Campagnolo Zonda wheels

willdill

Hi guy
Im just wondering has anybody any experience with the Campagnolo Zonda wheels.Im upgrading from Shimano rs31 and the zondas seem to be getting good reviews.There just for personal spins and some sportives but i do do a lot of climbing too and like to push a bit so just wondering would these be anyuse or go higher spec or carbon.

Quigs Snr

willdill wrote: »

Hi guy
Im just wondering has anybody any experience with the Campagnolo Zonda wheels.Im upgrading from Shimano rs31 and the zondas seem to be getting good reviews.There just for personal spins and some sportives but i do do a lot of climbing too and like to push a bit so just wondering would these be anyuse or go higher spec or carbon.

best wheelset under 700 euro (and better than some above that price). Can't go wrong for the money.

longshanks

Apparently they're bullet proof, laser straight, and are fixing the hole in the ozone. You won't be disappointed.

Hager

I've had a pair of zondas for the last 4 years (about 20,000 km) and I can't fault them. They are still as true as the day I got them although I have had to replace the freehub. Unless you are set on deep section wheels I don't think you can get a better bang for your buck. When the time comes to replace mine I will be going for Zondas again.

omri

I have a pair. Can't fault them.

crosstownk

+1 for Zondas.

I've been using them for the last 10,000km which includes commutes across Dublin City and all the potholes, rough roads etc.

They're still perfectly true. No other issues despite the fact I haven't even serviced the hubs yet.

Great value for money, IMO.

Eamonnator

longshanks wrote: »

Apparently they're bullet proof, laser straight, and are fixing the hole in the ozone. You won't be disappointed.

And you will be a better person, if you buy them.
Do a good search, there can be a big difference in price between various web shops.

Wiggle have them for €336 with free postage.

willdill

Thanks guys appreciate that it looks like the zondas then. cheers

ednwireland

Let you know when mine arrive . Hopefully this week.
OH and I missed the wiggle price so ended up paying 30 more damn

Wishbone Ash

Put over 20,000 on a pair and can't fault them either. Never went out of true and never popped a spoke.

Quigs Snr

Swimcyclerun usually have them.. and normally next day delivery too.

EDIT: Nope, not at the moment. Shame.. cheap as anywhere else. Its where I got mine.

SetOverSet

OP, SwimCycleRun have them for €329 at the minute...

http://www.swimcyclerun.com/wheelsroad/campagnolo-zonda-clincher-wheelset-with-shimano-hub.html

Out of stock at the min, it seems

youtheman

I have 2 seta of Zondas, one used and the second set brand new (just keping them until the original set wear out). Does anyone know what is the limit of wear on the braking surface?. The surface is now concave, maybe done a millimetr or two. Can't see any wear limit indicators.

crosstownk

youtheman wrote: »

I have 2 seta of Zondas, one used and the second set brand new (just keping them until the original set wear out). Does anyone know what is the limit of wear on the braking surface?. The surface is now concave, maybe done a millimetr or two. Can't see any wear limit indicators.

I don't think there are any wear limit indicators. AFAIK, EU legislation requires limit indicators on wheels supplied with new bikes but the legislation doesn't apply to aftermarket wheels. I read this somewhere last year but I'm too lazy to look it up right now.

It'd be great to know the wear limit. All I've used to date is the 'straight edge' method you mention to check for concave wear.

gaffmaster

I bought a pair last week. First impressions are great. Light with good power transfer. Acceleration noticeably quicker than my stock wheels.

Interestingly, the freehub was completely silent on the first spin. Google says they get noisier once the grease wears off.

shamrock2004

I bought a set of campagnolo shamal ultra and they are sh*t hot! Love them. Super light and incredibly strong. What's your budget? They are €799 on wiggle which is a great price. http://www.wiggle.com/campagnolo-shamal-ultra-mega-g3-clincher-wheelset/

OleRodrigo

Don't like the rear lacing and its bad luck to have Campy wheels with a Shimano groupset.

shamrock2004

OleRodrigo wrote: »

its bad luck to have Campy wheels with a Shimano groupset.

