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Road Disc brake wheel upgrade

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  • May 14, 2015 at 4:28 pm #774855
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    justinberman

    American Classic Hurricanes
    American Classic Hurricanes have a disc version. I have them on my cross bike, so far they’ve survived the mud and grime without any major hassles… Not sure how much they go for these days, maybe slightly over £500

    May 14, 2015 at 4:25 pm #774853
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    glewis

    I went for the Kinesis wheels
    I went for the Kinesis wheels in the end. They were OK but had about 5 broken spokes on the rear (cheap nipples started to rust) and the hub went after only 3000km.

    Ended up getting a Halo hub built up with an Archetype rim which was vastly superior reliability wise.

    Carbon/lightness/stiffness stuff is all well and good but most of it is marketing w@nk. If I were to do it again, I would just get a custom set built up. Might be slightly more expensive in the short run, but at least you know they are going to be tough and you know the guys. You don’t have to buy bling wheels to go fast but if that’s your thing then go for it.

    p.s. if anyone in London wants a free rear Kinesis disc wheel then let me know (freehub will need replacing)

    May 14, 2015 at 1:26 pm #774851
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    bobinski

    I am putting my Hunt 4
    I am putting my Hunt 4 seasons on my new Defy at the weekend so will report back. In the meantime pop over to Merlin for reduced Kinesis cx wheels.

    May 14, 2015 at 6:20 am #774849
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    CXR94Di2

    hsiaolc wrote:What about the

    hsiaolc wrote:
    What about the Hunt Wheels Four Season DIsc? They seem great for £350 light and looks like ace.

    I have a set coming in their June batch. Will comment once installed. Now just need to choose which disc and cass.

    May 14, 2015 at 5:21 am #774847
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    hsiaolc

    What about the Hunt Wheels
    What about the Hunt Wheels Four Season DIsc? They seem great for £350 light and looks like ace.

    May 14, 2015 at 2:28 am #774845
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    sawalkusz

    The kinesis (V3) rim is 515g
    The kinesis (V3) rim is 515g built with triple butted spokes and alloy nipples on an ultralight hub, yet to claim the weight loss is where it counts, is a bit deceptive. Better choices in my opinion, than either the kinesis or Novatec offerings, would be the Newer Pro Lite Revo’s 28/32h centre lock 1470g. (srp £350) or an Alex CX28, 1670g £158.

    February 17, 2014 at 8:30 pm #774843
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    Jez Ash

    Yep, I reviewed those Kinesis
    Yep, I reviewed those Kinesis wheels and in fact they’re still on my “cross bike that’s only raced cyclocross once”, a year and a half later. and I still think they are ace.

    Since the review, they’ve done one cyclocross race, 1500 touring miles fully loaded, the cobbles of the Paris-Roubaix challenge, and thousands of commuter miles (tow-path and road). plus some accidental mountain biking in spain.

    the damage? one broken spoke. that was the only time I have *ever* trued them.

    i’ll be taking the cassette off soon as I’ve got some Reynolds Assault Disc wheels to test, so it’ll be interesting to see whether there are the “extremely deep gouges” in the freehub reported in the comments below my review.

    February 17, 2014 at 1:30 pm #774841
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    joemmo

    as I’m putting together a cx
    as I’m putting together a cx disk braked bike I’ve been looking at wheels a lot recently so excuse me if I bore a bit on this… Anyway, the choice of off-the-shelf stuff is pretty limited and personally I reckon that option only offers value for money at the low end of the price range, once you’re spending upwards of £250 then a handbuilt wheel is going to be the best option.

    In terms of parts then for rims you should look at Stan’s Alpha, Velocity A23, HPlus Son Archetype and actually pretty much any road rim like an Open pro, or something from DTswiss but those first 3 have anodised brake tracks so they look more ‘discy’.

    There are lots of nominally 29er rims that look like they might also serve as road rims but their compatibility with narrower tyres and higher pressures is not always clear so it’s a bit of a minefield that you might want to avoid.

    For hubs, shimano now do an Ultegra disc hub (cx75) which is 28h and 11 speed compatible, DT swiss do plenty of lightweight-ish MTB/CX hubs, there’s Hope Pro2 Evo, Novatech and so on. The Shimano XT hubs are mtb parts but the same spacing and the same weight as the cx75 but 9/10 speed only.

    Personally those Novatech CXD wheels look too lightly spoked to me, looks like they are trying to save weight in the least logical place.

    Kinesis do a disc wheel for £300 which got decently reviewed here but I’ve read mixed reviews elsewhere and it seems like you could get a handbuilt wheel of similar specs for the same price.

    In the end, my budget is a bit lower than yours and I’m looking for something I can use off-road as well so am going for Archetype rims on 32h XT hubs.

    Let us know what you go with or if you find other options.

    February 16, 2014 at 8:21 pm #774839
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    allez neg

    At the risk of repeating
    At the risk of repeating myself, Hope do some cx disc wheels with mavic rims. I have the conventional hubbed versions and really rate them, and English employees will benefit from their purchase, not Chinese ones.

    February 16, 2014 at 8:11 pm #774837
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    mattsccm

    I reckon you can have some
    I reckon you can have some nice ones built for that. Pick a rim and hub, buy your, own spokes, bung them together loosely and pay your local expert to finish them off.
    My plan for the same type of wheels.

    February 16, 2014 at 1:57 pm #774835
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    userfriendly

    Have you looked at the
    Have you looked at the Novatec CXD? Less than 1,500 grams for ~ £350.

    I’m eyeing them up for my CX bike, just need to find a way of actually ordering them – they seem to be coming (or going to come) to the UK through extrauk.co.uk but I haven’t yet found a dealer that carries them.

    Alternatively, find a local wheel builder and tell them what you need. You’ll certainly get something within your budget and you’ll be supporting local business.

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