case of 'bang for buck' and I think the Model B's should hold up well enough for you.

    I just ordered myself some Ultralight clinchers (handbuilt) today via Wheelsmith and I can really appreciate why handbuilt wheels are well worth the money. 8)

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