New wheels for my Equilibrium

[TomSH27]

Currently I have the Alex 700c AT450's, I want something lighter with similar strength at a not too hefty price, any suggestions?

 

[uclown2002]

Define, "a not too hefty price".

 

[TomSH27]

Well the bike is a sub 1000, so I dont think it's worth spending a grand on it, I reckon a couple of hundred would be the mark.

 

[TomSH27]

Define, "a not too hefty price".

impressive Strava data btw

 

[Cycleops]

If you only want to spend a couple of hundred then it's going to be pretty similar.

 

[TomSH27]

I guess I'll have to keep a look out in the sales!

 

[smokeysmoo]

Have your original wheels worn out?

If not I'd wait, as @Cycleops says anything at that price is not going to be an upgrade, they'd simply be a replacement.

A popluar cheap wheelset are the SHIMANO R501's, but if you need something stronger I've just ordered a pair of THESE from Rose, they should prove to be bombproof, but they probably won't help you if you're a Strava junkie

 

[TomSH27]

No they are new (as is bike) but as I made a substantial saving on buying the bike I thought it might give me room to upgrade some of the components. The full gruppo is Shimano's Sora and this includes front and rear hubs, I know this is entry level gear but it works pretty well.

 

[smokeysmoo]

I was once told that you need to be spending from £400 upwards to consider wheels to be an upgrade over stock ones.

I don't know if that's strictly true, but I did once buy a pair of Mavic Ksyrium SL wheels, (around £450 IIRC), and they felt like a significant improvement over stock wheels.

However how much of that is actually just psychological I couldn't say.

 

[Cycleops]

 

[vickster]

My Equilibrium wears Fulcrum 5's work for me (sub £200)...it rolls much better than it did on the Omegas that got swapped from the Pearson before I got a second pair

 

[jowwy]

Campag zondas with shimano hub will cost you 263 on wiggle and would be a world of diff to stock hoops

 

[Elybazza61]

+1 for the Campags or save a biy more and go hand-built with something like Novatec/Miche hubs,Sapim spokes with Archetype rims like this;

http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk/Whe...e_wheelset/h_plus_son_archetype_wheelset.html

 

[TomSH27]

Thanks chaps, all good stuff.

 

[TomSH27]

Campag zondas with shimano hub will cost you 263 on wiggle and would be a world of diff to stock hoops

I don't think these match a 9 speed do they?