Timeline for Wheel set consideration
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| Apr 9, 2012 at 11:18 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | One point to consider is the exaggeration of the issue of weight in a bike generally. Unless you're trying to be a competitive racer (or you're riding a 40-year-old Raleigh), the difference in weight between a fancy wheel and a more or less standard one is inconsequential. | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 6:50 | comment | added | zenbike | @heltonbiker: I agree that making sure there are parts available for your wheels is important. Speaking as the service manager of a busy work shop, even a standard, generic round spoke comes in so many specific sizes that it is only luck if you find what you need in stock, and many manufactured wheel's parts are as commonly stocked at this point as the "universal" parts. | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 4:31 | comment | added | heltonbiker | I agree lots of Sheldon Brown opinions are very questionable, and I think there are lots of great rarefied wheels around nowadays, but something inside me says it is better (and cheaper) to have standard, off-the-shelf, intercompatible components. Of course, it is (again) a question of personal preference, to certain point. | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 3:42 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | @heltonbiker -- It's a good thing the spokes are on the top. ;) | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 2:52 | comment | added | zenbike | While Sheldon Brown's site has good information on many subjects, this is one thing on which he is just plain wrong. It may have been accurate, or at least arguable, when written, but is so out of date as to be laughable at this point. When this was written, an average wheel set was 2200 grams. Now, with factory engineered wheel sets, and better engineered materials 1100 grams is common, and my Xentis Squad 2.5 CCL wheels are at that weight, with high lateral stiffness, and carrying my 120 kilo weight 2 years now without issues. | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 2:26 | comment | added | heltonbiker | Here you can see a bike using the exclusive new Citroën Monospoke Wheelset: sheldonbrown.com/nanodrive/bianchi-quarter.jpg | |
| Apr 8, 2012 at 21:19 | history | answered | Daniel R Hicks | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
