Colnago C68 - Wheels Poll

[Furbz]

[Duane_Bosch]

The 353's Coz I live in Cape Town and we have wind.

 

Oh and **** you!

[MaMc]

Winspace D45 and R20k in your pocket

[Furbz]

20 minutes ago, MaMc said:

Winspace D45 and R20k in your pocket

send a set to me and i will add it to the poll 

[DJuice]

Enve SES4.5 received my vote.

The clean lines of the Enve match those of the C68.

 

 

[DJuice]

@Furbzwhat wheelset do you prefer to ride?

Comfort

Speed

Stifness

 

[Bike Dewing]

1 hour ago, Furbz said:

That’s a hot bike.!😳😍

[madmarc]

ENVE in the 2nd pic - Deep sections nadda look nice on a COLNAGO.

BTW - If i was Admin i'd ban you for posting such porn here on The Hub - Have you no morals dude !!

[Furbz]

2 hours ago, DJuice said:

@Furbzwhat wheelset do you prefer to ride?

Comfort

Speed

Stiffness

 

For this bike the ENVE 4.5 wheels take the cake on the looks front for me. its just such a clean look.

 

COMFORT - Zipp 353 or ENVE 3.4 ARs. Honestly, blindfolded i would not be able to tell which is which. the 25mm inner is superb. both are extremely comfortable. and even on the hills i would not be able to tell them apart. Its worth mentioning the ENVE 4.5 wheels have an inner of 25mm! thats wide for such a deep wheel. so they come in a close 2nd place loosing out as the depth does impact their vertical compliance.

SPEED - Flats the ENVE 4.5 wheels seem to hold speed better than any of the other wheels. Its when you hit the hills the Zipp 454's feel that little more lively and willing to spin up a faster. If i was doing a flat TT i would put the ENVE 4.5s on over the Zipp 454 wheels. The Zipp 454 wheels are great all round wheels and are my go to hoops as they just "feel" great.

STIFFNESS - Hmmm. tough one this. i'd say again the 454's just because they feel like they accelerate faster (they are lighter, as as a smaller guy this does impact me). The ENVE 4.5s are just as stiff - but for me feel more at home cruising at high speed. i also might not be the best person to answer this (69kgs and 1290w in a sprint makes me not really a sprinter) i think put a big boy on these and you might get a more reliable answer.

 

[DJuice]

38 minutes ago, Furbz said:

For this bike the ENVE 4.5 wheels take the cake on the looks front for me. its just such a clean look.

 

COMFORT - Zipp 353 or ENVE 3.4 ARs. Honestly, blindfolded i would not be able to tell which is which. the 25mm inner is superb. both are extremely comfortable. and even on the hills i would not be able to tell them apart. Its worth mentioning the ENVE 4.5 wheels have an inner of 25mm! thats wide for such a deep wheel. so they come in a close 2nd place loosing out as the depth does impact their vertical compliance.

SPEED - Flats the ENVE 4.5 wheels seem to hold speed better than any of the other wheels. Its when you hit the hills the Zipp 454's feel that little more lively and willing to spin up a faster. If i was doing a flat TT i would put the ENVE 4.5s on over the Zipp 454 wheels. The Zipp 454 wheels are great all round wheels and are my go to hoops as they just "feel" great.

STIFFNESS - Hmmm. tough one this. i'd say again the 454's just because they feel like they accelerate faster (they are lighter, as as a smaller guy this does impact me). The ENVE 4.5s are just as stiff - but for me feel more at home cruising at high speed. i also might not be the best person to answer this (69kgs and 1290w in a sprint makes me not really a sprinter) i think put a big boy on these and you might get a more reliable answer.

 

Thanks for the time and effort @Furbz with the detail reply. 
All of them look great! 

[splat]

Can we start another poll with this bike ?
(1 of 2 in the country...)

https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/road-bike-frames/688081/colnago-c68-only-1-available-in-the-country

[Mongoose!]

According to my calculation 98.41% of people who will take part in this poll never owned any of these wheels or will ever own it. 99.12% will never have the opportunity to test / ride these wheels.

Rather change it to : Which combination of wheels looks the best? 🙃

 

Edited December 7, 2023 by Mongoose!