Equinox carbon wheels

[spano]

anyone ride them?

 

how are they?

 

heard from someone they flex quite a bit?

 

thinking of maybe getting a set...

[spano]

nobody??

[singletrackmind]

The cycle lab elite/U23 team race on them so they cant be to bad

[Jules]

They look nice and the price is cheap but I don't think they're built as well as some of the competing brands. I know a few Equinox wheel riders and I don't hear them raving about their wheels.

 

 

 

Still, if you're on a budget and have your heart set on carbon rims, there are not too many options besides Equinox.

[bduplessis]

zipp zipp zipp

[The Saint]

For around the same price as Equinox you can get a set of A Class San Remo - excellent wheel, I think I am possible the only guy in Sa riding em as I have never seen them before on any other bike and they are brilliant

 

[Spinnekop]

Have a look at the Planet-X wheels......not bad at all......they also make a Carbon clincher......

 

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.za/Category.aspx?CategoryID=58

 

 

[Jules]

Ja that Planet-X stuff is incredibly good value.

[wisecrack]

Im planning to buy a set of the PlanetX tubulars soon as they really do seem good value for money.

 

Any idea why the clincher is sooo much more expensive?

 

[Kiwi]

Making the hook bead in full carbon is really tricky to do. There is a huge amount of side wall pressure from the tube that a tubular doesn't have to contend with because the tubular casing looks after that. Then there is heat build up which has to be dissipated to prevent a possible blow-out under heavy braking. <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

That's why a lot of manufacturers chicken out and bond on an alloy rim.

 

The pay-off of an all carbon clincher is that you are looking at 100grams per rim lighter than the equivalent alloy rim.

[wisecrack]

Thanks for all the info Kiwi.

[spano]

what would you guys think...

 

I have a set of fulcrum racing 1 wheels

(my only wheels, no training wheels)

 

is it worth the money to get some carbon tubbies?

something like the equinox or the planet-x ones?

[wisecrack]

So you will be using the Fulcrums for training then?

 

 

[Sammajoor]

Rather get a cheap set of training rims that are heavy as hell

 

Much cheaper

 

[spano]

yeah,, well I use them for training and racing now.

 

is it beter to get tubbies and train of the fulcrums, or buy cheap training wheels?

[spano]

Rather get a cheap set of training rims that are heavy as hell

 

is it necessary to have a set?

why not keep on using the fulcrums for training and racing,or will their life significantly reduce?