Looking for advice on lightweight, 11 speed disc wheel
themightyw
Posts: 409
Hi folks
Looking for some wisdom please! I've got a really nice, light, steel framed racing bike that I absolutely love riding. The wheels on it are also great and are intended for heavy touring - handbuilt 36 spoke H Son Archetypes on a 105 hub, with some heavy gatorskin hardshell tyres. It's a disc brake 11 speed setup.
When stripped down, though, the frame is beautifully light and I'd love to use it for some more sprightly road riding. The wheels I have a pretty heavy (as are the tyres) and I've been idly considering getting either the Ksyrium Disc wheelset (http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mavi ... lsrc=aw.ds) or a pair of Kinesis Crosslight CXes (http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/kine ... prod143358).
I'm aware that I could probably make a reasonable weight saving just by swapping the tyres, but I am keen to get something a fair bit lighter if possible. What would you guys suggest? Any alternatives to the two wheels that I'm considering?
Obviously I could go for carbon disc wheels but they're far more than I'd like to spend, and I'm not keen on using them with a more traditional steel frame.
Many thanks
TMW
Looking for some wisdom please! I've got a really nice, light, steel framed racing bike that I absolutely love riding. The wheels on it are also great and are intended for heavy touring - handbuilt 36 spoke H Son Archetypes on a 105 hub, with some heavy gatorskin hardshell tyres. It's a disc brake 11 speed setup.
When stripped down, though, the frame is beautifully light and I'd love to use it for some more sprightly road riding. The wheels I have a pretty heavy (as are the tyres) and I've been idly considering getting either the Ksyrium Disc wheelset (http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mavi ... lsrc=aw.ds) or a pair of Kinesis Crosslight CXes (http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/kine ... prod143358).
I'm aware that I could probably make a reasonable weight saving just by swapping the tyres, but I am keen to get something a fair bit lighter if possible. What would you guys suggest? Any alternatives to the two wheels that I'm considering?
Obviously I could go for carbon disc wheels but they're far more than I'd like to spend, and I'm not keen on using them with a more traditional steel frame.
Many thanks
TMW
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Racing 5 LG disc worth a shout. Unless you can get wiggle to price match ribble on the pro lite revoMy blog: http://www.roubaixcycling.cc (kit reviews and other musings)
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Thanks for the reply. Do you mean these ones? http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/pro-lite- ... -wheelset/
Why get Wiggle to price match rather than buying directly from Ribble, out of curiosity?0 -
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https://www.cycledivision.co.uk/product ... -23mm-7396
If they're anywhere near the same quality of the AR30s then you'd be getting a cracking set of wheels. Less than 1500g too, not bad for disc wheels. And before anyone brings up the width issue of the AR30s, these are 24mm external and 19mm internal.
I currently have AR30s on my carbon bike and if I needed disc brake wheels I know where my money would be going.0
