New wheelset light or bling???

baser

Hi

After many months of trying to work out what wheels to buy I have come to a choice of two sets.

Either

Fulcrum Red Metal Zero's, reasonably light 1600g, tubeless compatable, look very bling!!

Or

Superstar custom builds, Superfast front, Superleggra Ti rear hubs, CX ray spokes, Stans ZTR Crest, Should work out around 1380g - 1400g, not so bling but a lot lighter.

By the time you add QR's and wheelbags to the superstars they will cost the about the same as the RM0's.

Will I really notice the 200g diffrence???

Just undecided have been looking for about 6 months now aaaahhhhhhhhh!!!

I mostly ride XC, single track / fast fire road etc. I am a bit of a porker 14.5st but not into jumps other than the odd speed bump / root.

Please help!?!?!?!?!?!

Thanks

shx8000

Bling

No point going light weight if you're a porker

The Northern Monkey

14.5st is a porker? cheeky feckers.

BenWatson89

Go for the Pimp option!

supersonic

I'd get the superstar, but with dt comp spokes.

baser

Any reason for dt comp's over the CX ray's?

supersonic

Will build into a stiffer wheel. Also cheaper.

Zziplex

DT supercomps, best of both worlds ;-)

shx8000

I'm 14stone 2 myself and only 5 foot 8. Guiness is my biggest failing lol. Oh, and pizza

baser

At least I am 6' 5" i suppose. Main fear with buying a light wheelset is that £450 is a lot of cash, I dont want to pringle them on my first, second or hundreth ride.

I can't have the Supercomps as they are not availible from the wheel builder

I will have to spend the extra and get the CX rays.

njee20

Which will be good n flexy! Are Revolutions an option? As stiff as CX-Rays, same weight, far cheaper. Buy from Action Sports and they're a bargain.

baser

Spoke options from the wheel builder are

SAPIM plain guage
SAPIM double butted race spokes
SAPIM CX ray
PC Double butted

Like the idea of the CX rays, as you can prob tell. However if they will produce a rubbish flexi wheel what out of the above list would be better? Or should I just call it quits and get the RM0's?

Thanks

supersonic

Red M0 not worth the cash for the weight. The sapim db spokes will build into a durable wheel and will still be 100g lighter than the rm0.

njee20

If you have that money to spend why not go for ZTR hubs (or DT240) on Crests (or Alpines), with Super Comps. I wouldn't limit yourself to Superstar.

allthegearnoidea

ive got the American Classic tubeless set on mine, Very impressed, and they have a 240lb rider weight limit too which was a big +point for me!!!
have been riding the past week with the older littlun (4 1/2) on the tag along and the littlun (6 months) in the backpack, not a single grumble formt he wheels,
and is nice not to have the same wheels as everyone else!!