got some new wheels. Handbuilts.

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  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    pkripper wrote:
    philbar72 wrote:
    Quick update 6 weeks in. wheels still going strong, as you’d expect. I’ve noticed one thing about them, that is especially true, these are demon wheels for descending. It appears a lot of people I ride with on the Sundays with the Kingston wheelers (been going for a couple of weeks again including last weekend when it was absolutely freezing!), can descend well but because of the quality of the hubs and free spinning nature of the wheels I literally gain quite a bit on them and without any effort (and I am not a great descender by any means). What I’ve said before still holds out as well, they offer better road manners, power delivery, cornering ability and confidence than my outgoing wheels, and a few other sets I’ve tried.

    Phil, do you ride a bmc perchance? I've been looking at a set of those as an option and there was a chap on a bmc with then out with wheelers on the last couple of rides...

    that'd be me then wearing the bmc top on sunday this last week..... be happy to discuss them next weekend or at the AGM. Are you at the AGM? i'll be there on thursday, for a while from 8.....
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Actually thinking about it, the bike isn’t that heavy, its about 8.4 kg with these on (oe wheels were pushing it just over 9kg). that is of course without the suitcase on the back…. Or the garmin or go pro or iphone on the front! ( now just down to the garmin)….

    Must be the rider then!!!!
  • pkripper
    pkripper Posts: 652
    Don't think I'm going to make it to the AGM or the ride this weekend, but will try and catch you at some point down there. Oh, and I was the guy in the blue top on the ti bike a couple of weeks ago when the old fella just couldn't keep up at all, and think me and the mrs passed you coming out the back of Epsom towards the roundabout last sunday around midday. Was bloomin' freezing!
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    I remember, the Van Nicholas owner! Good one. was a bit perky last weekend. see you soon.