Buying aero wheels- Revolver, Profile Design or Vittoria

Caro07
Caro07 Posts: 8
edited May 2016 in Road buying advice
Hi,

I'm looking to buy some aero wheels to go with my Felt IA10.

I've shortlisted it to:

- Profile Design 58 / Twenty Four - great reviews...
- Revolver Kronostok 350 - most expensive. great reviews...
- Vittoria Qurano 60 - lightest I think. Get good reviews for hills for being lighter. Also for braking ability.

I'd get tubs.

I'm female, light and tend to do hilly triathlons, but also have duathlon and half ironman world champs coming up and those courses are nigh on flat.

Any experience with these wheels / recommendations / cautions much appreciated. Have read a lot of reviews and can't decide, and it's an expensive purchase.

Thanks in advance for any help.

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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    No experience for any of them, however, more on a budget you could get a pair of these. The hubs are actually fairly good for the money. If you look at the spread of wheels at the Kona Iron Man, which I believe is the top of the top for this type of events, beside the obvious US resident Zipp, Enve and HED you'll find quite a few Planet X

    http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/WPPX6060/p ... 0-wheelset

    This is the wheel count for the 2014 event

    Wheels (individual)

    Zipp – 1839
    HED – 266
    ENVE – 239
    Mavic – 224
    Reynolds – 206
    Bontrager – 179
    Shimano – 169
    Xentis – 74
    Roval – 69
    Easton – 57
    Campagnolo – 56
    Lightweight – 44
    SRAM – 44
    FFWD – 41
    Flo – 40
    Corima – 38
    Profile Design – 33
    Vision – 31
    Rolf – 28
    DT Swiss – 25
    Planet X – 22
    American Classic – 17
    Fulcrum – 17
    3T – 16
    Oval – 13
    Spinergy – 8
    Ritchey – 5
    CycleOps – 4
    Felt – 10
    Flashpoint – 10
    Gravity Zero – 8
    State – 6
    Williams – 5
    Gray – 4
    Pro-Lite – 4
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Someone counted the wheels......I'm just pondering that...
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    Imposter wrote:
    Someone counted the wheels......I'm just pondering that...

    Yeah, they do it every year... not only the wheels, but frames, helmets, tyres, aerobits etc... it makes sense to see what the top people use... some are sponsored, but the majority are not. The majority are US athletes, so there is a bias towards US brands... interesting to see a UK retailer featured relatively high up, as I assume only UK and maybe a few EU people would have access to PX... it might not even be a money choice, as it costs a hell of a lot money to be there in the first place, so the cost of the wheels is not a lot in the grand scheme
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  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    The Vittoria wheels are (at the moment) pretty rubbish IMO. Of the few reviews that are online they all said there was too much play in the hubs and as they're non adjustable you were stuck with it. I decided to give them a shot anyway. Guess what - there's way too much play in the hubs. You just need to tap the rim and they go 'brrrrrrrrr'. Unlike the Zipp hubs of old where any play was negated once rider weight was applied (or it could be adjusted out) the Vittoria's continued to rattle like a loose headset. Plus points - they look good and the quick changing freehub is a great idea. They need to work on those hubs to make them worth buying.

    I ended up getting another set of Zipp's (404's this time).
  • Caro07
    Caro07 Posts: 8
    Thanks. Haven't read anything but rave reviews for Vittoria, so useful to hear about the hubs.

    Zipps aren't an option for me- too expensive.

    I'll take a look at Planet X, though Profile Design are up there going by that list.

    Cheers.

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