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Wheel upgrade advice

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  • January 25, 2017 at 10:30 am #26704
    danleb85

    Morning All, 

     

    3 months ago I replaced my old winter bike for a Planet X Pro Carbon Ultegra build and I am delighted with the bike but I would like to change the wheels for something a little better soon. 

     

    It has on it Shimano RS010 wheels fitted at present and I am considering upgrading to the Ultegra 6800 wheels to bring them in line with the group. 

     

    Wiggle have those curently at £275 and that would probably be all I would want to spend on a new wheelset, does anyone run these and what is the general view on them? Also would anyone reccomend anything different/better instead at a similar price range? 

     

    I have not upgraded a wheelset before on any of my bikes so have no experience as such of doing so, your comments will be greatly appreciated. 

    Cheers 

    Dan 

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  • January 25, 2017 at 2:34 pm #885759
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    TypeVertigo

    I believe the WH-6800 Ultegra

    I believe the WH-6800 Ultegra wheels you were eyeing are tubeless-ready, too. Just in case you were eyeing that particular tire option.

    January 25, 2017 at 1:33 pm #885757
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    sergius

    I swapped the R501s on my

    I swapped the R501s on my winter bike for some RS31s.

     

    It’s a fairly simple process, but you do need a chain-whip and a Shimano/SRAM cassette tool to fit it yourself.  Your cassette is newish so you may as well just swap it across, plenty of videos on youtube if you can’t work it out.

     

    You’ll likely need to reindex the RD after the swap, and possibly adjust your brake calipers – but nothing major.

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