letape du tour act 2--New Wheels & setup

cdc02254
cdc02254 Posts: 181
edited January 2012 in Road buying advice
I am going to be riding the L'ETAPE DU TOUR 2012 act 2 later this year. I have been thinking of buying some new wheels for a while and think now be a good time and am asking for advice on suitable set also I will need to change the gear setup as I am using a standard crank at the moment.

The Bike is a moda Stretto with american classic 420 wheels and sram force 53/39T crank.

Maybe the wheels are ok but I would like some advice on this.

Many thanks in advance..

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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    I posted a thread last week titled 'Which climbing wheels?'

    It's probably on the next page. Read it.
  • cdc02254
    cdc02254 Posts: 181
    Ill take a look, many thanks.
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Expensive shorts are likely the best upgrade ...
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    There's nothing wrong with your wheels, but you might want to rethink the 39 ring. Depends on how strong you are.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • dru
    dru Posts: 1,341
    inseine wrote:
    There's nothing wrong with your wheels, but you might want to rethink the 39 ring. Depends on how strong you are.

    +1
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    If you dont climb well I'd just go for a compact chainring.

    And I'd save the money on wheels and spend it on a long weekend in the Alps riding some of the climbs you will be doing. That'll focus your mind on training and give you a better etape time than just new kit will.
  • cdc02254
    cdc02254 Posts: 181
    Thats the kind of advice I wanted. The american classics do seem to be a very good set of wheel and so far I have no problems with them but the crank size does bother me a bit but I have been using it on some big hills around westerham Kent for a while now.

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