Wheels for the hills.
CC12
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Hello. Which wheels will be better for the hills - Alps?
Fulcrum Racing Zero Competizione
http://www.fulcrumwheels.com/en/wheels/ ... mpetizione
Fulcrum Racing Speed 35
http://www.fulcrumwheels.com/en/wheels/ ... g-speed-35
Road bike Cannondale CAAD 12 Ultegra
Rider 186cm 85kg
I want hard balls to stiffen and I can not decide between these.
Zero - has better hubs and ceramic bearings, aluminum spokes will stiffer.
It has better braking performance.
The disadvantage is the higher weight and the miserable choice of tubeless tires.
Speed 35 - has a lower weight, tubular and a large selection of the best tire.
It has worse braking properties mainly in the wet, it has worse hubs and bearings.
Aerodynamics will be about the same Speed 35 is slightly higher but narrow only 20mm - Zero is 23mm which is better for 25mm tires.
I mean, though, Speed 35 is tubular and 250g lighter Zero can be as quick and good with better hubs and harder spokes.
Which of these two wheels to choose? What is better?
Fulcrum Racing Zero Competizione
http://www.fulcrumwheels.com/en/wheels/ ... mpetizione
Fulcrum Racing Speed 35
http://www.fulcrumwheels.com/en/wheels/ ... g-speed-35
Road bike Cannondale CAAD 12 Ultegra
Rider 186cm 85kg
I want hard balls to stiffen and I can not decide between these.
Zero - has better hubs and ceramic bearings, aluminum spokes will stiffer.
It has better braking performance.
The disadvantage is the higher weight and the miserable choice of tubeless tires.
Speed 35 - has a lower weight, tubular and a large selection of the best tire.
It has worse braking properties mainly in the wet, it has worse hubs and bearings.
Aerodynamics will be about the same Speed 35 is slightly higher but narrow only 20mm - Zero is 23mm which is better for 25mm tires.
I mean, though, Speed 35 is tubular and 250g lighter Zero can be as quick and good with better hubs and harder spokes.
Which of these two wheels to choose? What is better?
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Go for the ones with the best braking performance and the stiffest spokes, you'll be spending too much time going ( relatively) slowly uphill, for the aero to be of much use, and given a choice between stiff with good braking, or aero with less good braking, for the downhills, I'd go with the good braking performance stiffer ones.0
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Buy the 35s for the ascent - then stop at the top and change to the Zeros for the descent. Sorted.0
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Good joke0
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Imposter wrote:Buy the 35s for the ascent - then stop at the top and change to the Zeros for the descent. Sorted.
With a Cyclespeed support car, such dreams can become reality!
But basically, if it's wet the Zero's are faster, if it's dry the 35's, simple as that really.0 -
Everyone knows you can only descend safely with disc brakes.
Get yourself a new bike.I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
Rubbish! For descending you need a recumbent.0
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New bike? This is the new half a year. That's totally out - I do not want the disc brakes - a big weight.
I choose only from these two entangled bikes. Everyone has a pros and cons.0 -
CC12 wrote:Good joke
Perhaps, but to be fair, it's still as valid as any other suggestion. Either wheelset will make next to no real-world difference to your climbing, so just get the set you like the look of - which is what most people really want to do anyway.0 -
Assuming this isn't a trolling thread the question comes down to whether you are keen to run tubs or clinchers.FFS! Harden up and grow a pair0