Ribble CSN wheels

koutoubia

Will be looking to buy aa set of wheels in the next few weeks and was thinking of buying a set of Ribble's own brand CSN carbon wheels but can find out very little about them except the fact that they arent light but that doesnt worry me.
Anyone have/had a set?
What hubs do they use etc etc?

wav1

One of my sons has had a set of the XL50s for about the past five years.They are the clinchers with shimano freebody.I have always maintained that they were the best value deep section wheelsets out there.I think they were [are] great value.Replaced bearings in each wheel once in the five years.
Negative is that yes they are on the heavy side.

godtabh

I went on a 500km charity spin a couple of years ago and on of the lads on it had those wheels. He had them with ceramic bearings I think but I can still remember to this day the sound they made. You could hear him coming for miles! They looked the business and he really liked them

koutoubia

Thanks Ger.
Handy enough to change the bearings?

koutoubia

godtabh wrote: »

I went on a 500km charity spin a couple of years ago and on of the lads on it had those wheels. He had them with ceramic bearings I think but I can still remember to this day the sound they made. You could hear him coming for miles! They looked the business and he really liked them

Was it a 'Whoosh Whoosh' sound.Thats the most important bit lol

godtabh

koutoubia wrote: »

Was it a 'Whoosh Whoosh' sound.Thats the most important bit lol

That's the one.

wav1

koutoubia wrote: »

Thanks Ger.
Handy enough to change the bearings?

No problem.Got them in Dickson Bearings in Finglas off the shelf.You're welcome to have a look at the set here before you pull the trigger.

TheBlaaMan

Are CSNs are only available as tubular?

koutoubia

No.
In clincher as well..but more expensive!
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/csn-pr-whls-superleggera-xl50-clincher/

fat bloke

Gosh they're very well priced.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/csn-pr-whls-superleggera-xl50-tubular/

Is that a real offer? Were they ever actually over a grand?

And how heavy is "heavy"?

koutoubia

I dont think they were ever a grand considering they are Ribble's own brand.
Weight wise ..well you wont be doing any Alpine climbs on them. I think the tubs are around 1.8kgs

fat bloke

koutoubia wrote: »

I think the tubs are around 1.8kgs

detones

And in vcb red too ;-)

koutoubia

indeed...most important!

koutoubia

Google gives me...the clinchers are 2.2kg! and tubs 1.6kg.

Plastik

Ribble say 1500g (without skewers I assume) for the tubs.

koutoubia

Can live with that.

wav1

I bought them circa 2010/11 and they were approx. same price then as now.

koutoubia

were the hubs easy to service? No special tools?

wav1

koutoubia wrote: »

were the hubs easy to service? No special tools?

No problems at all