Reynolds Assault SLG - Campag compatible with Shimano?

dazz_ni45

First of all Merry Christmas everyone.

Santa has just given me permission to purchase a set of carbon clinchers for my CAAD10 build and I think the Reynolds seem to be one of the best options for around the £1k mark, problem is everywhere that has them discounted only has the campag freehub left in stock.

I've read somewhere that shimano 11sp groupsets are compatible with all campag freehubs running a campag cassette. Can anyone confirm if this is definitely true without any major adjustment as the wheels will be used across two bikes so I don't want to have to make too many adjustments every time I change the wheels over.

Secondly, I know nought about campag so can anyone recommend a decent value v performance campag cassette as from a 60 second search this morning them seem quite a bit more expensive than the ultegra/105 equivalent.

Many thanks

paul1000

Yes as long as you use an 11speed campag cassette, it will be compatable with your 11speed shimano set up, happy christmas.

dazz_ni45

Thanks Paul and a Happy Christmas to you too

intheknowcycling.com

Dazz - A great wheelset at a great value. One that I recommend. Lennard Zinn of VeloNews did testing on this very question and wrote “there is 100 percent shifting compatibility between 11-speed cassettes. In other words, Shimano, SRAM, and Campagnolo 11-speed cassettes work just fine on each others’ drivetrains." Here’s his test write up: http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/07/ ... K3VbrD3.99. Cheers, Steve

dazz_ni45

Thanks Steve, appreciate the reply and the link. That certainly helps with compatibility of wheels in the future

Dippydog3

Vision Metron 40 are very close to your budget.

mfin

intheknowcycling.com wrote:

Dazz - A great wheelset at a great value. One that I recommend.

Oh that's good, as long as you can recommend them they must be worth buying.

dazz_ni45

Would the Vision be a better buy?

mfin, are you saying they aren't worth buying? Every review I have read rates them highly

sloppyschleckonds

Carbon clinchers for a thousand pounds?

I'm out.

mfin

dazz_ni45 wrote:

Would the Vision be a better buy?

mfin, are you saying they aren't worth buying? Every review I have read rates them highly

No, I thought the wording the guy used was daft.

Personally, I think putting a grand's worth of deep carbon wheels on a Caad10 is nothing but an exercise in vanity purchasing. Deep wheels don't offer any advantage for 95% of people on the road anyway, and for the those that it does it can only do so when they are actually racing and it might not even then. So, with all that in mind it doesn't really matter what you get, buy anything you like the look of.

dazz_ni45

mfin wrote:

dazz_ni45 wrote:

Would the Vision be a better buy?

mfin, are you saying they aren't worth buying? Every review I have read rates them highly

No, I thought the wording the guy used was daft.

Personally, I think putting a grand's worth of deep carbon wheels on a Caad10 is nothing but an exercise in vanity purchasing. Deep wheels don't offer any advantage for 95% of people on the road anyway, and for the those that it does it can only do so when they are actually racing and it might not even then. So, with all that in mind it doesn't really matter what you get, buy anything you like the look of.

Thanks for the honest reply. To be honest, it probably is a bit of a vanity purchase, but then again 90% of my cycling related purchases seem to be. The CAAD10 will be set up as my race bike so I fancied a set of deep section wheels on it and they would also be used on my other bike (synapse) for longer runs etc. But you have got my thinking whether I want to spend that sort of money. A friend recently purchased a set of these wheels http://www.zuus.co.uk/zuus-z50-carbon-f ... rim-depth/ and seems happy with them. Ignoring the "zipp" similarities (decals would be removed), weight wise there is a 100-150g penalty, but realistically I probably won't notice that. Hubs and rims probably aren't as good, but if there were used sparingly as a dry weather wheel or even if they were crashed, I wouldn't have the the same repair bill....

ugo.santalucia

dazz_ni45 wrote:

Thanks for the honest reply. To be honest, it probably is a bit of a vanity purchase, but then again 90% of my cycling related purchases seem to be.

A few years ago I invested around 800 pounds (all included) in a supported Raid Pyreneen with Marmot Tours. Probably the most intense 5 days on a bicycle I ever had. Whilst a pair of Reynolds will last longer than 5 days, the memories and experiences of such trip will last a lifetime... up to you, but in terms of value for money nothing can beat a proper adventure with your bicycle... plenty to choose from and most of them come at less than a grand all in

Food for thoughts...

dazz_ni45

Wise words Ugo, although with a young child and another one on the way, 5 days away on a bike isn't going to happy this side of 2025 so any cycling enjoyment will have to come in 2-3 hour bursts!

mfin

If you're going to race on them and can afford to replace them if you crash them then cool. Oddly, if they are a stretch to buy you might want to protect them from the risk of racing, then it's just down to whether they make you smile or not.

(They make do me smile when I see big bellied 40-50 yr old fatsos riding around on them at 14mph, I saw a group of about ten of them last week on a drive home from a hospital visit, cheered me right up )

dazz_ni45

After a bit of soul searching I leaning towards a cheaper set as you are 100% right, I would end up no wanting to risk to Reynolds racing and they would become another set of Sunday best....

Has anyone any experience with Zuus? They seem to be the generic imported chinese rim and have a novatec hub. There isn't many reviews as they haven't been about too long. They do have a 1 year warranty, but that won't be worth much if they aren't here in 6 months. I know braking is often the issues with the cheaper rims, especially with heat buildup, but they won't be going on any alpine descents. Not sure if it is worthwhile pocketing the £600 odd. Would there really be that difference in performance/longevity between the two wheelset?