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Best Wheels For Under 1k eur

Tibulus · 2015-08-04 19:03:07

Had been saving a pair of Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLS WTS. But have read a few questionable reviews. Any suggestions?

04-08-2015 7:03pm

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Tibulus

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Had been saving a pair of Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLS WTS.

But have read a few questionable reviews.

Any suggestions?

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#2 04-08-2015 7:06pm

Brian?

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Tibulus wrote: »

Had been saving a pair of Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLS WTS.

But have read a few bad reviews.

Any suggestions?

What bad reviews?

they/them/theirs

And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek

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#3 04-08-2015 7:55pm

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#4 04-08-2015 9:01pm

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Best wheel for under €1k? I'm waiting for someone to say '3 pairs of Zondas'.

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#5 04-08-2015 9:44pm

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531 wrote: »

Best wheel for under €1k? I'm waiting for someone to say '3 pairs of Zondas'.

Then save for 3 new bikes for the zondas

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#6 05-08-2015 8:49am

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stecleary wrote: »

Then save for 3 new bikes for the zondas

Or get a yellow mavic cycling kit to transform yourself into mavic support vehicle as seen on TdF..although you'd need to carry the 2 extra pairs of them wheels with you at all time.

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#7 05-08-2015 9:00am

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Tibulus wrote: »

Had been saving a pair of Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLS WTS.

But have read a few questionable reviews.

Any suggestions?

buy a set of cosmics and zondas! :-)
http://www.rosebikes.com/article/fromsearch/mavic-cosmic-carbone-sls-28700-c-road-wheel-set/aid:715240

i have a set of SLS and they are great.... I TT on them and race sometimes. they are bullet proof and look ok. i know someone who used SLS for TT'ing and then got a disc wheel; he sees no difference in his times with the rear disc wheel.

I love the look of these Vision Metron 30s: http://www.bike24.com/1.php?content=8;navigation=1;product=112374;page=1;menu=1000,4,123,30;mid=0;pgc=17:76::17646:17649;orderby=2

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#8 05-08-2015 9:01am

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On that budget, something hand built might be your best bet. I'd go for something like this.

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#9 05-08-2015 11:13am

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Heavy, about as aero as a brick and it's most common wheel I've seen fail. We avoid selling them in our shop, seen so many pairs rip they're own spokes through the carbon.

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#10 05-08-2015 11:15am

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StevieGriff wrote: »

Heavy, about as aero as a brick and it's most common wheel I've seen fail. We avoid selling them in our shop, seen so many pairs rip they're only spoke through the carbon.

But they make a great whoosing sound.....

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#11 05-08-2015 12:08pm

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Two months ago I would have said Zondas but I got a set of Superstar components Pave 28 and they are excellent, the nearest to tubs in a clincher I have ever ridden. Around €230 but you can get them with dtswiss hubs too.

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#12 05-08-2015 8:28pm

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Tibulus wrote: »

Any suggestions?

A handbuilt set with the best serviceable hubs on the market like the DA, rims and spokes of your choice (subject to suitability) would be the way to go.

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#13 05-08-2015 9:47pm

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Tibulus wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=82995839

I see no bad reviews. Just curmudgeonly comment. I have cosmics and love them.

they/them/theirs

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#14 05-08-2015 10:04pm

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If you aren't going aero or for tubs, I'd go for campag shamals or fulcrum racing zeros.

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#15 05-08-2015 10:20pm

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I'd love a pair from wheelsmith with Chris King or Rolls Royce hubs.

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#16 05-08-2015 10:24pm

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OleRodrigo wrote: »

I'd love a pair from wheelsmith with Chris King or Rolls Royce hubs.

Rolls Royce hubs??

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#17 05-08-2015 10:29pm

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letape wrote: »

Rolls Royce hubs??

Royce even

http://www.royceuk.co.uk/Hubs/

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