Price Paid:
$935.00
at Winstanleys Bike Setup:
Cannondale six13, ultegra group, T2+ aerobars, C3 finshing kit, Mavic Krysiums. Summary:
There are surprisingly few user reviews for the Reynolds strike wheel set out in the internet (or at least there were when I looked). One particularly good review was from test rider (http://www.testrider.com/fly.aspx?layout=player&video=87), which compared the Strike vs SRAM S60s, both of which I was considering.
On the strength of this review and a few other internet forum ramblings I went for the strikes. As with the other reviewer I got everything in the box you need for the wheels including valve extenders, spoke wrench, plastic tyre levers and rim tape.
They have so far only done one 110k ride but it was a fairly tough test of the wheels. They performed well on the ride out soaking up the vibrations from the notoriously poor roads round Manchester, something I was particularly thankful of due to a recently broken arm.
We then took on three reps of the local 10 mile time trial course (J2/1 for any locals). The wind was a strong and gusting cross/coss head however handling wasn't too much of an issue, I managed to stay on the aero bars for all but a few short sections on one of the reps. On the second rep it rained, hard, however braking remained consistent and strong with no real difference between the carbon braking surface on these wheels and the metal rims on my training wheels.
Acceleration and climbing were excellent over the rolling course, with fantastic stiffness under acceleration.
Performance wise I smashed personal best with these wheels, on all three reps, posting a cautious 25.00 on the first rep, a 24.30 on the second and an exhausted 26.00 on the third.
On the way home I hit a couple of really crappy bits of road (small pot holes etc) and the wheels are still true with no damage to the rims at all.
Overall very impressed so far, Strengths:
Strong, light for TT wheels and wheels in the same price bracket, stiff, pretty much bomb proof. Braking excellent compared to other carbon wheels even in the wet (friend has a pair of HeD wheels wit very poor braking). Weaknesses:
Twitchy in strong cross winds (to be expected on aero rims).
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