Disc brake wheelsets

porlyworly

What are my options with regards to upgrading to stock disc wheels that came with my 2014 Forme Calver CX Sport?

Will be used exclusively on roads for commuting duties (will use the stock wheels for off road).

Looked last year and there were very limited options (ones I remember are Shimano RX05, Kinesis Crosslight, Mavic Aksium one).

Anything new since then? Market seems very slow to pick up

ugo.santalucia

If you've got 3-400 pounds to spend, look at some bespoke builds. It's worth getting a decent build for discs, as the rims won't wear out and you want stuff which is problem free and can be serviced and maintained easily.

Hope hubs, a set of wide decent rims that can be converted to tubeless and some last-forever spokes like DT comp or Sapim race... Sapim D-Light if you want to save a few grams

dhope

Still a bit limited. Handbuilt maybe one of the better options.
DT Swiss R23 and R24 Disc are an option.

Or handbuilt. Bagworth isn't far from where Ugo's moving to

ugo.santalucia

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19667924#p19667924]dhope[/url] wrote:

Or handbuilt. Bagworth isn't far from where Ugo's moving to

Is it? Haven't got a clue of Midlands geography... :oops:
we will most likely relocate in sunny Solihull

dhope

I have some DT Swiss 240 centrelock hubs that are eBay bound if you're interested Porly.
Hang some Stans Grail rims off them and you've got a very capable wheelset.

porlyworly

Handbuilts sound good but I wouldn't have a clue on hubs / rims / spokes etc. would need a Ugo to advise & put them together! When do you move Ugo

I'm currently using avid clean sweep g2 rotors which are 6 point rather than centre lock, guessing I could change rotors relatively easily.

Always happy to pay for quality rather than buying cheap and getting tat but in this example the bike itself isn't the lightest so probably not much point spending big money on wheels (like putting lipstick on a pig - it's still a pig).

Saw these on bikediscount.de, would match the white frame, cheap as chips but again centrelock.

http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/shimano-wh-rx05-wheelset-white-85403/wg_id-4728

The bike has Avid BB5 road platinum mechanical disc brakes and currently running Avid clean sweep 160 G2Cs rotors, I take it getting centrelock rotors wouldn't be much of an issue (or expense) that would be compatible with the Avid BB5's?

tgotb

Yep - definitely consider handbuilt, the range of factory-built wheels is still pretty poor, and as Ugo points out they should last almost forever so it's worth getting something decent if you can afford to.

Novatec hubs are pretty good value for the money if you're on a budget, and the bearings and freehubs (ie the bits that wear out) are pretty easy to replace. Make sure you get the right rear dropout spacing; I'm guessing manufacturers will be standardising on 135mm by now, but there are some disc frames out there with a 130mm spacing.

ugo.santalucia

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19667977#p19667977]PorlyWorly[/url] wrote:

When do you move Ugo

Second half of September

The Rookie

Bagworth is just off the M1 on the opposite side to Leicester!

Consider also A2Z hubs, lighter than hope, very nicely made (by Chin Haur), its what I have on my MTB (front).