Recommend me a new pair of wheels!

I too am in a similar
I too am in a similar position, what do people think of slightly lower spec rs30’s? I do like the rs80’s mind you and the pro-lites. Ksyriums, Im not sold on, have had the low level ones before and they just dont compete on value.

£290 for a set of RS80’s
£290 for a set of RS80’s sounds like the way to go, a very nice set of wheels, mostly the same as the 7850’s.

I’ve been contemplating a
I’ve been contemplating a similar question of late and yesterday I caved and brought some Shimano RS80s. They come in at 1550g, so not too far off the Mavic Kysrium Elites and have the same carbon laminate at their big brothers the Dura Ace 7850 CLs.

Also, Merlin Cycles have a great deal on at the moment – I picked up the pair for about £290 with P&P.

litespeeddavemira wrote:being

litespeeddavemira wrote:

being so light, i am not so worried about bombproof properties of a wheel.

I’ve been looking at a pair of mavic ksyrium elites as a factory built alternative.

The Mavics are around £427 on CRC, so for that budget there are a lot better wheels. I have the Ksyrium SL Premiums, and they are much slower and less comfy than the 7850’s.

I also had R-Sys’s and Easton Orion II’s (very similar to the Easton EA90’s), the Eastons are the most fragile wheels I have ever owned, and need to be trued regularly, and this needs to be done at the factory as it is done by sound!

Also had HED Ardennes which were great, but I just kept getting sidewall slashes in tyres which I am sure was down to the way the sidewall was held exposed.

The Mavics main strong points are their bombproof-ness and looks, but are so much slower than the 7850’s it’s really noticeable. My SL’s haven’t been used at all since getting the 7850’s, plus 7850’s are quite a bit lighter.