The price at CC is a little bit more than what Jenson was charging - but still 50% off MSRP. Gives you an idea of what the markup is.
I'm not a small dude. I was ~213 lbs at the end of the summer, and I'm... somewhat north of that right now, due to lots of holiday food and little to no holiday cardio. After 4 hours of thrashing the XC loop at Joyride (think Rays but in Toronto) the wheels were still straight and no spokes were loose.
The loss of weight made a huge difference to how the bike handles, but it's tough to give a full evaluation at this point. It was my first time to Joyride, my comfort level was being pushed in a lot of different ways, and I've been off the bike for a couple of months, so I don't have a good baseline. To get a decent opinion I'm going to have to hit Black Oak in the spring and see where my time trial lap time goes. That's a trail I know intimately and can really hammer on.
But the increase in acceleration was immediately obvious. It took far less effort coming out of corners to get the bike up to speed. It seemed like two quick kicks and you were going stupid fast.
Woohoo! Just got these wheels shipped in last month and I can say they perform very well in absorbing vibration. Got mine from Jenson USA but I noticed that Competivecyclist offers cheaper shipping rates to Singapore:madman:
Nonetheless, I am very happy with these wheel as the bling factor alone justifies buying them
Woohoo! Just got these wheels shipped in last month and I can say they perform very well in absorbing vibration. Got mine from Jenson USA but I noticed that Competivecyclist offers cheaper shipping rates to Singapore:madman:
Nonetheless, I am very happy with these wheel as the bling factor alone justifies buying them
I had a set once. They were unbelievably stiff, both laterally and vertically. I could really hold a line w/ them. The only thing I didn't like was the relatively narrow inner width of the rims. I believe it was a little shy of 17mm.
My set lasted over a year with no broken spokes. I even sent the chain into the spokes on one of my first rides due to a bent derailleur hanger. And since most spokes break due to fatigue failure, and b/c this carbon rims bend less, inducing less of a fatigue cycle, broken spokes sound more like a spoke manufacturing issue.
I agree that 6 bills is a good deal for this wheelset.
I've been back to Joyride a few more times and have been hammering the hell out of these wheels. No problems to report - the wheels are still straight, no spokes are loose or broken.
The valve stem extensions, though, are starting to piss me off. I'm going to have to invest in some long stem tubes.
I have been running them for a couple of years. I have one explode... but Reylonds was amazing they rebuilt it with my power tap at no charge FAST!!!! I find them to be stiff laterally and more compliant vertically than a equally stiff aluminum rim. On the down side they are very narrow, and burp supper easy even with Stan's rim (rubber) strips. The bead hooks on my Enve/Edge hoops hold tires on better. With the Reylonds I have gone back to running tubes (Lunarlights)
BTW 2011 Reynolds are no longer "areo" in shape. From what I have heard the bead hook may have been improved!
RecceDG said:
I've been back to Joyride a few more times and have been hammering the hell out of these wheels. No problems to report - the wheels are still straight, no spokes are loose or broken.
The valve stem extensions, though, are starting to piss me off. I'm going to have to invest in some long stem tubes.
A few more rides at Joyride, including some jumping, no issues.
Weather finally got decent enough to go outside yesterday. Clipped a stick that got sucked up into the RD. Bent the hanger and snapped a spoke. No damage to wheel and it stayed straight, but I limped home to play it safe.
The spokes are really light guage. They seem OK for loads but they aren't woodchippers like my other wheels' spokes were.
If this persists I may go to a heavier gauge spoke on the rear. At least they use a standard spoke so that's an option.
I've been back to Joyride a few more times and have been hammering the hell out of these wheels. No problems to report - the wheels are still straight, no spokes are loose or broken.
The valve stem extensions, though, are starting to piss me off. I'm going to have to invest in some long stem tubes.
Why? Everything about the build seems targeted at the same use. Being fast on pavement but with good handling, ie commuting.
rigid carbon frame
rigid carbon fork
single BIG chainring
narrow slick tires
headlight
Plus also an Airhorn to let those cabbies abd buses know that I am around:thumbsup:
Lelandjt said:
Why? Everything about the build seems targeted at the same use. Being fast on pavement but with good handling, ie commuting.
rigid carbon frame
rigid carbon fork
single BIG chainring
narrow slick tires
headlight
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