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Yep, here: http://www.prowheelbuilder.com/spokelengthcalculator
Has most hubs available to select from the list but if your's isn't on there you can just measure it and type the values in the boxes.
Has most hubs available to select from the list but if your's isn't on there you can just measure it and type the values in the boxes.
there's also http://leonard.io/edd for spoke calcs
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Those guys have it covered ^
I leave the wheel building to my boss at the other shop as he has a better stand and the tension meter.
Feel absolutely ****** after today, may have to drive to work to make sure I feel better come Thursday.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1101347724
Nearly didn't go but glad I did as it was a good workout. The two guys at the back were struggling and got dropped as I went solo as per the pic below, had to do it as I suffer like hell when going up the climb in the a group at the groups pace. I need a big effort and get over it at my speed then recover and get caught.
The guys that got dropped must have put in some shift as me and the other guy in green kit were working reallly hard and they got back on. Good on them I say.
I leave the wheel building to my boss at the other shop as he has a better stand and the tension meter.
Feel absolutely ****** after today, may have to drive to work to make sure I feel better come Thursday.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1101347724
Nearly didn't go but glad I did as it was a good workout. The two guys at the back were struggling and got dropped as I went solo as per the pic below, had to do it as I suffer like hell when going up the climb in the a group at the groups pace. I need a big effort and get over it at my speed then recover and get caught.
The guys that got dropped must have put in some shift as me and the other guy in green kit were working reallly hard and they got back on. Good on them I say.
Monster effort. Seeing these high average speeds is thoroughly depressing. I struggle to hold onto 22mph average without a draft on TRACK ffs, not a hill in sight! Get out on the road and introduce some gradient and I'm down into the 16.5-17mph zone, introduce some proper hills and I'm touching 15mph average.
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I need a new rear wheel and struggle to go fast on the flat, so I need some deep section carbon wheels riiiiight?
Cheers guys, just what I was after but annoyingly my hubs & rims are not listed! I'll revisit trying to discover who makes them for Specialized before probably measuring to confirm...
Pffft, slacker!
I've got a tension meter (this park web'app' is fantastic) and have been looking around for stands. There's several park tool ones (TS7 & TS8) which I can pretty much justify the £50-60 (second hand) cost for, yet the TA adaptor is crazy expensive (£50!) for some reason. Grr! Looking for other solutions... Don't seem to save much by going non-park once you factor in TA adaptors. MTB boys have it hard!
80mm's obviously!
TBH most of the reading I've done seems to indicate that an 'aero' 35-45mm rim around 1500-1700g should be the 'best value' for most of our UK riding. Going deeper only benefits at higher (30/40kmph) speeds with no wind/direct head-wind (low jaw angles) and the majority of the time the increase in weight will actually reduce overall speeds over our rolling terrain & heavy roads. Obviously if you can get the weight down within your budget all the better as that seems to generally benefit more than going deeper. The more expensive £1500+ wheelsets you almost have to look at on a specific case by case basis.
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Nah. Full carbon disc will be fastest
Flo did a test that showed their 30mm model improved things hugely over an open pro, with their 60 and 90 models giving progressively less extra benefit
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zyyUUe9mv...mk7sNxtCXY/s1600/FLO_Aero_Data_04-04-13-2.png from http://flocycling.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/flo-cycling-flo-30-wind-tunnel-results.html
which does tie in neatly with the notion that for most folks a 30-40mm section is the best for "general" use, especially as they tend to be cheaper and lighter than deeper ones
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Anyone got experience of Hunt wheels?
No personal experience but consistently heard good things about them. I'd certainly be considering them if I was looking for a new set!
again, no personal experience but i've heard they're well put together. I do think they're perhaps a smidge overpriced given that (the alloy ones at least) are standard kinlin rims and pillar spokes.
Had a look at Wheelsmith?
At that price - Buy It Now !!!
The wheels are probably on the low end (most generally are at this price point) but you can change/upgrade for something lighter/more aero when you get the urge
My only suggestion would be : Consider if you want disc brakes before you buy.
I still don't understand why they used a mavic open pro as their baseline, it was such an old dated rim (even in 2013) nobody with any off the shelf or semi-modern bike will have a less aero rim than it (the only real use case scenario are those touring or building their own wheels). But of course then, their results wouldn't have looked so impressive!
Also not heard much about Flo outside of these quite well run comparison reports they've posted online, maybe it's because they're US based, but still strange not to hear more about their wheelsets in the 'real world'?
Really need someone unbiased to do it with several of the current day-to-day wheelsets and not just the high end ones!
Same as the others there - heard lots of good things but very few actual local people with them. I'd happily own some judging by reputation & reviews. The 4Seasons have always been touted as 'the' winter wheelset and the recent aero disc @1400g are some of the lightest (if not the lightest) at the particular price point. Lots of people riding CX on them so they must be pretty robust even at that weight. @SoliD may have even seen/know of some being ridden for CX?
Agreed, Di2 for ~£2k is pretty amazing/unbeatable. Really like the Silver/Blue option too!At that price - Buy It Now !!!
I still don't understand why they used a mavic open pro as their baseline, it was such an old dated rim (even in 2013) nobody with any off the shelf or semi-modern bike will have a less aero rim than it (the only real use case scenario are those touring or building their own wheels). But of course then, their results wouldn't have looked so impressive!
lots of companies use the (old, there's a new fancy one now) open pro as a baseline, it's the archetypal "standard" rim, and even Mavic kind of ignored it, meaning no one got upset by it getting a slagging.
Friends brother in-law / fellow club member has had a disc set for yonks. Rates them very highly and has been impressed with them. As with any rim though they need to be used for their intended application. Using his road wheels for a little bit of CX has left them needing a little TLC
I've been riding on Hunt Aero Wide wheels since March this year. Very impressed with them, light and fast. They work well with tubeless tyres as well, I've got some Maxxis Padrone TR tyres on, zero punctures so far and roll well.
Hunt wheels look pretty good as well:
