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When I was upgrading my bike focusing on lightness (my '73 with a 3.2 is 2174 lb, so I'm a bit of a lightness freak), I found these wheels that seemed to get decent reviews on forums:
Yoeleo Tubular Wheels I shaved 4 lbs off my older carbon fiber bike to get it down to 18 and have been thrilled with it ever since. Cranks, pedals, handlebar & stem, seat post and seat. 30 years of riding on and off (way more off than on), I had sew-ups and always loved the feel over friend's clinchers. This bike I have has fairly old Mavic Ksyrium wheels with new Continential Grandsport Race tires. Even with a ton of miles on them, I just can't get used to the feel (or lack thereof) and am considering the Yoeleos again, or a set of aluminum tubulars. On carbon fiber vs. metal, CF is unidirectionally strong and relies on weaves to achieve equivalent 3D strength to omni-directionally strong metals like steel, aluminum, titanium, etc. Mr. Ahab can certainly speak authoritatively on the subject, I only worked for an early 90s pultrusion company making CF parts for the Stealth Bomber, hockey sticks for Bauer, etc. and picked up a few things along the way. |
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I haven’t seen 21mm inner width on any rim brake wheels except the Bontrager wheels so I’d sure like to hear about any others. |
Dad has Zipp 808 on his try bike. Wicked.
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Thanks Mark, I'll do some research too. I never got flats with my sew-ups. Roads around here are terrible in terms of pot holes but little debris to puncture tires.
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I'm a fan of tubeless road tires and I've been running them for about 5 years, but I understand the pro's have had less than desirable results with tubeless and almost all if not all have gone back to sew-ups except for time trials when the lower rolling resistance matters.
I ran sew-ups for many years when I worked at a bike shop since the wholesale cost was easier to handle and I never thought changing on the road was too bad. I never bothered to glue them on out on the road, I just took it slow in the corners so I wouldn't roll one. I've been thinking about going back to sew-ups since I can afford them a little more. |
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