fulcrum or shimano wheelset? £75 budget

barty81

hi, tied between these two wheelsets.Fulcrum Red Metal 10 or shimano mt15 wheelset.swaying towards the sram,what you think?

cooldad

Fulcrum is not Sram, it's Campagnola. I have RM5 on one bike - very impressed, but Shimano are easier to service and get parts etc.

barty81

will the mt15's work with my hayes rotors? or will they only work with shimano centre lock rotors?

barty81

im running deore 596's at momment with hayes v6 rotors.would i benefit changing these to shimano centre locks?

cooldad

They will work with 6 bolt adapters.
Centre lock are a bit of a PITA. Nice and easy to fit, but a limited range of rotors so tend to be pricy.
Are the RM10's 6 bolt or centrelock?

cooldad

ps RM centrelock have a different lockring system to Shimano, so 6 bolt adapters don't work.

barty81

cheaper option would be the fulcrums then.but say i went with the mt15's and bought some shimano deore rt62 rotors, would i benefit from parring these up with my brakes rather than using my current hayes rotors..would there be a noticabale increase in braking power or not?

supersonic

Size for size.. rotors all brake the same.

barty81

gone for the fulcrums..bargain i think
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fulcrum-red-met ... heelset-1/

cooldad

Decent price, and the arrangement of the spokes is always a talking point. Just keep your fingers out of them when the wheel is spinning - they hurt.

bobbygloss

Tagging on the end of this thread, I need some new cheap wheels too but have centrelock discs so the Fulcrum ones are no good. Currently have M495A hubs with Bontrager rims, that came on a Trek 6000. One of the cones is pitted and apparently can't be replaced (not with the same seals anyway) and I've had to replace a few spokes, so maybe better to get a whole wheel, or set. The choices for sets seem to be:
Shimano MT15 - £85
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/Bike+Shop/Wheels/Mountain+Bike+Wheels/Factory+Mountain+Bike+Wheels/Shimano+MT15+Wheels+-+Black+-+Pair_2176.htm
Shimano M495 with Sun Equaliser rims - £60
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/Bike+Shop/Wheels/Mountain+Bike+Wheels/Sale+Wheels/Pair+Shimano+495+Disc+Hubs+-+Sun+Equalizer_495-WHEEL-OFFER.htm
Shimano SLX with Xtreme DC 19 rims - £80 but out of stock
http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/mtb-wheel-set-26-shimano-slx-disc--xtreme-dc-19/aid:339635

MT15 seems to be a bargain, but how easy is it to get replacement bladed spokes?
M495 hubs should be similar to the ones I already have, good for spare parts.
Anything else? Durability is the priority, the bike is used every day for an on and off-road commute.

cooldad

Or get 6 bolt and new rotors. On One are selling 160mm rotors for £3.

Torres

Bobbygloss
I had a set of the MT15's and for the money they were excellent. I never thought about the spoke issue, however from experience and kind of bladed/flighted spoke can be a bit of an arseache if your LBS doesn't carry stock.

Like cooldad says, 6 bolt rotors are cheap as you like so that shouldn't put you off. I'm quite a fan of the non-series shimano hubs; so the Ringle wheelset looks quite the bargain (however I can't make the link work to have a propper look.)