Cosine Alloy Wheels
Bloz
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Hi just wondering if anyone has tried the Cosine 32mm alloy road wheels ? Wiggle at £250 - I am currently on a well used set of 2011 Krysium Equipes and the Cosines are a decent bit lighter, not too expensive, bit wider etc - anyone know if they are any good ? Thanks folks.
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There is one (English language) review on the Wiggle site, updated as of 27th December, which mentions problems with the braking surface. It's a bit too soon to get a good review though, what with them being new to the market - you may need to give it a while before people start to feedback with longer term usage. It would also be good to know the warranty situation, given they are Wiggle's own in-house brand.
I'm looking at the disc wheels to replace the stock Axis on my Spesh Roubaix, so would also be interested in feedback about Cosine wheels in general.0 -
I'm equally interested in a review of these wheels. I really liked the look of the Hunt aero road wheel (the one similar to the cosine 32mm alloy), and now this Wiggle wheel looks like a solid contender for my money, too. Very nice weight, right price bracket, nice rim depth + width and, most importantly, nice looks.Specialized Allez 2010
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A chap I rode with on Tuesday had a set of the cheapo Cosine wheels, less than £70 a set! Mind you, for 24mm rims they are a tad heavy at 1,830g. After chatting to him I reckon the usual adage of "Stiff, light, cheap... you can have any two" is not quite right. The Cosine 24mms are cheap
£70 though, hard to grumble too much. 0 -
I've got a set as winter wheels on my S5. They're not bad, for the money. Only issue so far has been having to use Stan's sealant rather than my preferred Caffe Lattex to run them tubeless, because although they're "tubeless-ready" they leak from the rim joint; Caffe Lattex couldn't seal this leak reliably, but Stan's did the job.
I think they're Kinlin 300s on Novatec with Pillar spokes; certainly they're of similar appearance and quality. You could build them for less (I paid £220 with the Wiggle platinum discount) but not much less, nor could you build anything much better for the money.0 -
A chap I rode with on Tuesday had a set of the cheapo Cosine wheels, less than £70 a set! Mind you, for 24mm rims they are a tad heavy at 1,830g. After chatting to him I reckon the usual adage of "Stiff, light, cheap... you can have any two" is not quite right.
That's because it's actually: "strong, light, cheap...pick two." 0 -
Anyone tried the disc brake version yet? Seem pretty good for the money?0
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rgh450 wrote:Anyone tried the disc brake version yet? Seem pretty good for the money?
Been running them for a few weeks - very happy with them for the price. They replaced a set of Fulcrum Racing Sport disc wheels that came with the bike and never behaved (gritty bearings and motion in the freehub), so perhaps a low baseline against which to measure!
Quoted weight is about right, they seem to spin up to speed nicely, spoke tension feels good and they've remained true despite being horribly abused. I would, however, avoid trying to use 23c tyres on them - 25+ goes on with no issue, but 23s need to be inflated to high pressure for the bead to seat properly. I suspect it's due to the wide rim. Got stuck running 23s for a week and found that after punctures (inflating with Co2/hand pump), the bead would sometimes not seat properly opposite the valve and the tyre rode with a pronounced lump for a mile or two until it settled. Not really an issue and I don't think Wiggle recommend running them with anything smaller than a 25 anyway.
Sealing on the front has been good despite awful conditions, but the back has a tendency to gradually work loose and I had to replace the NDS bearing this week (again, I've been riding these through truly disgusting conditions and any wheel would have suffered). They're insanely easy to service - front bearing caps just pop out and rear unscrews and pulls apart with no specialist tools. Took all of 5 minutes to switch out the bearing and have a silky smooth wheel again.
For the £150 or so I paid, I really can't recommend them enough... of course, they're now sold out
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DKay wrote:A chap I rode with on Tuesday had a set of the cheapo Cosine wheels, less than £70 a set! Mind you, for 24mm rims they are a tad heavy at 1,830g. After chatting to him I reckon the usual adage of "Stiff, light, cheap... you can have any two" is not quite right.
That's because it's actually: "strong, light, cheap...pick two."
It isn't anything that specific actually! The idea of three opposing factors only two of which apply pre dates Keith Bontrager almost as much as Anne Boleyns axe predates Triggers broom. Stiff works just as well as strong in this instance. The reason it isn't quite right is that a lot of the time things are now so cheap that you can have all three though of course it does depend on your definition of the three terms.Faster than a tent.......0
