Boardman Team Carbon Wheel Upgrade

cacarter1966

I have 2014 Boardman road team carbon that I use for sprint and longer distance triathlons. All the reviews for this bike say the weakest link is the Mavic CXP-22N wheelset.

Can anyone please recommend a suitable wheel upgrade for this bike? Should i expect to shave minutes off a 20k ride with upgraded wheels?

Thanks
Chris

cacarter1966

I was thinking about Campagnolo Scirocco 35 Clincher Wheelset or similar. Would this be a worth while upgrade or would would you recommend high spec / cost to see a significant benefit, i.e. faster?

Thanks
Chris

imposter2.0

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19712468#p19712468]cacarter1966[/url] wrote:

Should i expect to shave minutes off a 20k ride with upgraded wheels?

Only with a good tail wind...

cacarter1966

So no point in upgrading at all?

ianSWBB

minutes might be a little optimistic!
a minute might be doable!

go for the scirocco 35 - they are a superb set for the money - a little bit of an aero rim, on decent hubs without spending zillions

get the CX version if you can - more or less the same, but have an extra seal on the hubs to prevent censored getting in - well worth it for the UK winter ahead of us

cacarter1966

Yeah I thought minutes was a bit optimistic too. Thanks for the reply.

The scirocco gets great reviews but considering Fulcrum Quattro .

Chris

diy

I have the older version of this bike, which I use for training. It came with Ritchey ds pro wheels which were also considered the weak link. I "upgraded" to fulcrum racing 3s after a few spokes went- I noticed next to b***er all difference, so I upgraded to DuraAce C50s, with a view to retiring the Racing 3s to winter wheels.

Massive difference maybe as much as 10% on faster rides.

Anonymous

I have this bike (albeit a much older frameset) built up with 11sp 105 and have Zondas, RS21s and 50mm carbon clinchers.

the 50mms are fast but the zondas are light and stiff. Not ridden the RS21s yet but I am not expecting much, they are new (free) winter wheels with 23mm tyres so I can fit them under my sodding mudguards - just bought the Portland Design Works ones.

See my sig for pics.

simon_masterson

Deep rimmed wheels would make you faster. Assuming you have a good position on tri bars on your existing bike, a dedicated tri or TT bike could give you a much bigger improvement.

cacarter1966

Thanks for all the posts. Its been very helpful.

Cheers
Chris

imposter2.0

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19713781#p19713781]cacarter1966[/url] wrote:

So no point in upgrading at all?

Well, I wouldn't go that far. If your expectation is to shave minutes off a 20km ride, then expecting a new set of wheels to achieve that for you is very optimistic. But in principle, a lighter, higher quality wheelset should lighten the overall bike weight and depending on what wheels you buy, they may even be quicker - but you might not see significant gains over such a short distance.