Description The nucleon wheelset features incredible light weight coupled with excellent lateral rigidity for top racing performance when the terrain gets steep. Features include: HPW hubs with lubrication port, ...
Bike Setup: Coupla Colnagos (older Master/newer Ovalmaster)full Campy 9/10v. Vittoria CX tires.
Summary: Great wheels. Used em for a little over a year and they're worth several minutes on any ride. Great hubs, super smooth, very aero wheels thanks to few spokes, but they're still stiffer than Campy Sigma 32s. Believe it or not. Braking is super, ride is nice and cushy if you buy some nice tubbies to glue on. Vitt CX for my money. From a raw performance perspective these are the best wheels in the business.
Roads around here belong in Afghanistan, but still the Neuts are tracking pretty true. By the way, shouldn't they change the product name on this site? I mean they call em Neutrons now, not Nucleons.
Strengths: Light, smooth, sharp-looking, aero (although they're climb dynamic wheels), stiff, great braking, save you serious time on a TT and let you pound the opposition in any road race. So far proving very durable, just a slight lateral wobble (less than 1.5mm) thanks to brutal roads round here. For the price I doubt you can get better wheels.
Weaknesses: Oh man, whoever designed the spoke nipples should be shot. If your wheel goes out of true, you have to rip the freakin' tubbie off and go at the rim-bed-mounted spoke nipples with a 2mm socket!! Canadian Tire doesn't sell 2mm sockets, you know, and you risk destroying the tire when you do this. Plus it's a pain in the arse. I hope I never have to do it. Word to the wise: mount up your tubbies dry, pump them up and bounce around some ragged roads for a day or so to make sure the spokes bed correctly. Make necessary adjustments, then try to make any wheel truing coincide with the end of the year when you're tossing those old tubs anyway.
Can't give em 5 stars overall because this spoke nipple placement thing drives me mental!
Bike Setup: Corrado custom Deda frame. Reynolds Ouzo Pro fork Full Campag Record group. Deda Newton bars + stem. Shimano SPD-SL pedals.
Summary: Bought these wheels three months ago to complement the Campagnolo Record groupset fitted to my new frame. Have done around 2000miles on them and they are still perfect. I weigh 180lbs and have hit a few potholes around the area and they are still perfectly true. If you can use these with a good pair of tubulars (I use Veloflex Criteriums) you won't be disappointed. Fantastic!
Strengths: - Lightweight
- Strong
- Fast
- Look good
- Excellent value for money
Weaknesses: - None at all. But would love to try out the new carbon Hyperons.
Similar Products Used: - Specialized tri spokes, discs, Zipps, Campagnolo Shamals (none match these overall for road racing).
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Summary: I have had these clincher wheels for a little over a year, and they have been absolutely bulletproof. I weigh 165lbs. and the wheels are fast, light, and responsive. I have not had ANY problems with them - period. No truing, no wobbles - nothing. This is the best set of wheels I've ever owned. They weren't that expensive, either.
Strengths: Strength, weight and looks. Campagnolo bearing quality is impeccable.
Weaknesses: None.
Similar Products Used: Most everything over the years. Custom-built, hand-built, machine-built. Campy, Mavic, etc...
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Summary: One year of riding, 4.000 km 3 times a broken spoke on the rear wheel! congratulations!
Sure, i´m a bit tall and heavy (100 kg), but this is the weakest wheelset i ever had. Maybve okay for lightweight riders (under 70 kg).
Strengths: Very good bearings.
Weaknesses: Weak and expensive!
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Bike Setup: Colnago Titanio with Campy Record 10 speed.
Summary: Overall, a very nice wheel to ride. Light, but strong enough (most of the time ) to hold up to a hard sprint or a fairly heavy rider.
Weaknesses: Pray you don't snap a spoke! These wheels cannot be trued or adjusted using any normal spoke wrench. To do a "roadside repair" you'll need to carry a 4mm (I think)thinwall socket or nutdriver, not exactly something that fits in a saddlebag. Be prepared to true the wheel by smacking it against the ground or rock.
Similar Products Used: Mavis Heliums.
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