Another Wheel Thread
eric_draven
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I am looking at buying some wheels to go in my new road bike,as an upgrade to what is in it at the moment,i was using Ultegra 6700's in my last bike and was really happy with them,as they don't flex with my 90kg weight,only reason for not swapping them over is they won't accept 11sp cassette,i have been looking at Ksyrium Elites and Shimano RS81 C24 wheelsets,has anyone had experiences with both sets,I don't race and never will,I do do 70-80 mile hilly rides on a regualar basias,also going to the alps for 10 days road riding this year as well
any help would be greatly appreciated
any help would be greatly appreciated
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I am a reasonable weight (65kg) but find that a wheelset of this weight does not hold me back and the wheels feel every bit as good climbing as a pair of RS80s I had (well, still have the one but it is just for turbo). The advantage of a mid spoke count is that a single failure shouldn't mean the end of a ride and you could even order a couple of spokes spare when you place the initial order so that any spoke failure in the middle of a 10 day cycling holiday would enable you to simple replace it yourself.
They do look good out of the box and ok after a few hundred miles...but they will look a bit gash in-between as the anodised brake track wears off.
When the rims wear out you could replace them with something like Pacenti SL23v2 (perhaps running tubeless?) or maybe even go for them first around if you don't mind a little swearing on tube replacement, which will bring the weight down by something like 100g (ish, not sure though).
Merlin are doing 2016 black ones at £360 at the moment
I would definitely rate them above the RS81 due to the more up to trend rim. Then again, Ultegra hubs are very good but many find the RS81/80s a tad flexy which would rule them out for you. I never had a problem with them but I think that was due to my lighter weight/lower power.