2017 Cheaper Road Tubeless Wheels

davidof

What are the options for cheaper 11sp road tubeless wheels this season?

Suggestions
Cero AR24 £249, 1456g : https://www.cycledivision.co.uk/cero-ar ... elset-2017
Prime Pro alloy wheels from Chain Reaction, £279, 1470g : http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/fr/f ... prod142941 and an extra 10% off for BC membership
Prime Peloton from Wiggle at £125, 1750g : http://www.wiggle.co.uk/prime-peloton-r ... d-shimano/
Halo White Line Race 700C Road Wheel, £150 approx, 1,736g

gethinceri

I just bought some from Hunt <£400

davidof

I found the Cero AR24, apparently a new rim that sorts the narrow rim issues

https://www.cycledivision.co.uk/cero-ar ... elset-2017

but it is not a true tubeless rim but a rim tape kit.

super_davo

Why don't you get a set of Prime Peloton from Wiggle at £125 and a £30 Shimano 105 5800 cassette (which will work with your 11 speed Campag).
Cheap wheels at reasonable weight and cheap cassettes going forward.

Blackbrogue

Just purchased the Prime Pro alloy wheels from Chain Reaction, £279 and an extra 10% off for BC membership. Look v similar to Hunt wheels but with CX Ray spokes. Pro One tyre fitted with no bother at all.

davidof

super_davo wrote:

Why don't you get a set of Prime Peloton from Wiggle at £125 and a £30 Shimano 105 5800 cassette (which will work with your 11 speed Campag).
Cheap wheels at reasonable weight and cheap cassettes going forward.

That's a sensible idea.

warrior4life

davidof wrote:

I found the Cero AR24, apparently a new rim that sorts the narrow rim issues

https://www.cycledivision.co.uk/cero-ar ... elset-2017

but it is not a true tubeless rim but a rim tape kit.

I'm using these, 1441g out the box with rim tape, they've become my best climbing/light weight wheel.
Running them with 24mm Corsa Evo tubeless tyres. I'm super impressed.

True tubeless rims at a pain, using a magnet to guide a steel spoke around to get it in place is a nightmare and also heavy.
Any issue with spokes can be a time consuming affair, I had some in 2012 (Bontrager I think) and I far prefer tubeless rim tape.

davidof

Hi,
Good point about true tubeless rims.
I'm tending to the AR24s. How do you find the hubs?

g00se

Another thing with rim tape - depending on the tyre, you may need to build up the rim bed with tape slightly to help the tyre inflate with a track pump (if the tyre bead is a little too loose, it's easier for a blast of air to escape). So even with sealed tubeless rims, you may still need to add some tape.

davidof

Here is another set for the mix

Halo White Line Race 700C Road Wheel

I've not seen any reviews but they are around 150 quid / pair and weight around 1750g.