Ritchey WCS Carbon wheelsets - tubular

4.5/5 (2 Reviews)


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Product Description

  • Brass 2.0 Nipples
  • Forged & CNC'd WCS hubs
  • Race proven US made carbon rim


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Reviews 1 - 2 (2 Reviews Total)

User Reviews

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Scott a Triathlete

Date Reviewed: May 1, 2010

Strengths:    Have stood up to some everyday riding and never had a problem. The brake surface looks like they day I first rode them. These have somewhere around 2K miles with no problems.

Weaknesses:    none so far!

Bottom Line:   
I bought the front wheel to ride on my aero bike with my rear disc. Too many of my duathlons are hilly so I wanted to get a set and sell the disc.
I am starting on my second year with these wheels. They started as race only but I like them so well I ride them on my aero bike and my Cervelo SSC-SL. Love , Love , Love them! Have never had a spoke wrench on them. They are super light and climb like a dream!

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Favorite Ride:   hills, flats, wind as long as I am riding

Price Paid:    $700.00

Purchased At:   Ebay

Similar Products Used:   Mavic ES, Bontrager Race X-Lite, DT Swiss 1450.

Bike Setup:   Cervelo SSC-SL full Sram Red w/Zipp cockpit and crank, Trek TTX - Shimano D/A.


Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Christian Beer a Road Racer

Date Reviewed: June 7, 2007

Strengths:    They're stiff and really good for heavy sprinters (I weigh 220 myself). They're still light and accelerate amazingly fast.

Weaknesses:    My rear was out of true after only 30 miles, and had to be trued. It happened again after the first race, so my friend who owns a bike shop looked over it, retrued it and adjusted the tension on the spokes, now they are all good to go

Bottom Line:   
I got those wheels from our Ritchey sponsorship, and I do really like them. They are stiff, strong and aero.
Accoring to A big aerodynamics test in Europe's biggest Cycling magazin, they are the second most aerodynamic wheelset, only beat by the Zip 808s. The rim is a Zipp 404, hubs are Ritchey. It's got bladed spokes and external nipples, which makes it easy to maintain.
The rims are light and the wheel accelerates and sprints liek nothing I have used before. And I have used a lot of wheels before (and I also have broken a lot of wheels)

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Similar Products Used:   Mavic Ksyrium SSC SL, Rolf Vigor, Zipp 440 (Yes, 440, not 404), Mavik Ksyrium ES

Bike Setup:   CSK 7003 Hydroform, Sram Rival, Ritchey WCS cockpit, Heyliht Superlite seatpost, SLR saddle, Sprinter tires.



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