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Reviews (4)
Jul 25, 2018
Super light, great value, come in sweet colors.
They're light as advertised, and extremely inexpensive for the price. If you're building a light weight bike, this is a super easy spot to save some weight without spending an arm and a leg.
The QR lever is pretty short and narrow, and you do have to crank on it pretty hard to properly secure the wheel, which can be a bummer if you don't have strong hands, but once tightened properly they hold the wheel perfectly.
If somebody stole my bike, I'd buy another set of these no hesitation for my next build.
Jul 11, 2018
Incredible wheelset at any price.
1 of 1 found this helpful Go try and find a lighter weight clincher wheelset. Seriously, go do it. I'll wait here while you fail, because sweet jesus this bastard is light. 1260g claimed, 1261 actual. Yeah, you can build your own with similar rims hubs and spokes, and land somewhere in the realm of 10-50g lighter, at the cost of about 1000 dollars. OR, you can have them build this wheel for you in the colors, spoke choices, and spoke patterns that you want, and save yourself the hassle of a wheel build or paying somebody else to do it. For 250 dollars. I'm not really sure why you're still reading this. Why haven't you bought this yet? You literally wont find a lighter, radder climbing wheelset than this at any price, and you certainly won't find something remotely in the same price range just to hit similar specs.
Having only had it for about a week, and only having put about 200 miles on it, I can't really speak to its long term longevity. Spokes were tensioned correctly (bike mechanic of 9 years, I've built a wheel now and then), wheel build was top notch, and its still going strong. It came with a few extra spokes and nipples, should I break some, but I have no doubt it'll still be going strong for many miles to come based just on quality alone, and when you get right down to it, at this price for this quality, if I only get a few thousand miles out of them, who cares, they're so cheap I'll just buy another set.
As far as actual performance goes, I weigh 180lbs, so I'm by no means a clydesdale, but I haven't been known to be easy on my rims. I have no objections to hopping curbs, riding across dirt and gravel, and I've topped out at 38.7mph in a flat sprint with no wind, I'm fairly comfortable cranking hard. I haven't noticed any significant amount of flex, they're as stiff as my old bontrager rxl wheelset. If you're 220lbs, they might not hold up as well - can't comment, on that. But I can't see anybody in the sub 200lbs range having any trouble with flex at all.
All in all, a phenomenal climbing wheelset at any price, and for 250 dollars this is pretty dang unbeatable. There are probably faster more aero wheelsets if you're spending most of your time riding in the flats, but I'd strongly recommend this to anybody in hilly areas, or even if you're riding in the flats but don't want to drop the money for an expensive carbon wheelset.
Jul 11, 2018
Better than literally anything else, probably ever
This seatpost is lighter than a supernova, and the quality is top notch. There is no excess material, and the design is tried and true. If you like making your bicycle as light as possible, this is about as good as it gets right here. And it doesn't suck that it was so inexpensive!