Wheel upgrade
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Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
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- Suffolk
I'll start this one off, what's wrong with your "standard" wheels and how much better do you think £100 wheels will be?
He's been breaking spokes, according to another thread.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
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Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
Lol, I did hesitate, thought about it, then decided to come in with a "yellow" style post, just to be different!Thought you might stay away from this one.
Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
Ok well I'm no wheel expert (many would say "I know") but my R501's can be had cheap and are pretty robust?
Yip I've been breaking spokes and from research I've done on here and on Triban owners forum lots of people have been saying the standard btwin wheels on the t3 are terrible and many suggest an upgrade. Apparently a standard upgrade is to R501s or RS10s. My lbs also suggested upgrading and said to do a bit research online. Which is what I'm doing
Someone said on here they are made of cheese apparently. A lot better hopefully!
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potsy
Rambler
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- My Armchair
I ran RS10's and RS20's for thousands of miles and only ever snapped one spoke, and I wasn't much lighter then than you are now.
Good budget wheels.
Good budget wheels.
Standard btwin wheels on at the mo. The bike was only 300 so don't want to spend too much. Like I said I can buy RS10s for on £73.85 from wiggle or fulcrum 7s for £109. Both are surely an upgrade that I will see some difference with??
Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
I would say the RS10's or the R501's would fit the bill perfectly.
Actually, you cannot get RS10's from Wiggle for that price... they are RS010's which are a different wheel to RS10's. The RS10's went EOL some time ago (when RS11's where released I'd imagine). Can't say what the difference between the RS10, RS010 and RS11 models are but one would suspect there's some but maybe not too much?!
