Before I buy these wheels?...

-liam-

Can somebody say yay or nay with a view on them or an alternative please?

http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/road-bike-wheel-set-28700-c--xtreme-airline-4--shimano-tiagra/aid:202991

I've a giant defy 5. Been commuting/weekend riding on it for over a year. Think I've covered a couple of thousand miles on it and over the summer I've been doing 80-100 mile a week rain or shine since I ditched the car. It's done me proud to be fair.

I'm a fairly big chap. Around 118kgs, although I was 135 at the beginning of the year.

I'm still on the original wheels which I've maintained myself regularly, due to my weight but they manage fine, until today. Broke my first spoke in my rear wheel on the drive side and I wonder if a bit of fatigue may cause a few more to break in the near future. So tomorrow, I've got to faff around getting to the bike shop on my mountain bike on the one day off I've got this week for one spoke. So, I want another set of wheels. Nothing expensive. Not fussed about weight, just robust and reliable and capped at £100! I would like them to be an upgrade on the current giant sr-4 wheels I'm currently running if that's possible.

Cheers.

dj58

Can you stretch to the 105 5800 hub version which will be more of an upgrade than the Tiagra 4600 you linked to. http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/road-wheel-set-28700c-xtreme-airline-4--shimano-105-5800/aid:162960

SoSimple

Thats not a bad price but I wouldn't really see them as much of an upgrade from your current wheels - although having had a Giant Defy with the same wheels, the spokes aren't great on them.

For £100 I'd look in the classifieds on here and pick up a pair of Mavic Aksiums which come up regularly from people taking them off new bikes, they are pretty bullet proof.

clogg

A friend got a pair of these wheels last winter, he is a big chap and is hard on the bike and components. These wheels have been absolutely bombproof. I was putting a new set of brake pads on for him the other day and they were still smooth and straight as a die. (I would say at least 5000km on them)
I would rate them much better than the stock giant wheels and more robust than Aksiums .

I am Currently building up a bike for the winter and a set of these will be going on it.

mroli

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19686286#p19686286]SoSimple[/url] wrote:

For £100 I'd look in the classifieds on here and pick up a pair of Mavic Aksiums which come up regularly from people taking them off new bikes, they are pretty bullet proof.

Not bullet proof. I rode one into a car at 25mph and the front wheel buckled. When I say buckled, it pulled spokes through the hub holes so the hub was destroyed. Didn't snap a spoke though!

Aksiums are good wheels - I'd suggest some 32h wheels though for a "larger" gent.

timothyw

Mavic Aksiums would be a bad idea - Mavic warranty them up to a 100kg rider, OP is 118kg, which says it all.

I've contemplated trying these wheels from Rose (I too am on the weighty side) so would be interested to hear how you get on. Pro Lite allegedly test their wheels up to 140kg riders so might be worth looking at their gardas which are similarly cheap, but I haven't tried them yet:
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/wheels-factory-built-wheels-factory-road-tri-pro-lite-pair-wheels-garda-clincher/prolwhfr220