Ultegra SL WH-6600 Wheelset

[Gooch]

I have a spare wheelset thay came with my Specialized Tarmac Expert 2009. I had a pre exisiting set of wheels put on the bike and so was given the wheelset seperately.

On the Specialized website is says they should be:

FRONT HUB
Shimano Ultegra SL, QR

REAR HUB
Shimano Ultegra SL, alloy cassette, QR

On the hubs it say's WH-6600.

So are they SL's or WH-6600's? Or is SL and WH-6600 the same thing?

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Let me take them off your hands and have a good look for you.

 

[RedBike]

I thought 6600 was standard Ultegra (not the SL). Although given the complexites of Shimanos numbering system I've no reason to doubt they're not the correct wheelset.

Strangely the hubs on Shimano factory built wheels always seem to be significantly lower quality than the 'after market' hubs you can buy for handbuilt wheels.

 

[andy_wrx]

6600 is 10sp Ultegra.

I don't know if the SL flavour of Ultegra extends to different hubs - largely it's just a colour thing, 'plain' Ultegra is silver, SL is grey, the weight difference is very minimal indeed.

What colour are yours ?

 

[kyuss]

So are they SL's or WH-6600's? Or is SL and WH-6600 the same thing?

I just did a search for Ultegra SL wheels and they are all marked as WH-6600 with no SL marking on them anywhere. So it seems you've got the right ones. Like Andy_WRX says is seems to be down to colour.

SL's look like this:

Regular Ultegra are lighter in colour and look like this:

 

[Gooch]

Yeh. Mine are the real deal. I had an email from Specialized to confirm. I'm selling my set you see and I didn't want to advertise them as something that they weren't.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=330316226665

 

[jayce]

I just bought a pair of them normal 6600 silver wanted the grey but hey silver will do fine i suppose