Carbon Wheel Set
I would appreciate anyone's feedback on their experience of riding with either (Or both) set of wheels ? Thank you for your time and input. Ride safe & stay well.
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Do a quick search for Hunt on here and you'll see what the best of the two options are.
tbh though, the Zipps are better in everyway imaginable..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Sorry I forgot to mention in my original post that the Wheel Set is for Disc setup. I've only ridden clinchers but now looking for tubeless compatible so I can make the transition if I want to go that way which seems to be the direction it's going.0
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Still Zipp. Every day of the week..
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Do a search for Hunt on here and you'll see one poster rubbishing them constantly.MattFalle said:Do a quick search for Hunt on here and you'll see what the best of the two options are.
tbh though, the Zipps are better in everyway imaginable.
I think one of their founders nicked his parking space once, some years ago.
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You can't be arguing that Zipp aren't over priced, surely?MattFalle said:Still Zipp. Every day of the week.
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They ain't a bargain by any long chalk of the pie but compared to Hunt pricing......
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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https://www.edco-wheels.co.uk/
I bought a pair of the bottom range here.
I have no comparison to other carbon wheels, but all the reviews were extremely positive on their stability in cross winds and braking compared to other equivalents.
They review as good value for money.
Not mega light but decent build quality.0 -
Actually yeah you can get the 303 firecrests for £1400. Not too long ago they were in Enve territory. I suppose Zipp change stupidly for wavy rims these days instead.MattFalle said:They ain't a bargain by any long chalk of the pie but compared to Hunt pricing.....
I stand corrected.
Under 1400g as well. When did Zipp manage to lose the extra 250g?0 -
Don't br a lemon - no problem at all.
Change of hubs, spokes, rim - minor shenanigans all adding up i suppose.
i think the thing it does shed a light on is how overpriced Hunts are and what bad value for money.
Hunts over Zipps? Nah..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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In my experience if you actually compare the prices of Hunt wheels to that of competitors for equivalent specifications the prices of the Hunt wheels are not very far off the competitor price. They are not massively higher as you seem to think.MattFalle said:They ain't a bargain by any long chalk of the pie but compared to Hunt pricing.....
Of course they maybe other reasons not to choose them but please stop posting your seemingly irrational hatred of them. You prefer other wheel brands, fine, but recognise some people are perfectly happy using Hunt wheels and they don't instantly disintegrate or drain their wallets.1 -
no.wongataa said:
In my experience if you actually compare the prices of Hunt wheels to that of competitors for equivalent specifications the prices of the Hunt wheels are not very far off the competitor price. They are not massively higher as you seem to think.MattFalle said:They ain't a bargain by any long chalk of the pie but compared to Hunt pricing.....
Of course they maybe other reasons not to choose them but please stop posting your seemingly irrational hatred of them. You prefer other wheel brands, fine, but recognise some people are perfectly happy using Hunt wheels and they don't instantly disintegrate or drain their wallets.
hunts are more - going on far more - expensive for the same or lesser parts as many, many other wheel manufacturers.
therefore worse value for money.
therefore buy exactly the same thing for cheaper elsewhere.
people ask opinions.
opinions are given across the board.
it is not irrational hatred - quite a few people on here and compared them - price, parts, etc - and have all come to the same conclusion.
hunts are not that great, are deffo not vfm and cannot be recoomended as such.
you have pointed this out yourself above in your own post and thetefore you are supporting many people on for which we thank you and give you props and respect.
in relation to the OP: Hunts over Zipps? Sriously?.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Aren’t the Zipp 303s something like £1500 at Wiggle whereas the Hunt Aero 35s are under 1/2 that so they really are not directly comparable even though they’re v.similar depths and weights. Hunts win on a first look vfm basis then. Zips have the big famous brand name flashiness but the need to offer more than that if we’re not focused on the decals on the rims over riding experience and value.1
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There are a number of high end wheel manufacturers, such as Zipp, Enve, DT Swiss, blah, who are having their pricing look really, really bad by some of these smaller companies using generic rims manufactured in the same place. There was a time where carbon wheels were hard to make and commensurately expensive, but that ended some considerable time ago and these guys have quietly not lowered their prices.
