Deep section carbon wheels on a budget?

Love that fork :slight_smile:

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Anyone in the uk have any experience with Zed wheels? I know one person with a set who rates them but they don’t get a lot of coverage as far as I can see. Price wise they’re similar to hunts but ive had a few issues with my alloy set so looking elsewhere

I’m looking at the rim versions

https://zedbikewheels.com/product/elite/

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Still good with the kitchen impression? :wink:

I’m thinking of trying a set of the Winspace Lun 45mm road wheels. Not a fancy as the Hypers but I think will still get the job done. Anything will be an improvement over my Aksium OEM wheels. Hard to find just a review on the Luns though.

Lol I’m still very happy with them! Many days away from a true outdoor test, but the occasional free hub sound check keeps my spirits up.
Any particular reason why the Lun > Hyper?

Well hopefully the time flies by fast and you are outside before you know it. Shame the aren’t allowing outdoor activities.

Any the reason for looking at the Lun over the Hypers is basically price, plus the fact they use off the shelf spokes (pillar or sapim) vs a proprietary carbon spoke. So parts are easily sourced if ever needed.

Token wheels are great. You can often find them fairly cheap. I race them on the road and on the track.

Got my wheels in. Here are the pics. Something that the pics don’t do justice is the satin finish. Really like how the 28mm tires transition on the 32mm wide rims. Tires went on pretty easy, no tools or trickery needed (just some roughed up thumbs).

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Very cool (and jealous)!

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Really, really nice! Congrats.
I’m looking to make the same purchase but I am a bit concerned with tyre clearance.
How is that? Could you post some pics of the critical points (chain stay / seat stay / fork).
Thanks x1000!
Matte

48 MPH gusts on my ride to work this morning, mostly a crosswind. Interesting when you are 145 pounds.

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It’s probably just me looking at it wrong, but have you got the raised tread different from front to back?
(The front looks like it starts thin and gets thicker. On the rear it starts widest and gets thinner). Apologies if I’ve misinterpreted!

You’re right! I’ll have to have a second look and make sure the arrows on the tires are pointing in the right direction.

Edit: Crap! my back tire is on backwards. Worst part is that’s the one that where I successfully lined up my logos.

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I did that with performance rotors on my wife’s car, and didn’t realize until after I put the calibers and wheels back on.

I’m not the best at taking pictures, here’s my best attempt. From what I can see, there is tonnes room everywhere

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I rode GP4000s for years before I realized they were directional. I think I read though that it makes no difference in usage. It’s hard to imagine how it could.

I also seem to recall that the original GP4000s didn’t even have the arrows. Maybe they added them to the GP4000IIS?

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Awesome. Nice socks as well!
Thanks for the quick response! :bowing_man:

Any chance you can also take one from below (bottom bracket perspective)? So the same plane as the sock photo, but then taken from the bottom direction :slight_smile:
It is the space between the chainstays I am most concerned about.

ty!
M

Voila! I think this is the right angle.

Also, for those with carbon wheels, do you keep them on when riding on a trainer (I have a Saris H3). I’d like to sell my old wheelset to help pay for these so that would leave me with the WR65 as a do it all wheelset.

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:wink:

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if it is that much a concern one can get a cheap front only off EBay or Amazon or ask around the LBS if they have an orphan from someone killing a rear wheel like I did.
I am fortunate to have an old wheel leftover from a set (the rear rim split near the spoke holes) to use not sure it makes a difference over all but was always taught before a trainer ride to spin the wheel a quarter turn or so to keep things even, sometimes I do sometimes I don’t.

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Ty. So spacious!
I had to go and double check you actually said they are 32s

I’m either going this wheelset or the AR55. What were your considerations?

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