Lightest wheels for £300

sebastianherring
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I am a light weight at 57kg, so I don't need to worry about strength. I just want the best/lightest wheels for my budget.
The wheels should be good for climbing.
Any recommendations?
Thanks
The wheels should be good for climbing.
Any recommendations?
Thanks
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At 57kg you shouldn't need any help up the hills...
For 300 quid you can get a good lightweight rear hub.English Cycles V3 | Cervelo P5 | Cervelo T4 | Trek Domane Koppenberg0 -
Pair these wheels with a pair of Hutchinson Atom Galactik tubeless tyres and the whole lot will come in at sub 1900 grams, wheels alone are 1350 grams !!!!!
http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_ ... a21287c4cbViner Salviati
Shark Aero Pro
Px Ti Custom
Cougar 531
Sab single speed
Argon 18 E-112 TT
One-one Ti 456 Evo
Ridley Cheetah TT
Orange Clockwork 2007 ltd ed
Yeti ASR 5
Cove Hummer XC Ti0 -
sebastianherring wrote:I am a light weight at 57kg, so I don't need to worry about strength. I just want the best/lightest wheels for my budget.
The wheels should be good for climbing.
Any recommendations?
Thanks
Pies?
Merlin were knocking out 2010 ksyriums for 300 a few weeks ago, couldnt do much better than that for the money0 -
pkripper wrote:sebastianherring wrote:I am a light weight at 57kg, so I don't need to worry about strength. I just want the best/lightest wheels for my budget.
The wheels should be good for climbing.
Any recommendations?
Thanks
Pies?
Merlin were knocking out 2010 ksyriums for 300 a few weeks ago, couldnt do much better than that for the moneyViner Salviati
Shark Aero Pro
Px Ti Custom
Cougar 531
Sab single speed
Argon 18 E-112 TT
One-one Ti 456 Evo
Ridley Cheetah TT
Orange Clockwork 2007 ltd ed
Yeti ASR 5
Cove Hummer XC Ti0 -
Hell at 57 kg you can have silly light. There is a build I do for light riders that weighs in at 1350g and costs less than £300. I use them weekly and I over 20kg heavier and they have not failed me yet. If they work for me I am certain they will work well for you. You will have to spend more tha £300 to get a wheel from the usual suspects at that weight.
This is not a winter wheelset though and it ses the Kinlin XR-200 rim, Novatec hubs Sapim Laser spokes and alloy nipples. The spoke count is 28F 2x and 28R 2x. The rims themselves are very round and built to tight tollerances with even tesnion, good low cost rims.http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.0 -
At 57kg you should ride horses instead 8)0
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Slight curveball, but the SwissSide Franc wheelset is currently reduced to €359 (about £300) for this week only. Claimed 1500g total weight. http://www.swissside.com/shop/franc-wheelset You even get a nice wheelbag and spare spokes in with that.
I have the cheaper St Bernhard and am very pleased - still running perfectly true despite a few kerb bumps on my commute and potholes you could hide a bike in along most of my routes. Survived a rabbit attack last week too.
They've got write ups of a riders using the Francs on the 3 peaks cyclocrosss (http://www.swissside.com/103) and Ronde van Vlaanderen (http://www.swissside.com/211) so they're clearly not fragile.
They're not actually swiss-made, but the designers are based in Switzerland.0