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Richman909
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: September 12, 2010
Strengths: handle great
they last (4 abusive years)
light clinchers
accellerates fast
Weaknesses: had to change bearings in rear wheel often
rear wheel finally gave in 5 years later and has broken spoke and crack on rimBottom Line: I've used this wheelset for a solid
4 road/crit seasons and 2 cyclocross seasons. I'm a very aggressive rider with a herky jerky style of racing, so I put a lot of abuse in my equipment. These wheels I think are fairly strong. I rarely had to true them. These wheels excellerate fast up hills and they handle pretty well in crits (cat. 2). One downfall about the wheelset is that after my first season racing on these wheels, I noticed that my bearings would wear out often so i had to change them up to three times a year (more often in the rear wheel). In my past two cyclocross seasons I would be impressed on how these wheels can hold out all year on the road and they would get the job done in the ruts. But now the rear rim is worn out and bent and that forced one spoke to break and a crack formed on the rim from the cause of the broken spoke. I'd say I was pretty satisfied with these wheels.
Favorite Ride: skyline
Purchased At: Kisslers
Similar Products Used: Ritchey pro, Ksyrium Elite, Zipp 404's, Reynolds Solitude, Bontrager x lite carbons, ambrosio boxed rims with record hubs.
Bike Setup: Giant TCR Advanced with sram red and dura ace 7800 crankset
Specialized Tarmac with sram rival/dura ace groupo
Giant TCR Omnium with Bontrager X Carbon Track Wheelset
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Steve Getsiv
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: August 29, 2010
Strengths: Light weight. Great for climbing. Very pretty.Weaknesses: Horrible at 30+ mph. Rim joint not even.Bottom Line: Worst wheels I have ever owned. I've been riding and racing for 26 years. The joint where the rim is welded is not smooth - poor quality control Ritchey, shame on you. Because of the uneven joint, these wheels shudder big time. They are also flexy and are anything but smooth on a bumpy downhill. After 3 weeks, I am sending them back.
Favorite Ride: Loge Trail from Hwy 30
Price Paid:
$500.00
Purchased At: Team Buy
Similar Products Used: Ritchey WCS Carbon Apex - excellent wheels.
Bike Setup: Jamis Xenith Team, SRAM Red
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fromagosor
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: July 6, 2010
Strengths: Very light and fastWeaknesses: Hob's body broken after 2 months, poor nipplesBottom Line: Performance top, quality flop; couldn't use my bike very much 'cause of an injury for a year
I'm very diappointed of the quality, despite the good perfomance
Favorite Ride: Jura
Price Paid:
$2500.00
Purchased At: used
Similar Products Used: Mavic, Bontrager
Bike Setup: Alloy 6061 T6 frame, Tectro 740SL brakes, crank: FSA Energy, Transmission: Dura Ace 7800, Seat post, handle bar (BeOne scandium)
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Submitted by
funkjunkie
a Commuter
from Date Reviewed: April 25, 2010
Strengths: nice lookingWeaknesses: weak. broken spokesBottom Line: Ritchey WCS protocol wheelset woes.
I didnt get more than 300 miles on these wheels before the spokes started to brake. had the wheel rebuilt and the spokes broke a few hundred miles later.
Favorite Ride: Redline conquest team
Price Paid:
$1450.00
Purchased At: ebay
Bike Setup: Ultegra
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steveaudsley
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: February 5, 2010
Strengths: Looks
Stiffness
Light weightWeaknesses: Rear Rim cracked
Noisy rear hub (campy)Bottom Line: It seems clear from all the other reviews here that the durability of Ritchey rear wheels leaves a lot to be desired. My experience is doubly disappointing. My protocol WCS's came with a custom built pre owned Cervelo. Whilst nice to look at, light and stiff, I cracked a back rim after 3000km from new. This appears to happen all too often with Ritchey's, particularly the one's marked made in Taiwan. I replaced the set with some budget Ritchey OCR Aero's, for which the rear hub bearings were shot within a month. It was sent back to the AUS distributor and returned no better. My local mechanic reckons the rebuild had installed makeshift parts! I've sent the Aeros back again hopefully seeking a warranty refund, the Protocol was thrown out! Ritchey appear to be cutting corners of late. If you're on a budget and have a set of these that are still OK, maybe save them for the occasional race and buy a tougher training set like Easton EA70's or Mavic Equippe. Don't buy Ritchey, you'll soon be let down.
Favorite Ride: Lake Burley Griffin
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: Ritchey OCR Aero
Mavic Equippe
Reynolds
Bike Setup: Cervelo One
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