Carbon clinchers for approx £1000

drplumbster

Hi, sorry if this has been posted a million times. Not raced for years, so long ago that carbon wheels were 'new' back then. Ridden Mavic ksyriums for years and found them trustworthy and fairly built proof to be honest but thought that it's about time I got some more aero wheels. Been ridding a lot more recently and considering doing some racing again.

Looking for a good all round wheel set, max depth 50mm I would guess, want something that's good all round but cannot afford to buy zipp 303s!! Want to be able to climb well with them but feel safe on a techy decent.

Planet X seem to have some cheap wheels at the mo but are they any good?
Shimano RS80 C50s?
American Classic Carbon 58 clincher wheels?
Vision Trimax T42 clincher wheels?

Any advice would be welcomed

thegreatdivide

You could save a bit of cash and get some excellent hand built 50mm carbon clinchers from Derek at www.wheelsmith.co.uk

He comes highly regarded on this forum and I've seen said clinchers, plus the 38mm rims he does in the flesh (or should that be carbon?) they look superb, the build quality is spot on and folk will tell you that they run really well.

Deffo worth thinking about as an alternative to off the shelf factory builds.

thegreatdivide

Good interview with Derek btw http://www.thewashingmachinepost.net/wh ... eview.html

dave35

Mavic cosmic carbone SLE,great wheels for the price

noodleman

Reynolds assaults.