Pro Lite Bracciano wheels

templer27

Thinking just thinking of getting a lighter wheels.What are the pro lite like,Cork bicycle services are selling them for 360 euroes seem like a good deal.

Should really lose some weight as a am nearly 13.5 stone:eek: at the moment so I need a strong set of hoops.I'm also thinking of fulcrum 3s, they are a little bit more expensive but fulcrums are quaility.

I have fulcrum 5s but now they are a little bit heavy,so I suppose the 3s would be a big step up in quailty and they are much lighter especially the 2011 ones.

Another option is shimano RS80s or the ultegra's,big fan of most things shimano.However the bracciano's seem the best value,don't really know anything about pro lite wheels don't know any one who has them.

Quigs Snr

They come into stock here from time to time....

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/Pro-Lite-Bracciano-Clincher-Wheels-Pair/PROLWHFR280

horizon26

Fulcrums are super strong and can take a lot of abuse,good for Irish roads great if you are a heavy cyclist.

Dubba

Or you could go with the Planet X Model B's:

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/WPPXMODELB/planet-x-model-b-wheelset

I'm around the same weight and have these for a year now with no problems.
There light enough and relatively cheap @ €155.

doozerie

There have been a few threads relatively recently in which Pro-Lite have been discussed, and the Braccianos in particular in most cases. It may be worth doing a search for those.

For what it is worth, I have a pair of entry level Pro-Lites (the Luciano's) and they have been fine for the few months I've been riding them. I've been particularly impressed, so far, by the smoothness of the hubs/bearings. The Bracciano's claim to have better hubs again.

If you like to maintain your own wheels, then one thing to be aware of is that Pro-Lite say that they tension the spokes in their wheels to a very high level. If you ever have to replace a spoke you are supposed to reduce the tension on all of the remaining spokes first before fitting the new one, and then re-tension all of them obviously. If you are comfortable with working on wheels, or rely on someone who is, then that's just a bit of hassle rather than a problem but it's worth being aware of it. There is further info on this on their website, think I posted a link directly to it in a previous thread discussing Pro-Lite's. I can't imagine that Pro-Lite spokes are any more prone to breaking than those of any other manufacturer's wheelset though, so it's not a problem that you should expect to have to confront often, if ever.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Quigs Snr wrote: »

They come into stock here from time to time....

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/Pro-Lite-Bracciano-Clincher-Wheels-Pair/PROLWHFR280

I e-mailed Ribble yesterday about these & was told it will be 3 to 4 months before they come back into stock.

Hail 2 Da Thief

templer27 wrote: »

Cork bicycle services are selling them for 360 euroes seem like a good deal.

It's difficult to find sets suitable for Shimano/SRAM freehubs. They're out of stock in most places.
I've just bought a set online for £235 + £15 postage but it looks like I bought their last set in stock.