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Postby huw williams » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:38 pm

Honestly, some manufacturers - it'd be easier to borrow condoms off the pope
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Postby Andrew G » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:41 pm

Bet Easton wished they'd gone for answer B now. :wink:

I was hoping to see Planet X in there as their 50s look superb value. The people I've spoken to with them at TTs etc have seemed very happy with the way they perform so it would have been nice to see how an independant viewed them. After all if you've just spent £550 on some wheels you aren't going to tell everyone they're crap.
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Postby Snoop Doug » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:42 pm

A really good article. Delighted to see the best clincher is also excellent price. Well actually I'd have been really delighted if that accolade had gone to the Roval Fusée :oops: but nevertheless great stuff.

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Postby Jon H » Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:00 pm

But thank God those fugly Roval Fusee Star things didn't come out top.
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Postby -Adam- » Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:27 pm

Thats why Zipp said yes then I guess :wink: . Just to clarify i payed £350 less than what CW said they cost. (not that that makes them much better value for money mind :? )
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Postby Snoop Doug » Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:44 pm

Awwww Jon I thought you'd love those twinkly star wheels :P
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Postby Sylv » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:11 pm

The Reynolds also came tops of an online test (roadbikereview I think) and would've been my choice if I'd had an unlimited budget for racing tubs.
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Postby Robh » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:16 pm

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Postby Sylv » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:29 pm

man you don't want to have the weenies on your case ... :lol:
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Postby Andrew G » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:14 pm

Read the article now and it still doesn't answer my question of what accounts for such huge price differences in deep section carbon wheels.

Planet X not tested but cost £550 so could be similar (or even same as, but under a different branding) as the Control Tech £600 - they scored 8/10 and praised.

Easton - £1,250 = 6/10, broken spokes peeling stickers.

Zipp 404 - £1,250 (or £950 AC) = 9/10

Difference in tests between Zipps and Control Tech seem minimal, for all Zipps fancy talk of dimples (just because it works on a golf ball doesn't mean it works on a wheel). Okay 300g lighter but the speed test seemed to show no difference that any of us would notice if we were on the bike.

Judging from Adam's experience and what I've seen on other cracked rim issues with the Zipps, reliability doeasn't seem to cover the difference.

Not knocking any of the wheels, just can't understand why twice the price :? .
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Postby MJ_1993 » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:31 pm

i would have though taiwan
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Postby -Adam- » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:44 pm

[quote="Andrew G"]Not knocking any of the wheels, just can't understand why twice the price :? .


Nor can I to be fair, i do know that my Zipps are American born and bread though. Not that thats necessarily a good thing! They look cooler though :?
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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:36 am

and the best in Italy. Secret tests show that Bora's outperformed Zipp's in every category :lol:

So says the Guru

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Postby -Adam- » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:34 am

Just humour him Sean, he's secretly very fond of my dimples :shock:

Huw, why where no handbuilt combo's tested?

I would like to know how handbuilt wheels compare scientifically compared to the fancy factory types.

Also, could a similar test be applied to frames?
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Postby Elliot M » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:44 am

[quote="Sylv Choufflard"]man you don't want to have the weenies on your case ... :lol:


those guys ... they'll be asking if you accounted for the optimal operating temperature of the particular kind of grease used in each set of bearings soon. Or suggesting you should have ridden clockwise as well to even out eddies in the velodrome's atmosphere caused by the Zipp dimples.

i have read some interesting stuff there though - like aero alu spokes being far less aero than standard steel spokes. And Ksyriums not being in any way special - neither light, nor aero, nor cheap!
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