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Superteam carbon wheelset from Amazon

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  • January 4, 2018 at 7:06 am #27980
    jchau

    Anyone have any experience with the Superteam carbon wheelsets? I see them on Amazon with decent reviews but was wondering if anyone in the forum have more to say about it? 

    http://a.co/djKyEZG

    http://a.co/al7uQdh

    I have contacted the seller from the second link about Campy freehub option and they said they can do it but it will get shipped directly from China. Other options includes hubs: Powerway R13 ( paw version, not 3), Novatec 271 (cost less), Novatec 291-SL (cost more), any recommendation on hubs? 

     

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  • January 5, 2018 at 12:05 pm #909021
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    HarryTrauts

    They’ve got “super” and “team

    They’ve got “super” and “team” in the name.  They must be good! 

    January 5, 2018 at 11:26 am #909019
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    kil0ran

    I love how “Chinese” is so

    I love how “Chinese” is so often used as a pejorative meaning cheap, low quality, dangerous. I’m old enough to remember the same thing being applied to anything Japanese and here we are running around on bikes made in Taiwan with groups and wheelsets designed in Japan costing over £10k. Same applies to people who wouldn’t look twice at a phone from Huwaei or one of the other Chinese manufacturers, despite the fact that all iPhones are built there.

    Being a big lad I’m not sure I’d risk a set of carbon fibre rims even if they were from a name brand but if I was a 65kg whippet I wouldn’t hesitate to buy Chinese.

    January 5, 2018 at 6:02 am #909017
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    jchau

    Going with 25mm, the U Shape

    Going with 25mm, the U Shape profile looks like this 

    Clincher only

    Tubeless

     

    Any comments on the design? 

    January 4, 2018 at 3:40 pm #909015
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    Miller

    Novatec hubs are excellent, I

    Novatec hubs are excellent, I have three or four sets on the go both for rim and disc wheels. They’re sensibly designed, light and with a range of sidecap options to cover various dropout standards. They take an easily available bearing size should a bearing crap out. It’s easy to swap the freehub between Sh/Sr/Camp. Note that there are lots of different Novatec hubs, in general the bigger the number designation the better, eg D772 is a posher hub than D352, to take a random example.

    I’ve also had two frames and a pair of carbon rims direct from China, all solid products giving great service. 

     

     

     

     

    January 4, 2018 at 3:37 pm #909013
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    jchau

    Looks like there are some

    Looks like there are some options available. 

    23mm V-Shaped or 25mm U-Shaped.  

     

    Actually looks like there are more options here 

    January 4, 2018 at 2:23 pm #909011
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    Canyon48

    https://www.youtube.com/watch

    Seems this guy hasn’t had any issues.

    Just be don’t be surprised if they are to have a catastrophic failure.

    January 4, 2018 at 8:47 am #909009
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    drosco

    I’ve had two sets of Novatec

    I’ve had two sets of Novatec hubs with no issues, the first set went for years and were still running smoothly. I guess it’s more the quality of the bearings they come with.

     

    I have a set of Chinese carbon wheels. Bitex hubs, yishun rims, pillar J-bend aero spokes. Pretty standard stuff. They very light, stayed pretty true, feel solid enough and have caused me no issues in the time I’ve had them. I can’t quantify and aero benefits, but I’m certainly not any slower using them.

     

    Maybe I’m lucky? I guess that’s the risk. If you get a set of Zipps, you can be pretty sure of what you’re getting, you pay to remove the uncertainty.

    January 4, 2018 at 8:22 am #909007
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    Canyon48

    Never used them.

    Never used them.

    They are cheap Chinese carbon wheels. The reason they are so cheap is that the quality control will be much reduced from an equivalent set of carbon wheels from a bigger name (which would probably be made in China too – just made to higher standards).

    I’d also be interested to know the rim profile. Deep section rims that have been optimised for aerodynamics using CFD and/or wind tunnel testing will have a rounded U profile, rather than a V profile which you often see on cheaper wheelsets. A V profile performs poorly compared to a U profile (particularly in crosswinds).

    I have had a set of Novatecs, all the bearings needed changing after 6 months, the spokes and nipples were made from a fairly soft metal and the rim easily bent. Very light though! The bike shop my other half works at stopped stocking Novatec as they had so many people come back needing a warranty on hub components (a quick google will provide lots of forums discussing the quality of Novatec hubs – the results are not all favourable).

    The thing with cycling equipment…

    • Lightweight
    • High Quality
    • Cheap

    You can only have two of the above three options when you make a purchase.

     

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