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Should I upgrade my wheels

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  • May 17, 2013 at 8:16 am #18810
    averagecyclist

    I’ve just bought a trek madone 4.5, collecting on Monday.

    It comes with bontrager race wheels. Would it benefit from a wheel upgrade to mavic ksyrium elites or are they a similar standard to the stock wheels?

    I like how the ksyriums look and I’ve got the cash from selling my mountain bike but maybe I’m just getting carried away….any thoughts?

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  • May 17, 2013 at 6:00 pm #735805
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    averagecyclist

    Thanks for the advice – I’ll
    Thanks for the advice – I’ll stick with the bontragers and bank the cash for a change!

    Excited for Monday now 😀

    May 17, 2013 at 12:02 pm #735803
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    notfastenough

    My LBS reckons the stock
    My LBS reckons the stock wheels with that bike are equivalent to elites anyway. Buy a garmin and a raceware mount, nice pedals/shoes etc.

    May 17, 2013 at 11:43 am #735801
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    arrieredupeleton

    If you swap out the wheel
    If you swap out the wheel now, you won’t have a benchmark to judge any future upgrade against. As 700cc says, ride them in and only if you feel that they are holding you back in the future should you upgrade. I think you should ride them until they are like Pringles then go for some Ksyrium Elites or SLRs.

    May 17, 2013 at 10:54 am #735799
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    700c

    Ashleyhoaken wrote:if you’re

    Ashleyhoaken wrote:
    if you’re happy with the bontragers there is no reason to change, there is not enough differance between the two to justify changing

    +1, you’d need to spend significantly more to warrant an upgrade as the difference is likely to be minimal between these two sets, so for time being, see how you like them, upgrade tyres first, if you still have the itch, try out some carbon wheels, then splash the cash!

    May 17, 2013 at 9:57 am #735797
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    Ashleyhoaken

    if you’re happy with the
    if you’re happy with the bontragers there is no reason to change, there is not enough differance between the two to justify changing

    May 17, 2013 at 9:50 am #735795
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    Sadly Biggins

    Personally I’d stick with the
    Personally I’d stick with the wheels which come with the bike and get used to riding it and how it handles first. Save the cash for the time being.

    May 17, 2013 at 9:10 am #735793
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    spongebob

    Read this thread:
    Read this thread: http://road.cc/content/forum/82081-have-you-wasted-money-super-light-new-wheels

    Better off buying some nice tyres

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