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Matt Matthews
a Road RacerDate Reviewed: February 6, 2011
Strengths: Light, and smooth with the 240s hubsWeaknesses: Spokes keep breakingBottom Line: These wheels were supposed to be an upgrade from the stock wheelset. From my experience these wheels are light, smooth, and are great for climbing. However the spokes keep breaking on the rear wheel.
Favorite Ride: Trek Madone
Price Paid:
$600.00
Purchased At: Trek
Similar Products Used: Bontrager race light, and SSR
Bike Setup: 2010 Madone, sram force components
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scottvincik
a Road RacerDate Reviewed: February 7, 2010
Strengths: $5 flat tire fixes.
Easy to service.
Reliable braking. No expensive carbon specific pads which melt down weekly.
Safe descending.
Pretty light. Comfortable.Weaknesses: Expensive hubs. last forever.
Not real aero.
Not super light.Bottom Line: These are the wheels which you ride most of the time. Training clinchers. Who wants to ride sucky wheels most of the time. I have DT 240 hubs, RR 1.1 rims, DT spokes. You can ride em like cyclocross. Bunnyhop curbs, ride smooth footpaths, gravel roads, cut across parks, etc. If they go out of true, you break a spoke, or for God's sake you crash hard enough to bend a rim, they can be fixed relatively cheaply. They are comfortable on crappy roads for all day rides. If you break your 404 race wheel, you need a grand to fix it. Yeah, you'll lose seconds over aero, carbon hoops. You won't get dropped because of your wheels though. These are raceable wheels with no disadvantage for most racers. They feel safe when you are bombing downhill with your ears flapping in the wind. Mostly, having nice everyday wheels makes your bike more fun. You can really ride it without sweating the consequences.
Favorite Ride: Old Priest Grade, CA up New Priest Grade down
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: Ksyriums, Bontrager XXX lite tubies, Zipp 404, Record/Open pro. DT 240/Stan's on mt bike.
Bike Setup: 2004 Fondriest Alu/Carbon jobber. Cool paint, nice welds and tubing.
Campy Chorus
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Nicool333
a TriathleteDate Reviewed: July 12, 2008
Strengths: Comfortable, stiff enough to race, excellent strength to weight ratio (good builder required for this), beautiful classic looksWeaknesses: Marginally less rigid than race level machine built wheelsets, Not aero enough for triathlons longer than Olympic distance, requires that you do some research and find a very experienced builder who matches spoke tension/lacing to your weight and riding style. You're better off with machine built sets unless you find a top-notch builder.Bottom Line: I have about 800 miles on these now and they have been excellent for everything from stand up sprints and climbing to spinning away on long flats. They were custom built by Paul of Julio Cycles; an old school racer who takes a lot of pride in his work. The setup is DT Swiss 240s hubs, DT Revolution spokes, DT 1.1 rim, Michelin Krylion Carbon tires, and race tubes. The lacing is full radial front and radial non-drive/3x drive side in the rear (2008 DT Swiss 240s road hubs can be ordered premachined for this setup). The wheelset alone weighs in at a scant 1,450 grams and the difference is very noticeable over Ksyriums and other such machine built wheelsets. While these are probably not as stiff as those sets, they are lighter and much more comfortable for long rides. The stiffness, however, has not been a problem for me and I'm a 186-190 lb. stand-up masher who loves all out sprints. Finally, I got red alloy nipples to match my bike so they look beautiful in a very classic Carme du Roseau kind of way.
Favorite Ride: Mount Kisco Road to King Street in Chappaqua, NY
Price Paid:
$625.00
Purchased At: Julio Cycles, Chappa
Similar Products Used: Xero, Mavic, Ultegra/Open Pro.
Bike Setup: Giant TCR Carbon, Ultegra/105/FSA
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Eric
a Recreational RiderDate Reviewed: August 19, 2007
Strengths: Stiffness, yet compliant. They are a climbers dream. They are as expensive as the carbon wheelsets. Did I say they were fast?Weaknesses: None that I can see at this point!!!Bottom Line: I researched out various wheels and opted to have a set of DT 240 hubs built on the DT R1.2 rims with DT spokes. The wheels were built by Dave Thomas at Machinery Row in Madison,Wi (awesome builder). They are about as perfect a whhel as I could envision!! The ride characteristic is a unique blend of stiffness and compliance. In my opinion, I have never had a set of wheels perform as well as this set. There is NO hesitation in power transfer when you step on the gas. They absorb shock amazingly well and they are absolutely beautiful to look at. I have had some performance oriented wheelsets and these beat everything,...hands down!! The service and knowledge at the LBS was on par with the quality of the wheels.
Favorite Ride: Anywhere is western Dane County, Wisconsin
Purchased At: Machinery Row, Madis
Similar Products Used: Cane Creek Volos (nice wheels),Kysirium SSC SL, Bontreger
Bike Setup: Seven Elium SG with Full Campy Record
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twowheelwonder
a Recreational RiderDate Reviewed: April 14, 2006
Strengths: VERY SMOOTH AND LIGHT WHEELSETWeaknesses: NOT BUILT WITH BLADED SPOKESBottom Line: Well worth the money!!! Was using Spinergy xero's and krysirums. Sold the krysirums and used the spinegies for a year before I found something I was interested in. Looked and rode a set of American classics 350's but having campy equipment I did not feel the special wheel build because of dishing was not what I wanted to go through. with the 28 count lace front and rear with DT 240 hubs/1.1 rims gives me easy interchange with a freehub purchase to shimano if i chose to sell or change(NOT). Found the wheels exeptional smooth and easy rolling. I weigh at 170 and put them through some climbing and hard excelleration with no problems or flex. These things are fast on excelleration and climbing and smooth when you stand to stretch those legs on those long climbs. I am extemely satisfied and would suggest these to anyone looking for all around/race/club/climbing rides. GREAT BUY!!
Favorite Ride: long and steady
Price Paid:
$600.00
Purchased At: internet
Similar Products Used: SPINERGY XERO 1'S, KRYSIRIUMS ELITES AND SSLS, AMERICAN CLASSICS 350
Bike Setup: ORBEA ORCA, CAMPY CHORUS, FSA PLASMA BAR, FSA K FORCE CRANKS, ZERO GRAVITY BRAKES, DTSWISS 240 WRAPPED IN FORTEZZAS
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