Drago
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Perhaps its psychosomatic? With new wheels your brain may have been expecting Warp 9 performance, and the feeling is just relative to expectation rather than anything actually wrong?
I think it's due to a cheap wheel, you need to spend at least £400.
This is just a load of elitist claptrap. You DON'T need to spend £400+ on a bicycle wheel in order for it to turn freely! The amount of BS spoken about the supposed extra performance of costly bits vs cheaper bits in cycling circles is beyond belief. The only difference between a cheap and expensive hub is the expensive one will probably have a better surface finish and the bearings may be of a higher grade regards their sizing tolerances. The difference in frictional drag is going to be tiny, and irrelevant to anyone except a top class competitive cyclist. I've spent over 2 hours today riding around on a 25 year old cheap & heavy Apollo rigid MTB, fitted with 2" wide knobbly tyres, wearing size 11 safety work boots and a hi-vis overcoat. And I weigh over 14 stone. The whole bike would have not cost much more than £100 new, let alone one wheel! I'm not drenched in sweat and the bike rolled fine considering the type of tyres.
Of course it was. What he really meant was £800, anything less is BSO territory.I think you may have missed the humour in the post.
That was my initial thought too .I assume the quick release is not really, really, really tight?
That's one thing I haven't checked yetI assume the quick release is not really, really, really tight?
Plenty of clearance thereHow much clearance is there between your front tyre and the fork?
I had a similar problem once on one bike after putting a bigger tyre on. There was hardly any clearance but the wheel span easily with the bike on the stand. Once my weight was on the bike though I could hear (and feel) the tyre rubbing, so I assume that the fork bent enough to reduce the clearance to zero.
Aye, but apparently my new wheel was more expensive than my old one, and that was fine.I think it's due to a cheap wheel, you need to spend at least £400.