I have a certain admiration for Hunt having spotted that they can still make a killing by looking cheap, but still being 10-20% more expensive than they could be.
There's a similar thing going to happen with power meters. Just a matter of time. Yes, the costs are coming down a bit, but at some stage someone is going to come along and start selling more or less the same thing for 1/2 the price and shine a light on how much cycling consumers are ripped off.
Arguably electronic shift levers are a similar thing. A simple button is much cheaper than an STI lever to make, yet they've just quietly carried on taking the pi55.
There endeth the rant.
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Zipp wheels are made in a big factory in Indianapolis. They don't outsource.First.Aspect said:There are a number of high end wheel manufacturers, such as Zipp, Enve, DT Swiss, blah, who are having their pricing look really, really bad by some of these smaller companies using generic rims manufactured in the same place.
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Zipp also use a windtunnel, Hunt do not but their marketing uses very clever words to nudge otherwise..
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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I'd say the windtunnel goes under marketing rather than R&D0
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I would take any aero claims by any wheel manufacturer with a large pinch of salt.2
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Don't be applying logic to a topic like this, please...andyrr said:Aren’t the Zipp 303s something like £1500 at Wiggle whereas the Hunt Aero 35s are under 1/2 that so they really are not directly comparable even though they’re v.similar depths and weights. Hunts win on a first look vfm basis then. Zips have the big famous brand name flashiness but the need to offer more than that if we’re not focused on the decals on the rims over riding experience and value.
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But I wouldn't really believe the claims from other manufacturers so in that regards they are all equal. I wouldn't base deciding which wheels to get on aero claims.MattFalle said:
another hole punched under the Hunt waterline....wongataa said:I would take any aero claims by any wheel manufacturer with a large pinch of salt.
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Does that make them better, or just expensive?thegreatdivide said:
Zipp wheels are made in a big factory in Indianapolis. They don't outsource.First.Aspect said:There are a number of high end wheel manufacturers, such as Zipp, Enve, DT Swiss, blah, who are having their pricing look really, really bad by some of these smaller companies using generic rims manufactured in the same place.
Regarding wind tunnel - F1 manages largely with CFD. Plus as someone has already pointed out what happens to a large extent is the wheel manufacturers come with a shape and then look for some aero data they can use to say why it is faster.
And a lot of the wheels I'm talking about use pretty old and well established designs anyway. Those 303s are basically a design thats 10 years old. But £800 more expensive than a Farsports.0 -
But Zipps have exploding hubs0
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does that mean I should move mine out of the gym?shirley_basso said:But Zipps have exploding hubs
any idea what the blast radius is?.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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but at least they are doing rather than saying not saying they are doing it in order for people to buy their, as you have said above, over priced wheels....wongataa said:
But I wouldn't really believe the claims from other manufacturers so in that regards they are all equal. I wouldn't base deciding which wheels to get on aero claims.MattFalle said:
another hole punched under the Hunt waterline....wongataa said:I would take any aero claims by any wheel manufacturer with a large pinch of salt.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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3-5m apparently. Enough to make a potholeMattFalle said:
does that mean I should move mine out of the gym?shirley_basso said:But Zipps have exploding hubs
any idea what the blast radius is?0 -
oof. that'll mess up the walls as well.
hmmmm... tricky tricky.
#decorating.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Do they still?shirley_basso said:But Zipps have exploding hubs
Haven’t heard anything since they changed the hub design several years ago… was a good thread that… almost as good as the Jesus Christ Superstar Components one… 😂
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My wheels are of that era and I had the front hub fail a couple of years ago.0
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My Zipps are the updated design however there is no preload the bearings. So there is lots of side to side play in the rear wheel to extent I’ve given up using it. I keeping planning to get the hub replaced but never get round to it.0
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Done that… very time consuming, owing to the nipple washers inside the rims… also limited choice of hubs, due to the hole count… especially for the 404webboo said:My Zipps are the updated design however there is no preload the bearings. So there is lots of side to side play in the rear wheel to extent I’ve given up using it. I keeping planning to get the hub replaced but never get round to it.
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