Getting off the Mavic Ksyrium Bandwagon

Looking to upgrade my Velomax Vista SLs with something lighter with a
semi-low spoke count, light and used primarily for racing (climbing).

It seems that everyone is on Kysriums these days, nice weight at ~1500
grams, but (sheesh) I'm sick to death of looking at 'em, and at $800 -
900 they're expensive!

I'm wondering what a good 1400 -1500 gram wheel alternative would be.
I've looked at the Nimble Spiders -- interesting.

I'm open to hand-built customs as well.

Whaddya recommend?

wrote:
Looking to upgrade my Velomax Vista SLs with something lighter with a
semi-low spoke count, light and used primarily for racing (climbing).

It seems that everyone is on Kysriums these days, nice weight at ~1500
grams, but (sheesh) I'm sick to death of looking at 'em, and at $800 -
900 they're expensive!

I'm wondering what a good 1400 -1500 gram wheel alternative would be.
I've looked at the Nimble Spiders -- interesting.

I'm open to hand-built customs as well.

Whaddya recommend?

Race-only?

American Classic Sprint 350 if you're lighter.

Or custom build with Mavic Open Pro/Sun-Ringle City Flea/Sapim CX-Ray should
get you to around 1350 grams.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

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Looking to upgrade my Velomax Vista SLs with something lighter with a
semi-low spoke count, light and used primarily for racing (climbing).

I'm wondering what a good 1400 -1500 gram wheel alternative would be.
I've looked at the Nimble Spiders -- interesting.

Full Speed Ahead RD-400's, 20/24 spokes, 1450 grams

repartocorse.com has 'em on sale for $379

Campy makes a good wheelset, and most of thier wheelsets can be now ordered
with a shimano compatible freehub.

wrote:
Looking to upgrade my Velomax Vista SLs with something lighter with a
semi-low spoke count, light and used primarily for racing (climbing).

It seems that everyone is on Kysriums these days, nice weight at
~1500
grams, but (sheesh) I'm sick to death of looking at 'em, and at $800
-
900 they're expensive!

I'm wondering what a good 1400 -1500 gram wheel alternative would be.
I've looked at the Nimble Spiders -- interesting.

I'm open to hand-built customs as well.

Whaddya recommend?

DA or Record/Chorus/Centaur hubset. Velocity Aeroheads(OC rear), 14/15
spokes, Revs in the front....1550 grams or so, $500 or so...off the
shelf stuff, better hubs than all the 'package' wheels, more reliable,
cheaper, etc.

Peter commented:

DA or Record/Chorus/Centaur hubset. Velocity Aeroheads(OC rear), 14/15
spokes, Revs in the front....1550 grams or so, $500 or so...off the
shelf stuff, better hubs than all the 'package' wheels, more reliable,
cheaper, etc.

What would you recommend for "race" wheels for the 14+ stone rider?

App

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:

DA or Record/Chorus/Centaur hubset. Velocity Aeroheads(OC rear), 14/15
spokes, Revs in the front....1550 grams or so, $500 or so...off the
shelf stuff, better hubs than all the 'package' wheels, more reliable,
cheaper, etc.

This is only a couple of ounces heavier than my Rolf Sestriere, which have been
fine. But with a clean slate I'd go for what Peter's offering instead.

Matt O.

App wrote:
Peter commented:

DA or Record/Chorus/Centaur hubset. Velocity Aeroheads(OC rear),
14/15
spokes, Revs in the front....1550 grams or so, $500 or so...off the
shelf stuff, better hubs than all the 'package' wheels, more
reliable,
cheaper, etc.

What would you recommend for "race" wheels for the 14+ stone rider?

App

what is that weight? My calculator doesn't convert stone to lbs.

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
App wrote:

Peter commented:


DA or Record/Chorus/Centaur hubset. Velocity Aeroheads(OC rear),

14/15

spokes, Revs in the front....1550 grams or so, $500 or so...off the
shelf stuff, better hubs than all the 'package' wheels, more

reliable,

cheaper, etc.

What would you recommend for "race" wheels for the 14+ stone rider?

App


what is that weight? My calculator doesn't convert stone to lbs.


Google does
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...&btnG= Search

:-)

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:

what is that weight? My calculator doesn't convert stone to lbs.

Sorry - 200+ lbs. Should've put that as a parenthetical.

App