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Postby Mike I » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:50 pm

[quote]Fastest Clincher - Campag Neutron


Splendid! That news has just saved me £500 or so on new wheels. And it would have saved me the cost of CW, but I'll have to get it for the 100-up report anyway :lol: .
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Postby Graham O » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:51 pm

[quote="huw williams"]Fastest Tub - Reynolds DV UL

Lightweights only managed third needing an extra 11 watts of power to get them up to speed (48kmph)

Fastest Clincher - Campag Neutron

That's all I'm saying - read the test tomorrow and let the arguments begin :-)


Reynolds = £1500
Campag Neutron = £450

It will be interesting to see the difference in performance.....£1000 is a lotta dosh !!

Wonder what the best shimano friendly clincher is then......
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Postby MJ_1993 » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:02 pm

sorry, i don't really trust dura ace wheels after i learnt that T-Mobile broke all their dura ace wheels before the Tour de France, and their replacements during it.
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Postby -Adam- » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:05 pm

Thats why they're rolling on Zipps or Lightweights!
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Postby Graham O » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:06 pm

New Dura Ace look the business. Particularly the ones with the carbon / alloy mixed low profile rims.....

They are still £600 though...
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Postby MJ_1993 » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:08 pm

[quote="Seanieh_LanterneRouge©"][quote="Mo Jaffer"]sorry, i don't really trust dura ace wheels after i learnt that T-Mobile broke all their dura ace wheels before the Tour de France, and their replacements during it.


I heard they weren't really Dura_Ace, but branded as such to keep Shimano happy. Could have been Eastons or Zipps.


I heard that as well, but Burghardt was using proper dura ace apparently

they were Lightweights actually (bar Marcus's)
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Postby -Adam- » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:26 pm

Check out Cav's weapons of choice! Look at the hubs if you dont believe me, oh and the spokes, and the shape of the rim...!!
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Postby -Adam- » Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:08 am

I have now read the article fully, I've gotta say, I 100% agree with what they say about Zipps. I can't speak for any of the other wheelsets. But the evaluation of the Zipps is spot on. So, no arguments from me on the matter. For once :wink:
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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:10 am

[quote]Dura-Ace I'll bet. The new ones.



Yawn......
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Postby Grahame » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:12 am

[quote="AJC_Prima Donna Sprinter"]Check out Cav's weapons of choice! Look at the hubs if you dont believe me, oh and the spokes, and the shape of the rim...!!


I suspect that (as a pro) Cav has little or no choice about what he rides on. He rides what he gets paid to ride.
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Postby huw williams » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:41 am

For political reasons we never really give anything 10 cos it leaves you with nowhere to go - I mean, if you gave a bike 10/10 then next year you rode a bike that just had that certain 'something' unquantifiably 'better' about it, what could you do? Turn it up to 11 like Spinal Tap?
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Postby Jon H » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:15 pm

[quote]Cycling Weekly "We hunted down the best wheelsets out there"


But didn't bother putting anything from Corima, HED, Rolf, Shimano, or Xentis in the test. :wink:
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Postby huw williams » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:22 pm

Some companies just don't want to play

Afraid of the truth perhaps?
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Postby huw williams » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:28 pm

"We're doing a BIG wheel test, do you want to send us a pair of X wheels."

Answer A: "Blimey thats a load of free publicity, how many pairs do you want?"

Answer B: "F*** **f, I'm not risking the likelihood that our wheels get beaten by a pair that costs half the price"

You get the picture? :-o
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Postby MJ_1993 » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:33 pm

interesting
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