Will these upgrades make a difference??

rodgers73

I'm fitting new wheels and tyres and replacing a worn chain and cassette next weekend to my 2010 Spesh Secteur Sport.

Wheels are going from Alex Rims S500 to Shimano RS10s.

Tyres from semi-bald Spesh own-brand ones that came with the bike to Conti GP 4 Seasons.

Cassette and chain will a like-for-like swap but current chain is totally knackered and clicks and groans a lot when pedaling.

So, am I about to find myself riding a totally transformed bike or should I try and prepare myself for disappointment?

yeachan153

Save up on wheels. RS10's are around 1848g, the S500's were around 2047g for my pair.

Or, get one of these:
http://www.cycledivision.co.uk/product- ... pid23.html

1640 grams for what, £30 more then the RS10's

P_Tucker

Replacing the chain cassette will help, the rest will depend on how gullible you are.

thiscocks

yeachan153 wrote:

Save up on wheels. RS10's are around 1848g, the S500's were around 2047g for my pair.

Or, get one of these:
http://www.cycledivision.co.uk/product- ... pid23.html

1640 grams for what, £30 more then the RS10's

Lighter weight doesnt mean they are necessarily better wheels though

team47b

rodgers73 wrote:

I'm fitting new wheels and tyres and replacing a worn chain and cassette
Cassette and chain will a like-for-like swap but current chain is totally knackered and clicks and groans a lot when pedaling.

So, am I about to find myself riding a totally transformed bike or should I try and prepare myself for disappointment?

Of course all those upgrades will make a difference.

Defyand

rodgers73 wrote:
I'm fitting new wheels and tyres and replacing a worn chain and cassette
Cassette and chain will a like-for-like swap but current chain is totally knackered and clicks and groans a lot when pedaling.

So, am I about to find myself riding a totally transformed bike or should I try and prepare myself for disappointment?




Of course all those upgrades will make a difference.

To your bank balance............

yeachan153

thiscocks wrote:

yeachan153 wrote:

Save up on wheels. RS10's are around 1848g, the S500's were around 2047g for my pair.

Or, get one of these:
http://www.cycledivision.co.uk/product- ... pid23.html

1640 grams for what, £30 more then the RS10's

Lighter weight doesnt mean they are necessarily better wheels though

Forum users on bikeradar left positive feedback on these wheels; there was a thread a while back

DavidJB

P_Tucker wrote:

Replacing the chain cassette will help, the rest will depend on how gullible you are.

Can you not afford upgrades or something? Thats twice I've seen you post the same tosh.

P_Tucker

DavidJB wrote:

P_Tucker wrote:

Replacing the chain cassette will help, the rest will depend on how gullible you are.

Can you not afford upgrades or something? Thats twice I've seen you post the same tosh.

Yes I can thanks, which is why I feel qualified to comment. If you think a set of £140 wheels is going to totally transform a bike (which was the question) then I'd be more worried about how sh!t the bike you're riding is than whether I can afford upgrades FFS.

To be clear, if you ride with a group, then the guys that drop you when you've got £100 wheels will still drop you if you have £1000 wheels. Now at this point most people will say how the £1000 wheels "feel" better, but that's just a nice example of purchase justification.

rodgers73

I'm expecting SOME difference because new/better parts have been added to the bike. If they made NO difference I'd be surprised. My question was how much of a difference they'd make.

I'm not sure whether sure changing bald tyres and a worn cassette and chain makes me gullible. The wheels are a bit of a gamble but as they cost me £90 that was basically burning a hole in my pocket, I can live with the possibility that they make no difference at all.

P_Tucker

The difference won't be measurable outside a laboratory. You might "feel" that your new wheels are better, but your perception will be influenced by your expectation.

rodgers73

I was expecting the tyres to make difference though.

If men have to tell women their new handbag makes them look thinner (or whatever), can't we agree to tell other men that their new wheels will make them faster? ;-)

Monty Dog

Re tyres, Conti GP4S are a relatively heavy training tyre and still feel a bit dead IMO - it you were to switch to a race-oriented tyre with latex tubes, then yes, you'd notice a difference. Wheels will probably be noticeable - OEM wheels are generally rubbish, often lacking in spoke tension.

rodgers73

First ride out today with new stuff on - definitely felt smoother, if not massively faster.