Campagnolo Zonda any reason not to?
Ackie
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Yawn! Sorry but I'm about to buy some Campagnolo Zondas as they have great reviews and a good price (£250) on wiggle.
Any reason not to, other than offending purists (they'll be run with a Shimano group set)? ;-)
Any reason not to, other than offending purists (they'll be run with a Shimano group set)? ;-)
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Don't worry. I use them with SRAM/Shimano on my CR1. Lovely wheels for that price.Titus Silk Road Ti rigid 29er - Scott Solace 10 disc - Kinesis Crosslight Pro6 disc - Scott CR1 SL - Pinnacle Arkose X 650b - Pinnacle Arkose singlespeed - Specialized Singlecross...& an Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 4 string...0
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Not really, unless you see a better deal. I got these recently http://www.merlincycles.com/forza-cirru ... 72600.html I like them (haven't done many miles on them yet as they are on my summer bike).'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.0
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passout wrote:Not really, unless you see a better deal. I got these recently http://www.merlincycles.com/forza-cirru ... 72600.html I like them (haven't done many miles on them yet as they are on my summer bike).
Wow, that's some nice wheels for the price!
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I upgraded stock PR2s on my giant a few weeks ago to zondas, love them! Don't hesitate.0
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If you weigh over 90kg then I would go handbuilt/higher spoke count. Also, if you do long rides where reliability is important then, again, a higher spoke count may be more important. Failing that, very decent wheels for the price but best left for riding for another month or so as the salted roads will wear the rims unduly and they are pretty much consumable products.0
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Thought they had a 109kg weight limit?0
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Not everyone is a 15st+ fatty so factory wheels are easily the best <£500 option ... although not for everyone
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Hmmm so at 95kg's are the zondas no good then??0
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jamin100 wrote:Hmmm so at 95kg's are the zondas no good then??
I have 2 sets of Fulcrum 3's (essentially the same as the Zondas, just more expensive). One is from spring 2010 and has covered around 12-13K kilometres inc. 3 winters. Over that period 1 spoke in the rear wheel came loose twice and the nipple was floating inside the rim...in both cases LBS was able to sort it out. I opened the rear hub a couple of times just to close it back and I grease the freehub pawls once a year. The braking surface is seriously conceived but it hasn't fallen apart yet. The front wheel NEVER needed any adjustment or truing.
The 2nd set is a 2011 model, bought it 2nd hand last spring and covered ~5,500km on them...no truing, no adjustment needed as yet
I should mention that for the majority of the last 5 years I weighed 93-96Kg (I'm now 10kg lighter and intend to keep it that way...)
I don't know if handbuilts at that price range could/ would last that long without needing more frequent attention and/ or giving a bit more trouble...0 -
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There is an error in that chart for a 180.3 height at 70.5 kilos.
I have Zondas on my carbon bike, they are great.0 -
Good wheels in my opinion.
I'd be careful though - I think the Wiggle supplied Zondas are only available with a Campy set up and would not be suitable for Shimano / SRAM0 -
wotnoshoeseh wrote:Good wheels in my opinion.
I'd be careful though - I think the Wiggle supplied Zondas are only available with a Campy set up and would not be suitable for Shimano / SRAM
Wiggle offer both Shimano and Campag fit freehubs - at least they did when I bought mine about 6 months ago.
IIRC the Shimano fit wheels seem to drop off the stock availability every so often but if you ask for a stock alert they usually re-appear within a few days
Just had a quick Google and it seems ironically that they are only offering the Shimano/SRAM ATM for £254
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/campagnolo-zond ... 1&curr=GBP0 -
ugo.santalucia wrote:According to this chart you need to be over 6'4" not to be overweight at 15 stone...
I'm sure you're aware that BMI is a very poor way of assertaining if somebody is 'overweight'.0 -
Likely more accurate than spoke count Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.0
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Probably too late to this thread, but despite >15,000 miles of faithful service by three different models of Campag clincher wheelsets (Zonda, Eurus, Neutron) I do have reservations about buying a new set, purely because tyre choice and the ease of tyre changing becomes an issue.
No doubt people with better technique/stronger hands will be along to shout me down.0
