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Best climber wheels between £500 and £1000

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a good pair of light weight climbing clincher wheels for between £500 and £1000?

I've been looking at the Shimano Dura Ace c24's.

Pretty new to cycling and want a set that are light for the hills!

Thanks

Rob

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rnarito | 9 years ago
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+2 on the C24's...light, stiff with great hubs. You can find the C24's on sale now and then...definitely worth the money!

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Exup | 9 years ago
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I have Kysium Elites, RS81 C24s and Zondas and to be honest I find them all similar. Slight differences in weight and cost but all good and all recommended.
The Zondas can easily be bought for less than £250, so cracking value.

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AWP | 9 years ago
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I can recommend the Dura-Ace C24. Light, stiff, carbon/aluminum composite giving a good braking surface, the hubs get better with miles - difficult to fault really. There are some good deals if you shop around.

If you want to know their real weights let me know, I have them written down at home so can't quote them here.

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harman_mogul replied to AWP | 9 years ago
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+1 for DA C24, and for about half the money you can get RS81s that are dynamically identical.

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DanTe | 9 years ago
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That DCR site looks really good, I like his schtik. I'm going to get in touch with them about a set of lightweight climbing wheels.
Looks like they do a good few builds for the bigger rider which is encouraging..

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IronFresh | 9 years ago
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Campag Zonda's absolutely brilliant and can be bought for £250...

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TheHound | 9 years ago
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A tad off topic...

DCRWheels were by far the most helpful of the several major wheelbuilders I contacted and his website is full of ridiculously useful information.

Wheelsmith, told me they don't use the components I'd asked about and made no alternative suggestions.

Strada, never replied after 2 e-mails.

Cycleclinic, offered an alternative that had nothing to do with what I'd asked for.

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Toro Toro | 9 years ago
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I've not used DCRWheels; but he's a former student of mine, and I can 100% vouch for his honesty, care, and diligence.

And that's a cracking price for good hoops at that weight.

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TheHound | 9 years ago
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Ignore the crap about losing weight and training plans. Obviously they help, but sometimes you just want to buy stuff.

I'd say go handbuilt if you're climbing slower than 15mph (over that than aero comes into play), you'll get something lighter, cheaper, more maintainable than going factory. The advice of the wheel builder will be priceless too if you don't know what you're looking for.

I bought a set from DCRWheels, 1360g/under £400, easy to replace parts when needed. To get factory wheels at that weight I would have had to spend twice as much.

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Martyn_K | 9 years ago
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Knowing what you are already rolling on will help. We could advise x wheels or y wheels but you may already have them.

Depending on what you are doing with them, yeah i know climbing, you may not need to spend that kind of cash to get great results.

Also, what kind of climbing? Short punchy UK climbs where you need a stiff wheel for out of the saddle efforts or long drawn out alpine climbs where weight really is the key.

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Charles_Hunter | 9 years ago
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Rs80 and spend the remainder on other stuff, 23mm conti 4000s tyres and some conti race light inner tubes.

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Derny | 9 years ago
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I had good luck with Campagnolo Neutrons.

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2 Wheeled Idiot | 9 years ago
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To spend that kind of money and without knowing what wheels you've already got, its hard to recommend.
Magic ksyriuks are popular but I'd be looking at some second hand carbon wheels.
You will get more benefit by getting a good coaching plan and sticking to it than saving 200g off your wheels.

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Batchy | 9 years ago
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Try loosing a couple of kilos . It costs nowt and believe you me it works !

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timb27 replied to Batchy | 9 years ago
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Batchy wrote:

Try loosing a couple of kilos . It costs nowt and believe you me it works !

Did you reply to the wrong thread? OP asked about wheels, not weight loss.

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Batchy replied to timb27 | 9 years ago
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Spatulala wrote:
Batchy wrote:

Try loosing a couple of kilos . It costs nowt and believe you me it works !

Did you reply to the wrong thread? OP asked about wheels, not weight loss.

No. I am just offering an alternative suggestion to save you money. Then of course you could opt for Mavic Kysium Elite S for about £425 !

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hsiaolc replied to Batchy | 9 years ago
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Batchy wrote:
Spatulala wrote:
Batchy wrote:

Try loosing a couple of kilos . It costs nowt and believe you me it works !

Did you reply to the wrong thread? OP asked about wheels, not weight loss.

No. I am just offering an alternative suggestion to save you money. Then of course you could opt for Mavic Kysium Elite S for about £425 !

I am sure the OP knows that already. We all know we can lose more weight to gain more benefits.

He didn't ask for that kind of advice.

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Batchy replied to hsiaolc | 9 years ago
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hsiaolc wrote:
Batchy wrote:
Spatulala wrote:
Batchy wrote:

Try loosing a couple of kilos . It costs nowt and believe you me it works !

Did you reply to the wrong thread? OP asked about wheels, not weight loss.

No. I am just offering an alternative suggestion to save you money. Then of course you could opt for Mavic Kysium Elite S for about £425 !

I am sure the OP knows that already. We all know we can lose more weight to gain more benefits.

He didn't ask for that kind of advice.

Mavic Kysium Elite S . There, I've said it again !

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CXR94Di2 | 9 years ago
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Lightest and stiffest simple really. Aero not needed as you will be going slow. 'Hunt' do some nice wheels for less than £500

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