Why?

omri

€319 on 4thebike.de with around €18 shipping.

crosstownk

shamrock2004 wrote: »

Why?

It's also bad luck to kill a spider but if you squish one while riding a bike with Campy wheels and a Shimano grouppo then you'll suffer.......

.......or so I'm told.........

Cee-Jay-Cee

I have two sets, one on each bike. The ones on the winter bike are 5 years old now, have taken quite a lot abuse as they're only used in winter and wet weather and are still going strong and have never needed a moments attention. The set on my good bike are 18 months old and still like new and 100% straight and true.

For the price you'll find them extremely hard to beat.

Both my sets are on Shimano equipped bikes and while many kittens have died all over the world since I fitted them, I'm not to blame for any of their deaths. The same goes for baby goats.

willdill

crosstownk wrote: »

It's also bad luck to kill a spider but if you squish one while riding a bike with Campy wheels and a Shimano grouppo then you'll suffer.......

.......or so I'm told.........

ha ha ha ha

ednwireland

well having done a TT and an 80km spin since i got mine, they are fantastic perfectly true (lots of certificates to prove it)

the bearings feel supersmooth and they are as light as my 5 year old ksyrium SL's, hopefully the freehub is better than the mavics.

monkeyslayer

Anybody seen any good prices on these recently?

thekooman

ended up having to replace the rear hub on a set of Zondas with about 5000kms... they had seized up. cost 120 euro from what i remember. I've had Mavic wheels do 20k and never had a moments maintenance. suppose there will be one or 2 exceptions.

thekooman

monkeyslayer wrote: »

Anybody seen any good prices on these recently?

the new model is out now so they are north of 400 euro

py

thekooman wrote: »

the new model is out now so they are north of 400 euro

SCR have them for €380.

cython

py wrote: »

SCR have them for €380.

No stock of them at the moment, and the last time they went out it took a long-ass time for them to be available again

cython

Actually, Merlin look to have ok value on them at the moment, approx 460 euro, but with a pair of GP4000sII's and tubes included, that's not too shabby, IMHO, assuming you can run 25c tyres: https://www.merlincycles.com/campagnolo-zonda-c17-road-wheels-95027.html

crosstownk

Weepsie wrote: »

You can get Fulcrum 3 for 350 from Wiggle.

Yep - the same wheel with a slightly different spoke pattern and white hubs. I bought a pair of Fulcrums just before Christmas and they are just as good as the Zondas.

Wishbone Ash

One downside of the Zondas and Siroccos is that the hub is very expensive to replace. I've been in that dilemma a few times where I'm asking myself if it is feasible to spend approx €90 on a new hub for an 'off the shelf' wheel with a fair bit of rim wear.

EDIT: I mean freewheel - not hub!

Cee-Jay-Cee

My 2010 (they may even be as old as 2007, not sure) Zondas on my winter bike have taken a severe beating over the last 3 years and have never needed a moments attention and still spin and run true and free.

InTheAttic

Weepsie wrote: »

You can get Fulcrum 3 for 350 from Wiggle.

I know someone who has them and in 1 winter alone, had to replace the bearings several times. I wouldn't go near them.

iwillhtfu

monkeyslayer wrote: »

Anybody seen any good prices on these recently?

Some one must've been listening. Just up on adverts section €275

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057717221

monkeyslayer

IV had conflicting experiences with fulcrum, iv had the 5's as my main wheels and now as spares and their still going strong after 18000kms... I had 7s on a commuter that I wore out the rims on after 8k, currently have zeros on the nice bike and though they ride great iv changed the free hub three times in the 4k summer ish riding iv been using them in ... I probably wouldn't get them again at any price, they're lovely wheels for climbing though. Just looking for a new stiff everyday wheel now that the 5s are retired, Tho I know campagnolo is fulcrum Iv been hard pushed to find bad reviews on the zondas. I do like the 3's. Are they really the same wheel?

