PhilDawson8270
Veteran
Do you have a power meter yet? If you're serious about training to race, then £1500 on a power meter will be better value. Then again, £1500 on 1 to 1 fitness training would be more beneficial than £1500 wheels too.
have i left it to late
- Thread starter jamma
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Do you have a power meter yet? If you're serious about training to race, then £1500 on a power meter will be better value. Then again, £1500 on 1 to 1 fitness training would be more beneficial than £1500 wheels too.
Carbon or alloy visions?
Why do you feel the need to change?
What difference do you think it would make?
My normal response would be its your money, buy what you want and enjoy.
But your previous posts have pointed to the fact you want to turn pro by riding 10 miles a day lol
jefmcg
Guru
Please stop spending money, and just work on improving your speed.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
£1,500 on a set of wheels? You must be loaded or a pro, or both.
S-Express
Guest
Remembering the pic of your bike which was posted on another thread - you already have a bike capable of winning races (most bikes are, to be fair), so I don't really understand what you expect to gain by hosing another £1500 at it.
Now if your bike is already capable, then the only thing stopping it from winning - is you.
Alternatively, if you just want to spend on some new wheels, as mentioned earlier - then just buy whatever you most like the look of.
Smokin Joe
Squire
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
This is thew longest any "Which wheel" has ever gone without someone advising the OP to go for handbuilts....
Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
Save your dosh seriously, they'll make F all difference.
And you'll just look like another "all the gear no idea"
£1500!!
Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
Not blowing my own trumpet but I was down to 26's on a 10TT with a £400 bike from Argos and stock R501's......(worth about £70)
Walk before you learn to run, once you get better at it then upgrade, plus you can laugh at all the numptys with £1500 wheels and bikes as you cream them.
Walk before you learn to run, once you get better at it then upgrade, plus you can laugh at all the numptys with £1500 wheels and bikes as you cream them.
jefmcg
Guru
What would you get paid at a supermarket? Presumably less than £10/hour. So that's a months salary. If you can afford that, take a month of work and devote yourself to training. I imagine that would make a heap more difference than a new set of wheels, no matter how shiny.
Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
While that is true and correct I think a lot of us know quite a lot regarding his cycling through his previous threads. Spending £1500 on a set of wheels at his level would be mental, but it's his choice as you say, knock yourself out mate buy buy buy.
S-Express
Guest
Spooky thought of the day - for every person who posts asking for buying advice on a cycling forum, there are 99 other people who just go out and spend £1500 on wheels regardless. At least he is in that 1%.
mark st1
Plastic Manc
- Location
- Leafy Berkshire
Part time at Tesco full time gigolo. Your only young once you've got the rest of your adult life to save money and do boring grown up stuff.
outlash
also available in orange
- Location
- ice station zebra
As the saying goes 'train heavy, race light'. Save your pennies until those £1500 wheels would make a difference.
