New Bike new Wheelset

sirmol

Hey all, just ordered
http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m1b0s2p516 ... -SL-4-2013

First ever Mtb as i ride road. However i love light wheels and i'm presuming (correct me if i am wrong) the stock wheel set will be heavy and durable but not light and easy to manoeuvre. I would like a light wheel set which are also going to be easy to move the bike up down side to side with ease.
Cheers all - any advice or thoughts on the bike welcomed.

rockmonkeysc

They aren't bad wheels. A change of tyres would be a much more cost effective way to loose a good load of weight off the wheels. Set them up tubeless as well to save even more weight.
To get a much lighter set of wheels is going to cost nearly as much as the bike.

sirmol

RockmonkeySC wrote:

They aren't bad wheels. A change of tyres would be a much more cost effective way to loose a good load of weight off the wheels. Set them up tubeless as well to save even more weight.
To get a much lighter set of wheels is going to cost nearly as much as the bike.

Cheers, any advice on tyres? I know what i am looking at on road bikes but yet to get up to speed on mtb

rockmonkeysc

On or off road? Dry weather only or all conditions? How hard do you intend to ride? Are your local trails surfaced, dirt, rocky or rooty?

sirmol

Bit of both on and off road. Not looking to ride hard. The trails i will ride will not be difficult - I will only be riding for a bit of fun

rockmonkeysc

A pair of Schwalbe Rocket Rons could loose you around 100g per wheel. Make sure you get the folding bead.
The Rapid Robs fitted as standard are probably wire bead and a very hard compound.

sirmol

RockmonkeySC wrote:

A pair of Schwalbe Rocket Rons could loose you around 100g per wheel. Make sure you get the folding bead.
The Rapid Robs fitted as standard are probably wire bead and a very hard compound.

<Cheers mate.

If i was looking to change rims any recommendations there?

The Rookie

Get the bike, strip the wheels down to bare (no tyres, tubes, cassette, discs or rim tape), see what they weigh and what you have to beat.

Rime tape is often quite heavy (35-40g) and can be lightened (Stans tubelss rim tape or electrical tape is about 5g/wheel), you can go tubeless or even just a lighter weight tube (typically a 70g saving per wheel for circa £4 each) and lighter tyres (folding will be about 80g lighter than wire bead per wheel and a better tyre with a higher TPI count can save another 40-50g as well), all give a much better weight saving/£ than new wheels and at the point where it has the biggest effect on rotational inertia to boot.

Merlincycles and Superstar are the two most best value wheel places usually.

That said I built my own and with a following wind and a bit of luck got a sub 1450g pair (26") built for £180.

sirmol

The Rookie wrote:

Get the bike, strip the wheels down to bare (no tyres, tubes, cassette, discs or rim tape), see what they weigh and what you have to beat.

Rime tape is often quite heavy (35-40g) and can be lightened (Stans tubelss rim tape or electrical tape is about 5g/wheel), you can go tubeless or even just a lighter weight tube (typically a 70g saving per wheel for circa £4 each) and lighter tyres (folding will be about 80g lighter than wire bead per wheel and a better tyre with a higher TPI count can save another 40-50g as well), all give a much better weight saving/£ than new wheels and at the point where it has the biggest effect on rotational inertia to boot.

Merlincycles and Superstar are the two most best value wheel places usually.

That said I built my own and with a following wind and a bit of luck got a sub 1450g pair (26") built for £180.

cheers mate