Description 420 Black Bladed is the best do-it-all wheels on the market and strong enough for racing or training. Responsive and smooth with a lightweight, deep aerodynamic profile. Lighter than most wheels since...
Summary: im dissapointed in this set of wheels. Right out of the box they were covored in fingerprints and grease marks. Icleaned them up and then weighed them...1678!! Thats 200 grams over the weight i was told over the phone by american classic! I called to complain, and they told me that the campy wheels weigh more!?...200 grams more? i feel like i was lied to. Yeah, they ride ok, but no better than wheel sets i have purchased for half the price
Strengths: they look sorta cool
Weaknesses: price. The claimed weight was off by 200 grams!
Similar Products Used: mavic ksyrium, ritchey pro, zipp 404
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Bike Setup: NOW, a Scott CR1, Ultegra 10, these wheels, Arione saddle, Time RXS pedals (another damn recall product!)
Summary: So I loved my Giant TCR, light, fast, etc. But the Shimano wheels flexed enough for the magnet to hit the cpur sensor at times. Then I got these wheels, with the bladed spokes. OMG, I've never felt a bigger change in a bike's character so fast! I'm 165 lbs, so not huge, but still, unable to flex these guys. And when my Giant died in a crash in Montana (cracked top tube), the wheels only barely came out of true didn't bend
Strengths: Super light, very stiff and aero. Completely changed the feel of my bike
Weaknesses: The hubs had a recall, but AC took care of the change, and it was never really a problem
Summary: The silver version came stock with my 2006 Orbea Orca,Our excellent Canadian distributor arranged for American Classic to make me a black pair. To date communication with the distributor and AC in Florida has been great, I get responses to me maintenance and other questions the next day consistently. These are very light wheels that roll very well and have worked well for me as training and racing wheels. The front wheel is excellent, the rear wheel is good. I've assumed they were a bit laterally flexy but I now feel this is more an issue with the "play" in the rear hub. AC suggests that the wheel should have "next to no play" which seems to eventually become "more than enough" play. I'll be adjusting this to determine if this is the issue and the outcome will help me decide if they are really good wheels or just really nice looking wheels. I've noticed on the AC site they have made some changes to the hubs and they recommend "no" play in the most current hubs... congrats- wish I had those.
Strengths: fast, great looking, light, aero, great communication with manufacturer and distributor
Weaknesses: Perhaps the play in the hub- at this point because of that play they are very noisy and bothersome when sprinting
Similar Products Used: bontrager race lite, ksyrium sc
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