I know another wheel question!

[Diggs]

Blimey @The Central Scrutinizer I remember you having problems with those wheels from day one.
I'm sure either will do you well, not heard anything bad about them, which ever you go for I'm sure it'll be an improvement

 

[the_mikey]

Wheels are subjective, but I'd suggest the wheels Giant fit to their bikes aren't the best, I'd rather have a pair of Fulcrum racing 7's or Shimano R500's than any of Giant's wheels, and I'm sure you'll be happy with either of the wheels you've suggested as alternatives. I use Fulcrum racing 3's on my Defy2 and TCR.

 

[doog]

Replaced my stock wheels on a CAAD10 with Zondas....no issues but can't believe the price increase over the last 6 months on wheelsets from the usual outlets.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Replaced my stock wheels on a CAAD10 with Zondas....no issues but can't believe the price increase over the last 6 months on wheelsets from the usual outlets.

Price increases across the board really, the chain rings I use up £2 each which at £15 to £17 and £20 to £22 is quite a hike.

@Mile195 I got about 7,000 miles each out of a pair of RS10 & 11's before the rear rim fractured, plus one spoke rear on the RS10 and one front on the RS11, currently on some R501's about 3,000+ miles and the other week popped a rear spoke (first time I recall a spoke going near the nipple, not saying its uncommon, just all previous ones have been at the hub end)

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Thanks for all your helpful comments.

Merlin cycles were doing 10% discount over the bank holiday so i went with the fulcrum racing 3 wheelset supplied with conti gp4000s ii and tubes

 

[bonsaibilly]

Thanks for all your helpful comments.

Merlin cycles were doing 10% discount over the bank holiday so i went with the fulcrum racing 3 wheelset supplied with conti gp4000s ii and tubes

Have you fitted / ridden them yet? And also, pictures please or it's a big lie

BB

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

HaHa billy no porky pies my friend.

Received them yesterday afternoon and got the cassette changed over with the spacer.
Lbs said give it a spin as the gears might need adjusting.I have got an hour to spare today but will have more time over the weekend.
I will let you know my opinion in due course.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Having had these new wheels now for about six weeks I have to say I am very pleased with them.
you can certainly feel the difference to the stock wheels especially when climbing hills.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

View attachment 148045 Having had these new wheels now for about six weeks I have to say I am very pleased with them.
you can certainly feel the difference to the stock wheels especially when climbing hills.

Those wheels look good on that bike and let's hope they break less spokes than your previous set. However, I doubt you can feel the difference.

If I look at your bike I'd say you are 1.72m tall and thus weigh about 68kgs. Add another 9 kgs for the bike and the baggage and your total mass is 77kgs.
If you saved 500g of weight on the wheels, you have saved less than 0.7% of the total mass that has to be hauled up a hill. That is not perceptible.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Thank you for your thoughts yellow but all I know from my Strava results is that I have beaten quite a few Strava PBS on climbs and my average speed has gone up as well since I fitted the wheels.
If you read the reviews for these wheels a lot of people have felt the same.

 

[S-Express]

The force is strong in those wheels...

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Thank you for your thoughts yellow but all I know from my Strava results is that I have beaten quite a few Strava PBS on climbs and my average speed has gone up as well since I fitted the wheels.
If you read the reviews for these wheels a lot of people have felt the same.

Nice to read about someone who can defy physics. It is so boring to read that the rules of physics are universal and constant.
I have no doubt your Strava performance is carefully measured, scientifically monitored against a control and perfectly repeatable.
We should be fitting "upgrade" wheels to all sorts of energy-consuming industrial devices so that we can benefit from these savings and upgrades.

 

[T4tomo]

If there is less friction from having better bearings then it will make ( an albeit small) difference. Also rotational mass of wheelS may be different to straight mass of rider / bike combo, although the scientific jury is still out on this one I believe

Plus of course they look more bling!

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Sometimes the placebo is more powerful than the drug

 

[goody]

Maybe they're rounder than the old ones. Round wheels are definitely faster.