Wheel advice

sirmol
sirmol Posts: 287
edited January 2013 in Road buying advice
Hey all, just a bit of advice/recommendations - I have a Sepcialized Allez 2012;
http://www.freeborn.co.uk/specialized-2012-allez
I would like to upgrade the wheels and would like to know what a nice set up would be? I mainly do local rides and are looking to go further distances than normal 20-30 mile.
Cheers.

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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    Not now... Wait for spring.
    Planet x has few excellight rims on 105 hubs at reduced price. Buy them and use them from March
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  • sirmol
    sirmol Posts: 287
    Cheers i will take a look try and use my current ones for winter.
  • sirmol
    sirmol Posts: 287
    Any specific recommendations of wheels?
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    these

    http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/WPA ... 5_wheelset
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  • sirmol
    sirmol Posts: 287
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    these

    http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/WPA ... 5_wheelset

    cheers
  • Danny87
    Danny87 Posts: 121
    I'm 150 Ib's (or 10 stone 10 Ib's) and I want a new set of training wheels for abusing all weathers.

    Will the Ambrosio Excursion rim be upto the job or am I better off forking out the extra for the Excellight?

    Also what's the quality of the wheel build like from Planet X?
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    Danny87 wrote:
    I'm 150 Ib's (or 10 stone 10 Ib's) and I want a new set of training wheels for abusing all weathers.

    Will the Ambrosio Excursion rim be upto the job or am I better off forking out the extra for the Excellight?

    Also what's the quality of the wheel build like from Planet X?

    They will be perfect. Planet X brand is now the best selling wheel brand in the UK. They are pretty reliable and anyway, anyone can fix them should they need
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  • herb71
    herb71 Posts: 253
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    these

    http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/WPA ... 5_wheelset

    Looks like a good deal. Can't find anything similar in a campag fit though, can the freehub be converted?
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    Herb71 wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    these

    http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/WPA ... 5_wheelset

    Looks like a good deal. Can't find anything similar in a campag fit though, can the freehub be converted?

    no
    left the forum March 2023
  • Danny87
    Danny87 Posts: 121
    Thanks Ugo, gone ahead and ordered a pair of these.

    I may be in the market for some hand built wheels in the future maybe March - April time will be in touch. :D

    Want something classic looking like the H Plus Son TB14 rim but could be swayed by the Archetype in silver with silver spokes and some silver Ultegra hubs or even NovaTec F172/272. Dunno if I could stretch to something better like dura ace.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    Danny87 wrote:
    Thanks Ugo, gone ahead and ordered a pair of these.

    I may be in the market for some hand built wheels in the future maybe March - April time will be in touch. :D

    Want something classic looking like the H Plus Son TB14 rim but could be swayed by the Archetype in silver with silver spokes and some silver Ultegra hubs or even NovaTec F172/272. Dunno if I could stretch to something better like dura ace.

    Like these then...
    http://paolocoppo.drupalgardens.com/con ... -good-rims
    left the forum March 2023
  • Danny87
    Danny87 Posts: 121
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Danny87 wrote:
    Thanks Ugo, gone ahead and ordered a pair of these.

    I may be in the market for some hand built wheels in the future maybe March - April time will be in touch. :D

    Want something classic looking like the H Plus Son TB14 rim but could be swayed by the Archetype in silver with silver spokes and some silver Ultegra hubs or even NovaTec F172/272. Dunno if I could stretch to something better like dura ace.

    Like these then...
    http://paolocoppo.drupalgardens.com/con ... -good-rims

    Yep exactly like those! I like the idea of the reliability of Ultegra hubs, but can't shrug off the idea of 24/28 hole pattern which is a no no with Ultegra so may consider the NovaTec classic looking silver hub as comes in all sorts of combos. How much roughly would it cost for the Ultegra wheel set in the picture?
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    Danny87 wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Danny87 wrote:
    Thanks Ugo, gone ahead and ordered a pair of these.

    I may be in the market for some hand built wheels in the future maybe March - April time will be in touch. :D

    Want something classic looking like the H Plus Son TB14 rim but could be swayed by the Archetype in silver with silver spokes and some silver Ultegra hubs or even NovaTec F172/272. Dunno if I could stretch to something better like dura ace.

    Like these then...
    http://paolocoppo.drupalgardens.com/con ... -good-rims

    Yep exactly like those! I like the idea of the reliability of Ultegra hubs, but can't shrug off the idea of 24/28 hole pattern which is a no no with Ultegra so may consider the NovaTec classic looking silver hub as comes in all sorts of combos. How much roughly would it cost for the Ultegra wheel set in the picture?

    Depends on components prices and wind direction... But you should be aiming at under 300
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