On One Reet'ard wheelset

pingpong83

Hi,

I'm looking to swop the wheels on my Voodoo Bantu (I think they've just about had it) and was looking at wheelsets in the sub £150 region. On One have their "reet'ard" set for under £100, but there's no information on the website whatso ever!! My question is, does anyone have these and can they recommend them, or are they cheap because they're nasty? my other options are the superstar AMX or XCX wheelsets.

Thanks!

Paul

supersonic

Have you got a link to these OnOne wheels?

The Rookie

http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/WPOOTW26/on ... et_26_inch

If they can't even advertise a weight, I wouldn't buy them!

pingpong83

Well I emailed on-one and they answered my questions (I asked about weight and the bearing type). The weight is apparently 1.94kg for the pair, but I agree, the lack of any technical information worries me a little, hence I thought I'd ask for user opinions, if any! )

felix.london

Check out these...might suit;

http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/wheels/mountain-bike-wheels/sale-wheels/shimano-m495-hubs-mavic-x117-rims-rt62-rotors.html

The Rookie

Merlin have a good range, their equalizer rim based set is £60 and lighter than the 'tards.

pingpong83

Fantastic, thanks for the recommendation guys, spent ages trawling websites but didn't find them. Are the hubs/rims fairly reliable?

felix.london

pingpong83 wrote:

Fantastic, thanks for the recommendation guys, spent ages trawling websites but didn't find them. Are the hubs/rims fairly reliable?

Shimano & Mavic...can't really go wrong at that price

Mccraque

apart from the shimano hubs being cup and cone....

So unless you want to service them regularly...

Have a look at the Superstar Components wheelsets. Good value, reasonable build quality and very light.

cooldad

Cup and cone need very little servicing and can last for decades, but at least you can service them (a ten minute job) and not just replace the bearings. If people can even work out how to strip their cartride bearing hubs, which is a regular problem on here.

The Rookie

My (bought used) Shimano M475 have had no servicing in 3000 logged miles on my commuter.....

felix.london

Mccraque wrote:

apart from the shimano hubs being cup and cone....

So unless you want to service them regularly...

My Shimano hubs have needed one service/bearing change, which was last year....since 2006! So if you think once every 6 years is servicing them regularly then yep...it's a real ball ache

Giraffoto

Cup-and-cone can be a pain to get adjusted properly, but if you do it properly it doesn't need constant faffing around with. Doing it properly generally means having a couple of cone spanners - that still comes in cheaper than the slide hammer you often need for cartridge bearings. If you fill them with plenty of grease and don't attack them with a pressure washer they'll be fine

pingpong83

Thanks for the input guys,

I've been looking at video's and exploded diagrams, and bearing replacement doesn't look too bad (with the correct tools!), and I sort of like 'fettling' with bike bits and getting a little dirty. Am I weird?

I think I'll go for these merlin wheels, and use the saving to get a 180mm centre lock rotor, something shiny and pretty maybe!

felix.london

You might as well get a set of cone spanners while you're at it;

http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/workshop-tools/tools/tools-workshop/icetoolz-cone-spanner-set.html

(and no, you're not weird )

pingpong83

You don't by any chance work for Merlin Cycles do you?

Those are a bargain though and I do love filling my tool kit with new things!