Emergency wheelset advice needed

itboffin
itboffin Posts: 20,064
edited September 2010 in Commuting chat
Argh!!!

Due to severe lack of planning and funds I find myself the owner of a lovely new carbon steed, however this beauty lacks any wheels and as I mentioned the bank of itboffin has closed it's doors.

Do I squeeze the very last drop of credit from my battered credit card and buy some cheap arse Fulcrum or Mavic

or do I take the planet-x C off my commuter?

Bling wheels are not an option this year :cry:
Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.

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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Use what ya got!!

    Wear them out - claim to the wife how you struggled against adversity and in severe pain because of a lack of deent wheels - hey presto, decent Xmas gift of Fulcrum 1's!
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,411
    The latter, otherwise you'll just have another set of cheap wheels you don't really want, and buy the bling wheels next year anyway.
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Stephen, you want to borrow my ksyrium elites for the Alps?
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Oooh, that's not a nice choice! I hate to think of a tarty, carbon road bike, dripping with Record that has to put up with the shame or running 32-spoke commuter wheels. Have you considered the Pro-Lite Bracciano wheelset (currently under £200 at Ribble, if you add in the various codes)? They are very well received by the press, and very light indeed for the money.

    I'll let you know more when mine arrive. ;)
    Sun - Rain - Snow
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    JonGinge wrote:
    Stephen, you want to borrow my ksyrium elites for the Alps?

    Cheers matey you've got email :wink:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    itboffin wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    Stephen, you want to borrow my ksyrium elites for the Alps?

    Cheers matey you've got email :wink:
    so I have
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Mkay so the old wheels it is, however I did pull the trigger on a set of hand built Mavic open pro CD with Campagnolo record hubs 8)

    ouch!
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,411
    I take it your credit card now looks somewhat like you legs :wink:
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition

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