Wheelsets
robiharper
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Everyone loves wheels so I have a question. I need a wheelset for my cross bike that accepts discs and can be raced, under £400 as an absolute max! I'm all googled out. I'd prefer clinchers unless tubeless really is that good! No tubs though as I would have to get lots of new tires. Are any of the big manufacturers making road specific disc wheels?
Moderators before you tell me off its summer so no one reads the cross forum! :?
Thanks everyone!
Moderators before you tell me off its summer so no one reads the cross forum! :?
Thanks everyone!
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Hope PRO 2 EVO hubs, H Plus Son Archetype rims and a number/type of spoke suitable for your size and a local builder with a good reputation... you are looking at under 400 pounds and you can't do better.
There are even cheaper hubs, like Shimano XT 785, Shimano CX 75, Novatec 711/712
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Factory built, go for Kinesis CX Disc, about £270, otherwise what Ugo ^ said0
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ugo.santalucia wrote:Hope PRO 2 EVO hubs, H Plus Son Archetype rims and a number/type of spoke suitable for your size and a local builder with a good reputation... you are looking at under 400 pounds and you can't do better.
There are even cheaper hubs, like Shimano XT 785, Shimano CX 75, Novatec 711/712
Happy days
Whats the approx cost for the other hub variants?
(sorry OP, looking into this myself no point starting another thread!)0 -
Link to BDOP who supply The Novatec hubs :-
http://www.bdopcycling.com/Hubs-CX.asp
The Novatec 711/712 range from 60(front) to 130/150 (rear) US dollars
Sure you can Google the Shimano options fairly easily.
BTW BDOP are excellent to deal with - have sourced hub spares and freehubs with no problems0 -
arlowood wrote:Link to BDOP who supply The Novatec hubs :-
http://www.bdopcycling.com/Hubs-CX.asp
The Novatec 711/712 range from 60(front) to 130/150 (rear) US dollars
Sure you can Google the Shimano options fairly easily.
BTW BDOP are excellent to deal with - have sourced hub spares and freehubs with no problems
No problem, I'll dig the costs out and post for the OPs info
XT hubs pair £70.
Hope Pro2 Evo pair £180
Novatec 711/712 $210(£125)
Shimano CX75 pair £125.
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Who is selling CX-75 for £125 a pair sounds rather cheap?http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.0
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Evans Cycles.
Rear £79.99:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/shi ... b-ec057624
Front £43.99
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/shi ... b-ec0576230 -
These look a good buy (even though I said I'd never have another SS wheelset
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http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/s ... dition.htm0 -
rowlers wrote:These look a good buy (even though I said I'd never have another SS wheelset )
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/s ... dition.htm
The Iron Cross is a CX specific rim, it won't take road tyres and certainly it won't take road tyres with inner tubes. It's also a rim made of cheese, in that it won't take much tension and not much pressure either. Why would you want it?left the forum March 20230 -
ugo.santalucia wrote:rowlers wrote:These look a good buy (even though I said I'd never have another SS wheelset )
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/s ... dition.htm
The Iron Cross is a CX specific rim, it won't take road tyres and certainly it won't take road tyres with inner tubes. It's also a rim made of cheese, in that it won't take much tension and not much pressure either. Why would you want it?
Well now that you've said that I wouldn't want them!
Archetype on XT is looking good
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Any one care to comment on the Kinesis CX disc wheelset @ approx £260?
Will they take road tyres or is it a cx specific rim with the disadvantages of the iron cross?0 -
I've recently had a pair of CX wheels built by a certain chap here...XT hubs, Archetype rims, 32 d/b spokes. Perfect.
You will need the Shimano splined rotors for these hubs though, in hind sight would probably have gone for the Novatec hubs instead.WyndyMilla Massive Attack | Rourke 953 | Condor Italia 531 Pro | Boardman CX Pro | DT Swiss RR440 Tubeless Wheels
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rowlers wrote:Any one care to comment on the Kinesis CX disc wheelset @ approx £260?
Will they take road tyres or is it a cx specific rim with the disadvantages of the iron cross?
A friend has these and has had a lot of bother with the spokes coming loose and them going out of true. He ran them with 25mm road tyres no problem.0 -
rowlers wrote:Any one care to comment on the Kinesis CX disc wheelset @ approx £260?
Will they take road tyres or is it a cx specific rim with the disadvantages of the iron cross?
They will take any tyre you want. Not a big fan of those Pillar triple butted spokes they use, they seem nice to make "the weight" but not particularly robust or lasting. The rims cannot be bought separately, so if you damage one, you need to replace with something else... unless you are the begging type... maybe if you inspire enough sympathy they will give you one... left the forum March 20230 -
Bought mine in January and have put about 1000 miles on them without any issues. Have run road tyres between 25 and 30mmrowlers wrote:Any one care to comment on the Kinesis CX disc wheelset @ approx £260?
Will they take road tyres or is it a cx specific rim with the disadvantages of the iron cross?0
