Hi all,
I posted a while back about the RS80 wheelset as a replacement for my stock and slightly worn (4 year old) Bontrager SSR wheels that came with my Trek 1.7 back in 2009.
I hadn't quite appreciated the amount of opinion and debate over wheel weight, aero etc until I started reading around the web.
Now I was going to go with the RS80 C24s, and they seem pretty lightweight, but is it reasonable to state that for a lightweight rider like myself who is fairly quick up the slopes on my current wheels, that the difference between a wheelset coming in at 1500gms or 1700gms is not going to be noticeable.
The reason I ask is that my current wheelset which have a 30mm rim depth come in at a fairly substantial 2125gms, and with rubber, skewers and cassette the total weight is 3380gms, so it isnt as though I am used to feather lite wheels and I have happily gone up and down all the local climbs, including a couple of very steep 1 to 2 mile climbs on my daily commute (15 miles each way).
As a result, perhaps something like the Fulcrum Racing Quattro, with a 35mm depth and a good 400gms less weight in the wheelset would suffice, and save me £100 into the bargain, while retaining any of the minuscule aero benefit my current wheels have given me.
Would that seem a reasonable thought pattern, and are the Fulcrum wheels generally well though of?
Sorry if that is as clear as mud, but all input most welcome
I posted a while back about the RS80 wheelset as a replacement for my stock and slightly worn (4 year old) Bontrager SSR wheels that came with my Trek 1.7 back in 2009.
I hadn't quite appreciated the amount of opinion and debate over wheel weight, aero etc until I started reading around the web.
Now I was going to go with the RS80 C24s, and they seem pretty lightweight, but is it reasonable to state that for a lightweight rider like myself who is fairly quick up the slopes on my current wheels, that the difference between a wheelset coming in at 1500gms or 1700gms is not going to be noticeable.
The reason I ask is that my current wheelset which have a 30mm rim depth come in at a fairly substantial 2125gms, and with rubber, skewers and cassette the total weight is 3380gms, so it isnt as though I am used to feather lite wheels and I have happily gone up and down all the local climbs, including a couple of very steep 1 to 2 mile climbs on my daily commute (15 miles each way).
As a result, perhaps something like the Fulcrum Racing Quattro, with a 35mm depth and a good 400gms less weight in the wheelset would suffice, and save me £100 into the bargain, while retaining any of the minuscule aero benefit my current wheels have given me.
Would that seem a reasonable thought pattern, and are the Fulcrum wheels generally well though of?
Sorry if that is as clear as mud, but all input most welcome
