Carbon clincher rims on ebay

CarbonCopy

Has anyone had or built some wheels up with these rims?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Carbon-Road-Bike- ... 4155a73909

whyamihere

I'm tempted to have a punt on them...

CarbonCopy

yeah me too.after all almost every other bike part comes over there.

Squillinossett

They are Alu with carbon wrap guys, not full carbon.

bjl

Have you noticed the weight of them, 680g ! - don't think you would gain anything having a set of wheels made with these.

chrishd883

I've looked at them as well.... don't know how good they'll be!
On the heavy side....
but if you want light deep rims you'll be looking at something fairly expensive!

These are carbron wrapped rims - but there are full carbon rims options as well
Although slightly more expensive. But maybe too expensive for a 'punt'?

+1 Does anybody have experience of these rims?

CarbonCopy

Wow very heavy :shock:

marin_maniac

Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole!

Do a google search for Yishun carbon wheels. Quite tempted myself actually.

Monty Dog

Check out carbonzone on ebay.com - complete wheels for $388.

badly_dubbed

lol not even real carbon!

amaferanga

Monty Dog wrote:

Check out carbonzone on ebay.com - complete wheels for $388.

Not quite! Add £35 for postage then VAT and import duty. Not such a bargain then....

jonmack

amaferanga wrote:

Monty Dog wrote:

Check out carbonzone on ebay.com - complete wheels for $388.

Not quite! Add £35 for postage then VAT and import duty. Not such a bargain then....

Still works out at £350ish, assuming you get stung with import, it's not always going to happen. I reckon for every 25 parcels I get from abroad I pay import on 1, not bad odds.

whyamihere

bjl wrote:

Have you noticed the weight of them, 680g ! - don't think you would gain anything having a set of wheels made with these.

You're right. In a moment of daftness I'd thought that was the weight for the pair... I'll be staying clear.