Commuting wheels

Rew

Want a set of cheap wheels to use for semi slicks on a MTB while commuting, I've seen sets up on wiggle for about 150 quid. Are these likely to be ****e, would suitable wheels come up 2nd hand much?

feck sake lads

i got a set of mavic .deore.swiss spokes from wiggle yesterday pleased enough with them.;)

Rew

Lads what likely problems are there with having a 2 different sets of wheels and swapping between them? I'm assuming disc calipers may need to be repositioned and rear derailleur adjusted?

doozerie

You shouldn't have to adjust the rear derailleur at all. If the cassette on one wheel is significantly larger/smaller than that on the other then you may need a chain of a different length though. It's no bad thing to use a dedicated chain per cassette anyway though as it should help keep wear and tear to a minimum.

If you have mudguards on the bike then you may find that you don't have suitable clearance if one set of wheels has larger diameter tyres. And something that may be annoying, rather than a problem as such, is if you have a speedo that doesn't let you swap easily to a different tyre circumference when changing between wheels.

blorg

I swap wheels on my road bikes all the time, no adjustment necessary. I think you should be OK if you use the same disc rotors, although I only have one set of MTB wheels so no experience there. I wouldn't bother swapping chain, you can use one chain over multiple cassettes no problem as long as you replace it before it wears (3,000-5,000km or so depending on care and conditions.)