FrancoisO Posted January 24, 2008 Share What is the best overall racing wheels you get.Bora?Eastons?Mavic?Zipps?Spinnergy?HED? Is a deepsection so much better? What about climbing, sprinting? Best value? Normally these wheels are heavier and flex more, is it still the case? Tubbies, or clincher? I currently have Campaq Eurus(old), but want to buy new wheels. Help pleease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted January 24, 2008 Share There was a study posted a while ago that shows aero wheels are better than light weels OVERALL. Unless you've got 3 sets of wheels to use for different stages, go for aero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickled Posted January 24, 2008 Share How much you weigh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammajoor Posted January 24, 2008 Share What is the best overall racing wheels you get.Bora?Eastons?Mavic?Zipps?Spinnergy?HED? Is a deepsection so much better? What about climbing' date=' sprinting? Best value? Normally these wheels are heavier and flex more, is it still the case? Tubbies, or clincher? I currently have Campaq Eurus(old), but want to buy new wheels. Help pleease?[/quote'] This has been discussed at length, if money is not an issue Campy Boras take the cake, Zipps @ R10000 unbeatable value for money. Deepsectins make for some hectic handling in the wind but the rolling resistance is so much better than small sections My R0,02c worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIRR Posted January 24, 2008 Share The Easton Tempests are good lightweight aero wheels and can be serviced at your LBS if you do brake a spoke or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancoisO Posted January 24, 2008 Share 79kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickled Posted January 24, 2008 Share Wheels like the Zipp 404 hae a point where the aerodynamic qualities start to loose it effect in a cross wind if you fall below 70kg's. obviously, a hectic cross wind and it does not really matter how much you weigh. Depends what you want to do with them. If it climbing/cross winds a lot, the possibly mix a 50mm rear with a 30/40mm front wheel. You also need to look at if you want and clincher or tubby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted January 24, 2008 Share here we go...aero wheel wisdomhttp://bikehugger.com/2007/03/aero_wheels.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted January 24, 2008 Share And if you want to get technical http://www.duke.edu/~hpgavin/papers/HPGavin-Wheel-Paper.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted January 24, 2008 Share Nog een: http://www.rouesartisanales.com/article-15505311.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted January 24, 2008 Share hmm... is aero always the best, even if i weigh less than a stick man with the wood scraped off? Roy Davis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 24, 2008 Share Interesting article Spiderhead, so basically if you want to succeed in a break away you need 808's and no wind according to this image... http://accel95.mettre-put-idata.over-blog.com/0/02/72/10/Tests-Acheteur/base-de-donnees/aero_english.jpg Who said ZIPPS were k@k... Jokerman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltazar Posted January 24, 2008 Share Will you feel an immediate difference when you change wheels ?i have never ridden aero --- too scared --- only 56 kg !So, should i get aero or not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickled Posted January 24, 2008 Share Personally, I love my 404's, but I am cautious of getting caught in a strong cross wind. I weigh 72 and would rather ride with a normal front if there is a huge cross wind. I do however think that it is a personal preference. I love my Kysriums for routes with big climbs, but rolling or falt i love my Zipps, they do feel happier at higher speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Posted January 24, 2008 Share Will you feel an immediate difference when you change wheels ? i have never ridden aero --- too scared --- only 56 kg ! So' date=' should i get aero or not ?[/quote'] I am 66kg and ride HED Alps which are 55cm deep. I do not ride them if the weather report says the winds will be above 22km/h (no science in this) but when i do use them they are brilliant, so go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocaine Posted January 24, 2008 Share I weigh 63kg... I felt an immediate difference when I put zipp 404's on... was so ridiculous it was actually scary... Never once had a big problem with cross winds and I raced them in some of the strongest cross winds in Cape Town... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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