Cee-Jay-Cee

monkeyslayer wrote: »

IV had conflicting experiences with fulcrum, iv had the 5's as my main wheels and now as spares and their still going strong after 18000kms... I had 7s on a commuter that I wore out the rims on after 8k, currently have zeros on the nice bike and though they ride great iv changed the free hub three times in the 4k summer ish riding iv been using them in ... I probably wouldn't get them again at any price, they're lovely wheels for climbing though. Just looking for a new stiff everyday wheel now that the 5s are retired, Tho I know campagnolo is fulcrum Iv been hard pushed to find bad reviews on the zondas. I do like the 3's. Are they really the same wheel?

Yes basically the same with slightly different rear spoke design and white hubs (which look terrible IMO)

I'm a firm Fulcrum/Campag fan and can safely say I will never consider anything else if buying new wheels.

letape

thekooman wrote: »

ended up having to replace the rear hub on a set of Zondas with about 5000kms... they had seized up. cost 120 euro from what i remember. I've had Mavic wheels do 20k and never had a moments maintenance. suppose there will be one or 2 exceptions.

Why didn't you just have the bearings in the hub and / or free hub replaced? They are both readily available and very cheap.

Don't know why a hub would need to be replaced.

irishrover99

I bought the new Zondas when they came back into stock on SCR in January when the price was 329. Only days later someone realized everywhere else was selling them for at least 379 so i was lucky as they upped the price.
The box arrived labeled Shimano freehub and when i took them out to inspect them, the freehub was a lovely metal sturdy looking thing. It was only when i went to put my cassette on that i noticed it was a Campy freehub.

When the guy from SCR dropped a new wheel out to my house i was disappointed to see a plastic/cheap looking shimano freehub but i'm sure that's the standard shimano freehub that comes with them.
Anyway i'm fairly impressed with them so far in the limited use they've got

nordicb

Unfortunately, as good as Zonda's are, they do not stand wet well. If you regularly check the hubs, they serve, spin nicely for very long. The weak spot in them is the bearing between the cassette and the hub. The seal lets in the moist, which gets onto the pawls and the inner bearing. Less of an issue is the opposite side. The front wheel has no issues at all it seems.

The way hubs are built, it takes 5 minutes to check all that - beautifully crafted, easy to maintain. I use green shimano hub grease for these, but it does cause a bit of discoloration of the bearing plastic guard. Probably better to use plastic safe grease (loctite superlube, for example, is great).

Big fan of campy wheels.

jamesd

Was going for a set of new fulcrums but a friend purchased the same set last September and used them all winter and both bearings went in them in Feb - would this be normal for a set used all winter?

Fulcrum Racing Quattro Carbon disc are the wheels.

OleRodrigo

Neither zonda or fulcrum hubs (same difference ) have additional sealing for wet weather.

monkeyslayer

Day one with my new Zondas today, what a fantastic wheelset. So smooth and stiff. Just lovely. I'm delighted with them.

koutoubia

Myself and then my son ran a pair of scirocco's for a afew years. I changed the bearings as an upgrade soon after getting them.
Ran fine until my son managed to break two spokes in the rear G3 pattern.
No in a quandry whether to call it a day with the rear binning the a aperfectly good hub and rim or get a Campy spoke package and find someone to relace the rear g3.
As its a 21 spoke hub getting a an after market rim to fit is almost impossible!

thekooman

letape wrote: »

Why didn't you just have the bearings in the hub and / or free hub replaced? They are both readily available and very cheap.

Don't know why a hub would need to be replaced.

Only just seen this now... my lbs told me they needed replacing as I haven't a clue about hubs. I obviously got done.

Wishbone Ash

koutoubia wrote: »

Myself and then my son ran a pair of scirocco's for a afew years. I changed the bearings as an upgrade soon after getting them.
Ran fine until my son managed to break two spokes in the rear G3 pattern.
No in a quandry whether to call it a day with the rear binning the a aperfectly good hub and rim or get a Campy spoke package and find someone to relace the rear g3.
As its a 21 spoke hub getting a an after market rim to fit is almost impossible!

koutoubia - I have a pair of Sciroccos that I have 'retired' as the freehub needs attention and there is heavy rim wear. Are they any use to you for the spokes? There for the taking if you need them.