winter wheels

poynedexter
poynedexter Posts: 283
edited July 2014 in Road buying advice
would these make a decent det of winter wheels. i want reliable, servicable, decent rolling wheels for all but racing use. for racing i have others.

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/WPAMEVOTQB ... r-wheelset

or

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/WPPXAL30/p ... 0-wheelset

or

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/WBAMEXC/am ... t-wheelset

they are £150/ £150/ £250 and i'm no heavyweight at 65kg soaking wet.

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  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    Don't the AL30's use a bitex type hubs which dies in the wet. For a longlived winter wheel hub go for one with big bearing like the Miche, Novatec A171/F172 or Shimano 105/ultegra. Any hub with poor sealing or large alloy axles will have bearings that wear out quite quickly if exposed to water. Think the Novatec F482 fine in the dry fine a race day hub, not fine a wet weather training hub.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • hypster
    hypster Posts: 1,229
    Having had experience of two sets of Planet X wheels, both of which developed problems in short order, I wouldn't trust them to get me through the Summer let alone Winter.

    If you want a robust, factory-built set of training wheels then I would go for something like the Mavic Aksiums at £175 from Merlin. Alternatively, you could get a set of hand-builts using one of the hubs that thecycleclinic suggests with Mavic Open Pro rims or H+ Son Archetypes if your budget stretches a little further.
  • ajlowin1983
    ajlowin1983 Posts: 99
    Mavic open pro with 105 hubs are £150 at rose bikes currently.
  • poynedexter
    poynedexter Posts: 283
    having had a local wheel builder sort out a problem with a race wheel this morning (on the spot and for £10), i spoke with him about a winter set of hoops.

    i've decided its the service and backup which he offers is what will keep me on the move if i'm having trouble. he can build up a set for me from about £200. he advised against buying factory mavics purely in terms of dealing with service/ repairs.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    poynedexter wrote:
    having had a local wheel builder sort out a problem with a race wheel this morning (on the spot and for £10), i spoke with him about a winter set of hoops.

    i've decided its the service and backup which he offers is what will keep me on the move if i'm having trouble. he can build up a set for me from about £200. he advised against buying factory mavics purely in terms of dealing with service/ repairs.

    He's a star... :D
    left the forum March 2023
  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    If you have a good LBS use them or loose them. Good choice there.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.

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