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Wheel Upgrade
Hello All,
Looking to upgrade my wheels on my road bike - here are the two contenders:
Mavic Ksyrium Elite - http://www.evanscycles.com/products/mavic/2016-ksyrium-elite-700c-road-w...
Mavic Ksyrium Pro - http://www.evanscycles.com/products/mavic/ksyrium-pro-700c-wheelset-2016...
The upgrades between the two are that the Pro features a carbon hub on the front wheel and features Mavic's Zicral spokes. Elite's weight is 1550g and Pro's are 1475 so a fair weight saving.
My question is are the benefits of the Pro worth the extra cost or will the Elite's suit just fine? What does a carbon hub give me apart from less weight?
Many Thanks in advance
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Solid choice - sure you'll love em.
Thanks all for your advice - will go for the Elite's
A whole 75 grammes!
You are digressing into semantics.
God, I hope not. It's more a case of a longing to see/read plain English. I just don't see how it adds to the quality of a review or a recommendation, unless I am missing something. Hence the question.
Will someone please explain to me what 'roll very nicely' means? See it all the time on wheel reviews.
I've used dozens of wheels over the years. I'm fairly sure they've all 'rolled very nicely', thanks largely (I guess) to the fact that they have all been round and fitted with round tyres and have been on properly mantained hubs, so what is the point of this description?
I'm genuinely interested in how to define this term. How do you tell? In a blind test, if it were possible, what would be the tell-tale signs of a nice/poor roller? Why would a wheel not 'roll nicely', assuming it has been built correctly? i.e. it is round/circular (whichever is the correct term)
Lol. Indeed- nice rolling would seem to me a basic starting point rather than something to recommend a wheel by! Not nice rolling would suggest knackered bearings.
I'm with you in this.
It's a bit like football managers referring to 'a good win' in a post-match interview. What exactly would constitue a bad win?
Why are you pushing those wheels, they look overpriced like most wheels. How about the new Wiggle Cosine alloy wheels, they look the same as the Novatec Jetfly wheels but much cheaper, or the Vittoria Elusion wheels from Merlin for £ 250 ? I just got the Vittorias myself and they roll very nicely. The new Kysiriums are wider at the rim than the old ones btw.
I'm not pushing anything- just making suggestions, as are you.
If you are going for the elites then I'd suggest going for the new wider ones- the traditional ones are pretty narrow and don't give the best profile to 25mm tyres.
For that sort of money I'd consider these: http://www.huntbikewheels.com/collections/road-rim-brake-wheels/products... which have a similar weight and a more aero profile. The Kysriums are a bit old school box section.
I'd get myself a pair of these for that money.
http://thecycleclinic.co.uk/collections/road-rim-brake-wheelsets/product...
I can't comment with any authority as I haven't used the Pros. But I have got the latest Ksyrium elites, and compared to my old Aksums they are lovely. I'm sure they'd be a great upgrade over any stock wheels.
I don't think I was aware of the Pros when I bought, but I don't think I would have spent the extra £150 just for 75g saving. A lot of that saving is presumably in the carbon hub, so unlikely to make any perceptible difference to speed. You could save a similar weight by swapping out the skewers on the Elites - and that would be a lot cheaper
Sigmasport have a 10% voucher running right now btw, so both sets a fair bit cheaper than Evans.