American Classic Sprint 350 wheelsets - clincher Reviews

Price Paid:  $0.00 at Online

Favorite Ride:
Any

Bike Setup:
Felt F2 with SRAM components

Summary:
A good wheel for the money, tough durable and hold up over time

Strengths:
Light, high spoke count kepps them true in my opinion. Good race wheel. Stiff and smooth.

Weaknesses:
Ditto on using the soft brake pads rim wears easy, Al nipples sieze to spokes. Once they need to be trued the nipples crack or rotate the spoke. After a few short miles wobble returns or loose spokes pop-up else where

Similar Products Used:
Easton, Cane Creek, Rolf, ETC

Comments

sigmabannysigma (06/20/2010)

You need an aero spoke tool to prevent the spoke from turning with the nipple. These inexpensive tools are just as necessary as the spoke wrench when truing wheels with aero spokes.

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Price Paid:  $0.00

Favorite Ride:
Boulder Ward Raymond Lyons

Bike Setup:
Durace Orbea Orca

Summary:
I've had better luck than most with these wheels, partly because I've babied them for for a while now. The hubs did eventually give out, just like everyone says. Be gentle and they will last you many miles, but be prepared to replace them.

Strengths:
Light weight great climbing wheel. They do have some flex, but it makes them smooth when accelerating and they seem to give it right back to you when

Weaknesses:
hubs hubs hubs. Everyone curses the hubs.

Price Paid:  $700.00 at lbs

Favorite Ride:
Mt. Tam

Bike Setup:
LeMond Tete de Course, Easton carbon bar and post, mostly DA gruppo, Ritchey crank.

Summary:
I've ridden these wheels for about 15,000 miles. They're incredibly light (1200 g. weighed today, with rim tape)and an unbelievable buy. They're soft and flexy, the braking is anemic, and the braking surface sheds metal filings which destroy your braking pads, but I think they've never needed truing. But the real problem are the hubs. I know many other riders using these wheels, and they all curse the hubs, which need constant work. I had the bearings replaced twice ("wrong size"), and the LBS tweaked and tightened and replaced this and that, but nothing would keep these hubs from working loose. Not a fixable problem. My LBS talked to the company and they professed amazement--never heard of the problem (hah hah). So you live with it, snug up your hubs every week, or get other wheels. I weigh 145, btw--not a wheel for a big person.

Strengths:
Very very light, cheap, ceramic bearings available (worth the upgrade imo).

Weaknesses:
Lousy hubs needing constant wrenching. Soft rim metal ruins brake pads. You get what you pay for.

Similar Products Used:
Williams 19. Bontrager X Lite.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Favorite Ride:
Seven odnata

Bike Setup:
Seven Odnata w/campy-record to veloce

Summary:
I've been riding these wheels for two years... I've had no problems, they are light and fast... and still true. This set even survived a car impact in which my merlin frame was damaged... A great value or the weight.

Strengths:
Great value for weight, radial laced front wheel.

Weaknesses:
creaks sometimes.. usually just have to re-set in drop outs.

Similar Products Used:
Many... Ksyrium's, campy Record hubs w/open pro rims

Price Paid:  $0.00 at Bike HQ

Favorite Ride:
Any where

Summary:
Amazing wheel, they hold speed on the flats, they climb hills really well over all an all out wicked product, light and fast, i dont think anyone should complain if you dont want a light climbing wheel dont buy one, these are super i would recomend these to anyone!

Strengths:
Really good climbing wheels

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
Cant say i have used a wheel that is as equal as of yet