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I keep having to take my stock giant wheels( pr-2) to my lbs for truing and spoke replacement.The last time i took the rear in for a broken spoke he just said to me "get some new wheels".

On my budget i think i have nailed it down to either the shimano ultegra 6800 or the fulcrum racing 3 wheelset.They both get good reviews and although the shimanos are about sixty pound cheaper they are 90 grammes heavier.

I would love to know if anybody uses these wheels and what they think of them.?
 

S-Express

Guest
I keep having to take my stock giant wheels( pr-2) to my lbs for truing and spoke replacement.The last time i took the rear in for a broken spoke he just said to me "get some new wheels".

If the LBS said that, my reply to you would be 'get a new LBS'. It just means they are crap at wheel building.
 

Garry A

Calibrating.....
Location
Grangemouth
I had the same problem with my Giant Defy. Local wheel builder said the spokes on my stock Giant wheels were cheap steel. He offered to swap them for DT Swiss spokes but I got new handbuilt wheels instead. So far so good.

90 g is nothing really.
 

T4tomo

Legendary Member
stock Giant wheels are notoriously poor. probably decent advice from LBS, hardly worth rebuilding them and or throwing good money after bad by having to keep replacing spokes.
On my budget i think i have nailed it down to either the shimano ultegra 6800 or the fulcrum racing 3 wheelset.They both get good reviews and although the shimanos are about sixty pound cheaper they are 90 grammes heavier.
if you are considering the racing 3's, there isn't much difference between them and the racing 5 LGs except £130 saving :smile:

as above u wont notice the odd 90g
 

vickster

Legendary Member
The fulcrums do have a suggested weight limit if you happen to be on the larger size

Campag Zondas, same as the 3s essentially also have keen proponents

90g really is nothing, just empty some water from you or your bottle
 

S-Express

Guest
Giant wheels are just standard machine-built hoops, they are neither 'notoriously poor', nor 'remarkably good'.
 

Mile195

Veteran
Location
West Kent
I don't know specifically about the Ultegra 6800, but presuming the build quality is the same, or better than the lowish-end Shimano RS10s or RS30s, then from experience I can definitely vouch for them.

My RS10s did 11000 miles - I didn't so much as have to true them once. The RS30s are due for replacement and on a similar mileage. After about 9000 miles I had to change a dust seal and a bearing race (as well as the bearings obviously) because some grit got in and ruined it, but they have been otherwise faultless.
 
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My 2008 Defy stock wheels lasted about 2 years and 8000 miles before the winter weather rusted the bearing cups, plus spoke breaks, rim wear and the like.
They were entirely fit for purpose and I had no issue with them being retired.
They were not crap, substandard or cheap, just standard issue road wheels.
 
Location
Loch side.
I keep having to take my stock giant wheels( pr-2) to my lbs for truing and spoke replacement.The last time i took the rear in for a broken spoke he just said to me "get some new wheels".

On my budget i think i have nailed it down to either the shimano ultegra 6800 or the fulcrum racing 3 wheelset.They both get good reviews and although the shimanos are about sixty pound cheaper they are 90 grammes heavier.

I would love to know if anybody uses these wheels and what they think of them.?

I've highlighted the part that you should never care about when shopping for new wheels. That is the least important thing you need to know.
 

gbb

Squire
Location
Peterborough
I've heard various complaints regarding stock wheels on Giant, Spesh, Decathlon etc etc over the years.
They are what they are, budget wheels that some may get good life out of and some will find cr@p, that's the nature of budget wheels.
Just buy some new ones..Shimano, Fulcrum etc etc, they should be a good step up.
Good basic Shimanos should last well, equally Fulcrums, I've had R500s and Fulcrum 5s, found them fairly bulletproof after thousands of miles of riding.
 
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