Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
Anyone who's seen my posts regarding my bike - the Ventura CP50 from Argos, will know spending lots of money on my bike I do not. The whole point of me buying the bike was that it was a cheap carbon roadie and I'm a sucker for a bargain, a bike that not many others own, something that just might actually be better than where it's from might suggest.
I believe you can spend what you like on bike kit, bikes etc, it's up to you, but for me, at the moment it has to be "most bang for buck" (ok I'm a tight wad).
The Ventura cost me £400 in the sale and I quite fancied changing the Shimano R501 wheelset it came with since I've started time trialing on it (see the racing section) for something a bit more "racey". Obviously spending £500 on a wheelset would be daft in my opinion, so I went for the Superstar Elite 30 ultra from Superstar components. With a list price of £194.99 and 20% off in April bringing this down to £156, making them much more a sensible up grade.
I went for the red rims and red hubs version, they come as a 20 spoke front 24 rear spoke count, don't include QR's, but Superstar offer 2 year warranty, crash replacement discount scheme and a lifetime free truing service.
They come with a claimed weight of 1510g (front 660g rear 850g) without QR's. And they have a 30mm "aero" rim.
Because you tend to ride with tyres, tubes and cassettes fitted, I've weighed them with those fitted.
Shimano R501 front + vittoria zaffiro 23 + unknown tube + basic Shimano QR = 1406g
Rear + vittoria Rubino 23 + unknown tube + basic Shimano QR + Shimano 9 sp 11-25 HG50 cassette = 1845g
Superstar Elite 30 front + Schwalbe Ultremo zx 23 + Planet X super light tube + basic Shimano QR = 1058g
Rear + As above + Ultegra 6500 9 sp 11-23 cassette = 1410g
Net weight saving 783g, obviously the tyres, cassette and tubes have helped here too.
Total price for the wheels, tyres, tubes and cassette £230
Haven't used them in anger yet but they look good, run straight and true and didn't cost more than I paid for my bike!
Will post more impressions when I've used them a bit, and post some more pics.
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/elite-30-ultra-11speed-wheelset-2024.htm
I believe you can spend what you like on bike kit, bikes etc, it's up to you, but for me, at the moment it has to be "most bang for buck" (ok I'm a tight wad).
The Ventura cost me £400 in the sale and I quite fancied changing the Shimano R501 wheelset it came with since I've started time trialing on it (see the racing section) for something a bit more "racey". Obviously spending £500 on a wheelset would be daft in my opinion, so I went for the Superstar Elite 30 ultra from Superstar components. With a list price of £194.99 and 20% off in April bringing this down to £156, making them much more a sensible up grade.
I went for the red rims and red hubs version, they come as a 20 spoke front 24 rear spoke count, don't include QR's, but Superstar offer 2 year warranty, crash replacement discount scheme and a lifetime free truing service.
They come with a claimed weight of 1510g (front 660g rear 850g) without QR's. And they have a 30mm "aero" rim.
Because you tend to ride with tyres, tubes and cassettes fitted, I've weighed them with those fitted.
Shimano R501 front + vittoria zaffiro 23 + unknown tube + basic Shimano QR = 1406g
Rear + vittoria Rubino 23 + unknown tube + basic Shimano QR + Shimano 9 sp 11-25 HG50 cassette = 1845g
Superstar Elite 30 front + Schwalbe Ultremo zx 23 + Planet X super light tube + basic Shimano QR = 1058g
Rear + As above + Ultegra 6500 9 sp 11-23 cassette = 1410g
Net weight saving 783g, obviously the tyres, cassette and tubes have helped here too.
Total price for the wheels, tyres, tubes and cassette £230
Haven't used them in anger yet but they look good, run straight and true and didn't cost more than I paid for my bike!
Will post more impressions when I've used them a bit, and post some more pics.
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/elite-30-ultra-11speed-wheelset-2024.htm
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and not needing any more wheels they are kind of growing on me. 
It would be very red.
