A wheel dilemma

[Cyclist33]

Well, God smiled on me today as I came into a Wiggle voucher, so I'm looking around the £300 mark for a wheelset .

On my radar are the Vision T30, Campag Zonda and Pro Lite Bracciano... does anyone have any experience or opinions to help me sway my mind?

Thanks

Stu

 

[Psycolist]

My own view is that you would be better buying 2 pairs of mediocre wheels rather than one 'good' set. that way, have 1 set with wet weather tyres, the other with dry weather tyres. The differ between a wheel set costing £150 and a set costing £300 is gonna be the makers label. Cynical I know, but in my experience, true.

 

[Dusty Bin]

My own view is that you would be better buying 2 pairs of mediocre wheels rather than one 'good' set. that way, have 1 set with wet weather tyres, the other with dry weather tyres. The differ between a wheel set costing £150 and a set costing £300 is gonna be the makers label. Cynical I know, but in my experience, true.

Hmm - cynical and basically wrong. Out of that lot, I'd go for the Vision T30s...

 

[Kies]

have ridden a bike with the Pro lite Braccanio's and it was very good on spinning up from standstill. no experience of the other 2

 

[Peteaud]

I had the pro lites on a defy, transormed the bike, they are now on SWMBO bike and are still running great.

 

[Jenkins]

I've got the Campags on my Boardman. No particular reason for buying them over any other wheel set other than the style of the rear wheel spoking pattern and the price was too good to turn down (£250 delivered at the time). Slightly noisy when free-wheeling but well worth the money even if the speed boost is purely psychological.

 

[accountantpete]

I have Zonda's - pretty bullet proof, reasonably light and spares are readily available.

If I was buying now I'd probably go for a Mavic Ksyrium Elite rear wheel and then google around for a good quality but old model front wheel of any make.

 

[Dusty Bin]

If I was buying now I'd probably go for a Mavic Ksyrium Elite rear wheel and then google around for a good quality but old model front wheel of any make.

er, why?

 

[And]

What about the Shimano Ultegra 6800's? - you'd have money for tyres and tubes left over too.

 

[Cyclist33]

Thanks... in the end I got a pair of Vision Team 30s for 170 quid and well happy with those