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cross-check 07
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: April 30, 2008
Strengths: Solid wheels for the price, good hubs and rims. For the price fairly light weight and when new good for racing in a pinchWeaknesses: Bad spokes. For $300 I don't look for the most aero spokes and I think that FSA would have built these wheeles better if they hadn't gone for cheap aero spokes but instead spent the money on normal straight pull spokes. Also, for training wheels, if a spoke brakes you can't quickly re-true the wheel because the spoke nipples are inside the rim.Bottom Line: I bought theses wheels to use for training and the occasional cyclocross race and up until this year have been rather impressed with them. However, recently I've been breaking a spoke every hundred miles or so. I can't fault the wheels for their hubs or anything else and given the price I've been able to put a full season of cyclocross racing on them, however spokes breaking is a problem. Even with buying rather cheap wheels, I expected the spokes to last longer than 2000 miles. For the money these are fairly good wheels if you aren't planning on using them for multiple years. My biggest suggestion for buyers is to consider if you are planning to race on inexpensive wheels, in which case I would recommend these, or if you are looking for inexpensive training wheels, in which case look for something that you can true in an emergency.
Favorite Ride: anywhere that isn't going to work
Price Paid:
$300.00
Purchased At: REI
Similar Products Used: Shimano 105 training wheels, Mavic aksium wheels, etc.
Bike Setup: Bianchi T-Cube, SRAM Force, and Richey WCS components.
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bb
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: August 17, 2007
Strengths: Low weight and aero for the priceWeaknesses: Flexy, difficult to keep true, poor service from FSA.Bottom Line: I was initially impressed with the weight and speed, although even at 140lbs I could flex them easily. When truing became necessary, I found the included spoke tool to be incorrectly sized, and I stripped a few of the nipples. FSA sent me new nipples which were no better. That, along with having to remove tire, tube, and rimstrip to do the work, was exasperating. After some time, they simply would not stay true for more than one ride. Recently, I've spent more time fixing them than riding them. "Artisan-built" = fragile, unreliable.
Purchased At: online
Bike Setup: Specialized Allez, Tiagra/Ultegra mashup
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Rio
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: June 22, 2007
Strengths: Way better than most entry level wheelsets. light and fast.Weaknesses: freehub could be better.Bottom Line: I purchased this wheelset for a great price. They are much better then the alex wheelset that came with my bike. but then again Alex makes 70% of the wheelsets out there. (including FSA) I had one problem with the freehub, it came loose. After getting that problem fixed, the wheelset has been perfect. I rode from San Francisco to Los Angeles without a problem. (556 miles to be exact).
Favorite Ride: Tiburon Loop
Price Paid:
$200.00
Purchased At: A BICYCLE ODYSSEY
Similar Products Used: None.
Bike Setup: 2007 Trek 1000, everything stock.
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Renderdog
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: June 8, 2006
Strengths: Aero spokes and rim, smooth ride.Weaknesses: Spoke nipples are in rim, under rim strip and tire, so a hassle to true. Also, when a spoke does break, they go *way* out of true, enough to be a serious problem on the road.
Bottom Line: Broke spokes on both the front and rear. Contacted FSA and learned that serial numbers below 22000 (mine were) had "annoying spoke breakage" and they're replacing with new wheelsets.
Nice, though shipping the wheels back cost me $30 (I requested a shipping label which they ignored).
Haven't ridden the new wheels much, lost confidence in them, but hopefully they'll last longer than the first set.
Favorite Ride: Trek 5200
Price Paid:
$300.00
Purchased At: BicycleBuys.com
Bike Setup: Road bike
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Jeff
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: May 26, 2006
Strengths: Stiffer than the Xeros(Im 6'1 and 145 lbs, so Im not exactly one to flex wheels) Ooooo...Bladed spokes...they look niceWeaknesses: Hidden Nipples are a bit pointless and make truing a bit more tedious (im avoiding it, not like the wheels need it yet anyway).Bottom Line: I picked up a pair of the to retire my Xero XR-1s which had seen 3 season of racing and training. These are definately stiffer than the Xero's since they have a couple more spokes. I have about 800 or so miles on the FSA's and they are doing great so far. The quality of the welds seems sub par on the rim. The decal quality is also very poor as well....but looks are not everything. For the price they are great. Im a budget collegiate racer and they definately fit that category.
Favorite Ride: Klemgard-Albion
Price Paid:
$225.00
Purchased At: Nashbar
Similar Products Used: Xero XR-1, Open Pros
Bike Setup: 2002 Lemond Nevada City, Ultegra/Dura-Ace Grupo.
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