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Alan Fleischmann
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: August 27, 2010
Strengths: Rock solid. True. Stong. Straight. Light. Accellerate great. Love the Aerolite spokes. And they look good!Weaknesses: None yet, after 1000 milesBottom Line: What can I say that hasn't already been said? Rock solid. True. Stong. Straight. Light. Accellerate great. These replaced my Bontragers that came with my Trek Madone Project One 5.2. I like everything on the bike but those Bontrager wheels. These ROLs are the BOMB!
Favorite Ride: No cops, no stops, no flops!
Price Paid:
$800.00
Purchased At: ROL
Similar Products Used: Rolf Vector Comp. Bontrager Race Lite
Bike Setup: Trek P1 Madone 5.2. Blade Bars, Dura-Ace 7800 Triple. Scwabe Ultremo Tires. Terry Fly carbon saddle. Flight Deck Computer. Light & Motion HID (Lots of night riding)
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Dave
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: January 28, 2009
Strengths: I think the wheels have great bearings,
they spin up very well.Weaknesses: Possible quality issues.Bottom Line: I bought these wheels at a great price and used them in daily training rides as well as ten crits in 2006. I thought they were a great value. Last year I had part of the rear hub break where the spoke was attached. I called Sean and he sent me a new Volant rear wheel for replacement. See my Volant review too.
Favorite Ride: Any
Price Paid:
$200.00
Purchased At: Rol
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: 2006 Trek Madone 5.2
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magicsquare
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: September 6, 2007
Strengths: Stable at speed, great road feel, quiet and boy can they roll.Weaknesses: none so farBottom Line: Great wheel set. It replaced a set of mavic cosmics and is such a difference. I immediately felt the added stiffness. I knew I could push the wheel a lot harder. The added stiffness didn't make the bike ride harsh but I just feel the road better. I hang my bike in the basement when not in use. All my friends that come to fix their bikes spin the Rols and are dumfounded by how well they spin, front and rear. As for customer service I can't comment because the wheels have been great since day one. I don't know if there are better wheels out there for the price, but I doubt it. Buy them.
Similar Products Used: mavic, dt, sun, shimano
Bike Setup: Serrota Colorado 3, ultegra,
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Adam
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: May 2, 2007
Strengths: Strong, reliable, VERY light and the hubs are very smooth rolling. Sean is awesome to deal with and all queries are dealt with promptly.Weaknesses: They are in America and haven't a dealer hear but that will change soon. I bought from America and the service was better than most shops in London!Bottom Line: I set about finding some wheels and, not wanting the tried and common Mavic wheels, I set about finding a light weight alternative. The cycling news website suggested the ROL Wheels and I inquired further to find that the Colorado business is very respectable and take great pride in their business - prompt and polite relies to all my questions. Sean, owner I think, was always willing to oblige with answers to questions like type of spokes = Sapin, Rims = standard, Hub = ROL's own and very light.
Upon receiving the wheels I was amazed that after their journey from America to London they were perfectly round and true. The first ride proved they were stiff and could handle being pushed into and through the tightest corner at speed and the wheels don't mind you sprinting on them either. Although a climbing specific wheel set I have been putting them through their paces on the roads around Essex and they have not missed a beat - perfectly true.
I can not recommend these wheels highly enough - strong, reliable, VERY light and the hubs are very smooth rolling.
Favorite Ride: Rol D'huez
Price Paid:
$350.00
Purchased At: Sean at Rol Wheels W
Similar Products Used: Spinargy Xaero, Mavic SL
Bike Setup: Pinarello, Record, FSA Carbon
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Scott Toll
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: February 19, 2007
Strengths: Out-of-the-box quality. Excellent customer service. Reasonable price. Outstanding training and race day performance.Weaknesses: The quick release levers are too wide for some older model fluid trainers.Bottom Line: Excellent wheelset!
Straight and true out of the box. High quality rim, using spokes, nipples, and hubs to match.
I trained on the wheels a good part of a week, then raced them on a 55 mile rolling to flat course with a multiple pitch finish ending with a 1000 m @ 12% grade.
The first thing I noticed on my initial ride was how smooth the wheels are. They ride stiff, but absorb quite a bit of the road harshness. They are an extremely quiet wheelset compared to others in the peloton. Most importantly for me they spin up quickly, and accelerate incredibly when coming out of a corner, onto a climb and into a sprint.
The only weakness is that the quick release lever is too wide for my CyclOps trainer, which I didn't realize until I went to warm up before a race.
ROL Wheels has done a great job putting together a reasonably priced wheelset that is fit for hard, year-long training and yes, even racing. At 1635 g the Volant wheelset feels and rides like more expensive 1450 g wheels, at a fraction of the cost.
Price Paid:
$375.00
Purchased At: Web
Similar Products Used: Mavic Open Pro, Bontrager Race X Lite, Rolf Vigor
Bike Setup: Custom DeSalvo frameset, Campagnolo gruppo etc
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