Opinion please on these wheels

mikeyj28

Hi all

I cannot speak German haha but am in the market and have come across these wheels. Seem very light and good value for the money.

What are your thoughts on them for £250ish?

http://www.actionsports.de/en/fun-works ... 4498?c=404

Thanks.

sungod

cheap, light, strong - you can get wheels with any two of these, all three is unlikely

note the max weight of 90kg, thats you+bike, which is pretty low for alloys, if you hit a pothole/whatever they may not do well

alex222

The name of them alone would put me off.

ugo.santalucia

Just my two pennies worth of wisdom: It's a pair of pseudo hand-built wheels build around Planet X-alike hubs, some light spokes of some description and a pair of generic rims. There is nothing magic and if that's what you want, then I am pretty sure someon like Malcolm at the Cycleclinic can build you the same thing for the same price, but at least you will be dealing with a human that understands wheels rather than a bunch of customer service employees who have no idea what a spoke is.

Bobbinogs

ugo.santalucia wrote:

...some light spokes of some description...

DT Swiss Revolution

mikeyj28

ugo.santalucia wrote:

Just my two pennies worth of wisdom: It's a pair of pseudo hand-built wheels build around Planet X-alike hubs, some light spokes of some description and a pair of generic rims. There is nothing magic and if that's what you want, then I am pretty sure someon like Malcolm at the Cycleclinic can build you the same thing for the same price, but at least you will be dealing with a human that understands wheels rather than a bunch of customer service employees who have no idea what a spoke is.

Are they really that bad? A bit harsh isn't it to say that they are built by people who haven't a clue.
Yes I did ask for opinions and people are entitled to them but surely a little more balanced than "spokes of some description" and "generic rims". Is it because they aren't branded by a mainstream player? Although DT Swiss are hardly inept.

mikeyj28

sungod wrote:

cheap, light, strong - you can get wheels with any two of these, all three is unlikely

note the max weight of 90kg, thats you+bike, which is pretty low for alloys, if you hit a pothole/whatever they may not do well

Yes, they were my thoughts too on the cheap, light and strong. Just wondered if anyone had any experience or an insight into them.
Luckily I'm 78ish kg with bike included. Thanks for the constructive reply.

cycleclinic

That fun works wheelset uses the kinlin xr22t rim. The rear though does not look offset though (they could have used that option). The hubs are bitex or similar and spoke similar to dt swiss revolution.

The spoke count is 24f 28r so i would have thought the weight limit is quite conservative.

The wheelset is as light as it is because of the hubs.

mikeyj28

thecycleclinic wrote:

That fun works wheelset uses the kinlin xr22t rim. The rear though does not look offset though (they could have used that option). The hubs are bitex or similar and spoke similar to dt swiss revolution.

The spoke count is 24f 28r so i would have thought the weight limit is quite conservative.

The wheelset is as light as it is because of the hubs.

Thank you for the information.

ugo.santalucia

mikeyj28 wrote:

ugo.santalucia wrote:

Just my two pennies worth of wisdom: It's a pair of pseudo hand-built wheels build around Planet X-alike hubs, some light spokes of some description and a pair of generic rims. There is nothing magic and if that's what you want, then I am pretty sure someon like Malcolm at the Cycleclinic can build you the same thing for the same price, but at least you will be dealing with a human that understands wheels rather than a bunch of customer service employees who have no idea what a spoke is.

Are they really that bad? A bit harsh isn't it to say that they are built by people who haven't a clue.
Yes I did ask for opinions and people are entitled to them but surely a little more balanced than "spokes of some description" and "generic rims". Is it because they aren't branded by a mainstream player? Although DT Swiss are hardly inept.

Did you read my comment?

cycleclinic

My opinion on that fun works wheels is it uses mis matched parts. The rim is a decent one but due to is depth it is not aero and given it only costs £35 it really make sense as an all weather rim for training. What those behind fun works have done is creat a light wheelset by using light hubs with tiny bearings which people will think is a climbing wheelset but its not light enough for that. Then folk will use them for a bit of winter training because they are cheap and find bearing life is a tad short. The rim is good but get it laced to hubs you can ride through the winter rubbish. That is what this rim is for.