Best wheels for 500?

birdy247

Looking for the best set of wheels for around £500.

Initially i will be putting them on my allez. But I plan to buy a new bike at the end of the season and then swap the wheels over.

I like to do long hilly rides and also shorter faster TT type things.

I should add, I do most of my training around surrey hills/Richmond Park so i do have to contend with some pretty bad roads.

rokkala

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

grim3ur

Have a look at these:
Cadence on Royce

marksteven

speak to harry rowland about pmp & you'l have change

northpole

dura ace are great all rounders. There has been a seller recently on fleabay offering new 7850 CL's for £400. Merlin are also offering a great deal as mentioned earlier.

Peter

Mark1962a

Another for Dura Ace 7850CL - I use them on the Surrey Hills and Richmond Park as well and they handle the awful surfaces well - They have a very smooth ride, fab for climbing and accelerate like a dream and thats comparing to my other Ultegra wheels - They should transform your Allez if it has stock wheels and they look great too - paid £470 for mine

Evil Laugh

I've been out all week on norfolks gently rolling coastal roads. Great fun and my da 7850 wheels have just munched up everything thrown at them. I've really appreciated just how great they are at hills and bad roads so would wholeheartedly recommend them to you. I've got mine paired up with vittoria open paves and the ride is just sublime.

The £425 eBay deal is a belter although I paid £450 at merlin, their 7850 prices seem to fluctuate a lot.

chris281192

am classic sprint 350s, they look beautiful and lighter than the dura ace wheels

northpole

EvilLaugh
Hope this isn't bending the thread too much, but did you have any problems fitting the Pave tyres to the dura ace rims. I've read mixed reports on Wiggle from buyers some of whom had problems but didn't say which rims they were fitting the tyres to.
I had dreadful problems on my older Dura ace rims with Michelin Pro Race 3's and don't want to repeat the experience!
Could be an important consideration for folks considering new wheels if they have favourite tyres they want to stick with.
Peter

birdy247

Evil Laugh wrote:

The £425 eBay deal is a belter although I paid £450 at merlin, their 7850 prices seem to fluctuate a lot.

Where is the deal you speak of?

Evil Laugh

northpole wrote:

EvilLaugh
Hope this isn't bending the thread too much, but did you have any problems fitting the Pave tyres to the dura ace rims. I've read mixed reports on Wiggle from buyers some of whom had problems but didn't say which rims they were fitting the tyres to.
I had dreadful problems on my older Dura ace rims with Michelin Pro Race 3's and don't want to repeat the experience!
Could be an important consideration for folks considering new wheels if they have favourite tyres they want to stick with.
Peter

Got them on with my fingers alone. Followed the instructions that came with the tyres.

Found rubino pro3 easy too. Put those on with one hand almost.

Vittoria folding tyres are def the easiest I've fitted, obviously I can only speak for myself though. Apparently individual rims of the same type will behave differently.

Evil Laugh

birdy247 wrote:

Evil Laugh wrote:

The £425 eBay deal is a belter although I paid £450 at merlin, their 7850 prices seem to fluctuate a lot.

Where is the deal you speak of?

Sold out but here..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Shimano-Dura-Ace- ... 1e5b857e10

Maybe email him and see if he has any more coming up. They've been on a few times in the last couple of months.

I've got no experience of this seller just notice them when looking for other dura ace bits on ebay. His feedback seems ok though re the wheels.

birdy247

It says 10 speed, but other sites say 8,9, 10 speed compatible. As I am putting them on my 9 speed Allez, will they fit?

relanium

Mavic Ksyrium SL...... Bomb proof
Dura Ace are good for climbing & accelerate fast, but freewheeling the Mavic are way better as I found at the weekend, cycling with a buddy who had a pair of Mavics on, he just left me when freewheeling down hills.
The Ksyriums are not that heavier than the DA........ 1485 grams for the mavics and they look the job.

SteveR_100Milers

Fulcrum 3s if you are big and heavy.