Peter Armstrong
Über Member
I’ve been looking around, reading and reading and reading up on wheels. Carbon, Aero, Clincher etc for upgrade to my current wheel, specifically for my first year racing in some cat4 crits and maybe a couple of road races. I was looking at getting some aero wheels but recently changed my mind for some stiff lightweight wheels.
Here’s a list of wheel, for the sake of the argument I’m sticking with Mavic, I don’t really have a proper budget, I’m going to get what’s cheapest for the best return and when I do it will be on finance. At the moment I’m leaning toward the Mavic Ksyrium Elite S WTS Road Wheelset, the price jumps a lot for the weight saving from this point on, and is it really worth it, are the returns diminishing when you get to a point, my wallet surly thinks that. Any comments/views?
Mavic Aksium S £197.99 (My Wheelset)
Weight (pair of wheels): 1735 grams
Mavic Ksyrium Equipe S Road Wheelset £359.99
Weight (pair of wheels): 1690 grams
Mavic Ksyrium Elite S WTS Road Wheelset £469.99
Weight: 1520 grams (pair of wheel)
Mavic Ksyrium SLS Road Wheelset £709.99
Weight: 1395 grams (pair of wheel)
Mavic R-SYS Road Wheelset £989.99
Weight: 1355 grams (pair of wheel)
Mavic R-SYS slr Road Wheelset £1439.99
Weight: 1295 grams (pair of wheel)
Here’s a list of wheel, for the sake of the argument I’m sticking with Mavic, I don’t really have a proper budget, I’m going to get what’s cheapest for the best return and when I do it will be on finance. At the moment I’m leaning toward the Mavic Ksyrium Elite S WTS Road Wheelset, the price jumps a lot for the weight saving from this point on, and is it really worth it, are the returns diminishing when you get to a point, my wallet surly thinks that. Any comments/views?
Mavic Aksium S £197.99 (My Wheelset)
Weight (pair of wheels): 1735 grams
Mavic Ksyrium Equipe S Road Wheelset £359.99
Weight (pair of wheels): 1690 grams
Mavic Ksyrium Elite S WTS Road Wheelset £469.99
Weight: 1520 grams (pair of wheel)
Mavic Ksyrium SLS Road Wheelset £709.99
Weight: 1395 grams (pair of wheel)
Mavic R-SYS Road Wheelset £989.99
Weight: 1355 grams (pair of wheel)
Mavic R-SYS slr Road Wheelset £1439.99
Weight: 1295 grams (pair of wheel)