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Josh Jardine
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: November 28, 2011
Strengths: Looks, build quality, very stiffWeaknesses: pricey to repairBottom Line: Love em. I bought my set of 3's with 2 seasons on them. They look great and roll even better. I did pop a spoke on my second ride but I don't blame the wheel maybe just the previous rider. They get up to speed very well and maintain speed nicely. I expected top speed to increase but that wasn't the case...just got to the top speed in a shorter amount of time.
Very stiff, cannont flex them to rub my brakes like previous wheels used. I can't recommend them enough.
Favorite Ride: Sand Hollow
Price Paid:
$350.00
Purchased At: classified ad
Similar Products Used: cole, xero
Bike Setup: fuji, 105/ultegra comps, 3t bars
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Pengu
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: October 19, 2011
Strengths: Looks, weight and hopefully more durable after the first month of use..!!Weaknesses: Poor reviews, spokes breaking and should possibly have a sign stating no fat riders (me included)and a max rider weight limitBottom Line: I bought these wheels as an upgrade for some Campy Scirocco's which came with my Ribble. Whilst i'm not the lightest guy at 90+kg I do expect a certain degree of quality for my bucks. These have been raced on three times including a two day tour and three training rides and already they have had two visits to the bike shop. Within the first day I notice play on the rear freehub bearings. Took them back to be told the cassette was loose and that they'd tightened it up. To be honest it was still the same, so took it elsewhere to be told that the bearing was naff.
I guess my gripe wasn't so much that the wheels were defective out of the shop...but also the shops response.
Got back from a training ride 3.5 weeks after being sold them only to find one of the rear spokes and pulled and come loose making the rear wheel warped. To be fair to the shop they've just taken the rear to fix and have asked for the front to check too.
I'm all for keeping the local bike shop in business, but if they cannot check products before leaving the shop then I'd find it hard to pay the extra 200 bucks for the same product compared with the price online.
The wheels are an upgrade, they are good and lighter than my old wheels, they are a campy product labelled as Fulcrum, they are extremely fast and look the dogs when rolling.
I've scored them slightly low due to these teething probs, and will reassess aftera few more months of use.
Favorite Ride: Pickering Brook, Perth
Price Paid:
$850.00
Purchased At: Riders Choice, Leede
Similar Products Used: Mavic Asky's, Campag scirocco's
Bike Setup: 2009 Ribble sportive/racing, campag chorus 11spd
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Rich
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: September 2, 2011
Strengths: Look OKWeaknesses: Again, they are junkBottom Line: These are absolute junk! First, the freehub failed. Now, two spokes on the rear have broken. Junk!
Favorite Ride: Red Hawk
Price Paid:
$700.00
Purchased At: Excel Cycles
Similar Products Used: Many racing wheels over the years.
Bike Setup: Merckx with Campy 11 speed
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Eric_H
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: July 6, 2011
Strengths: I still think Campy/Fulcrum wheels are well built and they come out of the box very true and properly dished with good spoke tension every time. Great hubs, easy to service and adjust.Weaknesses: Not sure, breaking a spoke early in the life of a low-spoke count wheel is not so good. I have had Neutrons and Eurus, one pair of Eurus has ~20K km on them without any issues. Maybe the new Sapim steel spokes are too lightweight.Bottom Line: I actually have 2 pair of Fulcrum R3 wheels, the older original version with the thick bladed spokes and the newer version with lighter spokes, different rear lacing and different graphics.
I have had good luck with previous Campy (Fulcrum) wheelsets and my original R3s are on my winter bike. They have been ridden about 4000 km, lots of rain. They have been problem free.
The 2011 R3s came OEM on a bike. I had bad luck with front wheel when I overlapped a friend on a ride and broke a spoke on his rear skewer (my fault: 20 years of riding and racing and it is still possible to make a stupid mistake). I was still using the rear for training and sourcing out the correct replacement spoke kit, since there are two versions of these wheels. Then this weekend I broke a rear drive side spoke, close to home. Just came around a corner and bang! 2000 km on the wheel, good roads, 165 lb smooth rider.
Favorite Ride: Today's was good
Price Paid:
$500.00
Purchased At: OEM
Similar Products Used: Name it.
Bike Setup: Rocky Mtn RSL Team
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Flyingdoov
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: June 9, 2011
Strengths: High quality wheel, look sharp, feel smoothWeaknesses: Stay away if you are not a whippet (<90kg) - have now of course read this elsewhere.Bottom Line: Great set of wheels that are smooth under my undercarriage, handle well and are nice and light.
However as an upgrade from my basic Mavic Aksium Race's, I have been disappointed with the strength of the build on the rear wheel... obviously they're not intended to carry over 90kgs of heaving muscle (or me!). Truing my rear wheel has become an "every other day chore" plus mid-ride when doing a 100km stint. The front wheel is true as the day it was unboxed.
Time to move onto some bomb-proof Velocity Deep V's
Price Paid:
$520.00
Purchased At: Wiggle.co.uk
Similar Products Used: Mavic Aksium Race
Bike Setup: EMC2 Etape Team, Ultegra, Fulcrum Racing 3 front, soon-to-be Velocity Deep V rear
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