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Just in: Pro-Lite Revo A21 wheelset
Just landed here at road.cc is this new Pro-Lite wheelset, the Revo A21. If you're studying emerging trends in the road/disc market you can get your fill here. They're a wide-profile, tubeless-ready disc wheel with convertible axles and a Centerlock disc mount. At 1650g they're not heavy, and at £350 RRP they're not expensive either.
The 21 in the name refers to the depth of the rim, not the internal width of the rim bed, which is 19mm. It wasn't so long ago that most road wheels were 15mm internal, then things started creeping outwards as aerodynamics came into play and wider, lighter tyres became available. Now even 21mm isn't uncommon; according to ISO 5575 the Revo's 19mm width should mean a minimum of 28mm tyres but we've used a number of wider rims with fast-rolling 25mm tyres with no issues.
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They're tubeless-ready, too, the Revos. That means some of the new wider-profile all-surface tubeless tyres, such as Schwalbe's 30mm S-One and 38mm G-One, are options. We've set this pair of wheels up with the latter for now, and we had no issues getting them to seal. We'll be trying other tyres too.
With 32 bladed steel spokes at the rear, and 28 at the front, laced three-cross in each wheel, these Pro-Lites should be plenty sturdy. Even then they're by no means heavy. The Pro-Lite website list weight is 1614g, and ours weighed in at 1650g with rim tape but without skewers. That's comparable to some wheelsets costing considerably more than the £350 Pro-Lite are asking for these. They're hand-built, too, with quality EZO bearings (2 at the front, 4 at the back) in the hubs. The hubs are rebuildable for thru-axles (142x12mm at the back, 100x15mm at the front) and the bits you need come with the wheels. The Revos are available with 6-bolt or Centerlock disc mounts; we have the latter.
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We'll be putting some miles into the Revos over the winter and we'll give them a thrash round a cyclocross race too for good measure. Look out for a review soon.
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
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I was up for some Cosine wheels but when you get the Pro Lite's price matched to £160 and have your discount on top....£143
I can also live with the graphics (not what you'd call subtle!) at that price
The Wiggle wheels look like good value but a one year warranty isn't too good, I just bought some Vittoria Elusion wheels and they have a 3 year warranty. Pretty reasonable price too, at £ 250.
Top of my list are Wiggle's Cosine set. £180 and 1506g, even if they do fail I won't mind losing the money. They're guarenteed a year on warranty
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cosine-23mm-alloy-clincher-disc-brake-road-wheel...
http://www.nrg4cycling.co.uk/index.php?route=product/manufacturer/info&m... You can find the wheels here, thanks to Road CC for this review we really appreciate it.
I've had a set of these on my Whyte Suffolk for about 4 onths now. Bought through Wiggle for £315 and I must say they are a fantastic wheelset. I like the high spoke count as being a hefty bloke I needed the strength. I looked at the Hunt wheels but they have a rider weight limit of 95Kg (I think) which put me out but these don't.
Only down side for me was getting the tyres on. It was probably the hardest wheelset to get tyres on I've encountered in over 25 years of cycling, road or MTB. I suppose that's just the way things are going with tubeless etc but it does concern me for if I get a flat when I'm out (I don't run tubeless).
We need a review of the available products. I suspect it is a bit early. But Hope do some 700c for similar price and weight. Hunt 4 Season are lighter but a similar spec. Kinesis do a set which are light and fairly cheap but not totally reliable. Seems like you can get a wheelbuilder to do you a set for around £450 with H&Son rims or Stans and novatec hubs like these - with the better bearings. Those buying new disc roadbikes will need an upgrade - but want 24 / 28 spoke with a set weight under 1600g for around £400. Not much out there yet, alot more aimed to CX.
@birzzles I agree. I've just pushed the button on the 2016 mavic disc ksyriums on the grounds of reliability (brass not alloy nipples) then weight (at least 900g lighter than my stock wheels) but it's something of a stab in the dark as there are no reviews yet. These look promising but it's too late for me!
Where can you buy the G- or X- one tyres from?
not sure either of them – nor the S-One – are widely available yet. Or even available much at all. They are coming soon though and we've had production versions of the G-One and S-One from Schwalbe
They sound great but they're definitely a bit "extrovert" in the looks department aren't they?