Worth a wheel upgrade?

snipsnap

hi all,

thinking of swapping the wheelset on my Sensa Romagna as I have a serious case of the upgrade bug, and cant be forking out for a new bike until next year.

The bike came with the stock Supra RA Comp wheel set. The wheels are based on Shimano Sora hubs; although there is nothing wrong with these (aesthetically or performance wise) I'm wondering if there would be much sense in swapping these for a nice set of Mavic Cosmics or something similar.

would there be much benefit in doing this?
My thinking is the wheels could then be transfered over to a new bike in future.

smidsy

Suggest you read this

viewtopic.php?f=40013&t=12934904

and then search Mavic and research on here.

snipsnap

thanks - was considering the Cosmic Elites, and not the SLR range.

I was just wondering if anyone had a view on if it was worth upgrading the wheelset at all, be that with handbuilts or factory made wheels or just leave as is and save the pennies for the full upgrade (to the next bike!)

trailflow

For £149.99 Delivered you could get some Planet X Model B V2's. They weigh 1650g a set. Plus they are fully servicable and rebuildable. Your current wheelset weighs 2090g. Thats quite weighty. So they would be a massive improvment in speed and acceleration.

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/WPP ... 0_wheelset

The new V2.0's have an improved freehub i was told by px.

1650g a pair (without skewers)
20h front
24h rear

Kinlin XR-270 rims - 27mm deep
Novatech hubs
Bladed spokes
Alloy nipples
8,9 and 10 speed compatible

Sealed cartridge bearings
Use regular j-bend spokes
Rim tape & skewers included

smidsy

But they do not say Mavic on them :-)

sloppyschleckonds

Are those the Novatech hubs that disintegrate when coming into contact with water?

snipsnap

trailflow wrote:

For £149.99 Delivered you could get some Planet X Model B V2's. They weigh 1650g a set. Plus they are fully servicable and rebuildable. Your current wheelset weighs 2090g. Thats quite weighty. So they would be a massive improvment in speed and acceleration.

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/WPP ... 0_wheelset

The new V2.0's have an improved freehub i was told by px.

1650g a pair (without skewers)
20h front
24h rear

Kinlin XR-270 rims - 27mm deep
Novatech hubs
Bladed spokes
Alloy nipples
8,9 and 10 speed compatible

Sealed cartridge bearings
Use regular j-bend spokes
Rim tape & skewers included

thanks for the reply - exactly the sort of advice I was hoping to get.
I'm not too concerned about what make the wheels are, but was offered a pair of mavics for just under £200, and that's why I quoted those.
it's an improvement to how the bike performs/feels I'm after really / aesthetics are secondary (but still important).

Will look into the PX wheels.

thanks again!

smidsy

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

Are those the Novatech hubs that disintegrate when coming into contact with water?

I have Novatech hubs that have done 2000 miles in all weathers and even got totally submerged on a flooded road one particularly nasty day.

Not a single murmer from them and still as smooth as butter.