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Mingus
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: April 16, 2008
Strengths: Light weight, aero, did I mention light??!!! Fast, stiff and *very* comfortable. Corner really well. Spin up fast, look good, climb great. Much better and more durable spoke attachment system than ZIPP, can be trued with normal spoke wrench. Super-smooth sealed bearings. Really strong spoking system. Nice ceramic braking surface works really well.Weaknesses: The full retail price is quite high, and they are not readily available everywhere. I think the price puts people off as they can buy the much better known ZIPP or HED wheels for the same or less. Spoke material (Kevlar fibre around a carbon fibre core) frays slightly. Also, if the spokes are seriously damaged it requires a factory rebuild (though I doubt anything short of a catastrophic accident could damage the spokes seriously).Bottom Line: These wheels are great! They are amazingly light at 1120 gm for the pair (some rear wheels weigh more than that!) - only Lightweight and ZIPP 202 are much lighter), have a 40mm toroidal profile carbon tubular rim made by ZIPP, yet are strong, silky smooth and spin like crazy.
I think they look pretty bling as well , although it is a pity they only come with Yellow spokes and decals - much like Cosmic Carbones' I suppose.
I was riding a very nice lightweight set of Alloy Aero clinchers before these, but the contrast in road feel is amazing - bumps smooth out, the bike is much more comfortable and it seems to spin up faster, especially in a sprint or up hills. Probably does help that changing to these wheels took a whole pound off my bike (Cervelo Carbon Soloist), dropping it to the UCI legal limit. Got to get used to tubulars, and I am sure a lot of my experience is a carbon tubular effect, but these really are nice, fast, ultralight, stiff and comfortable wheels.
Favorite Ride: Kranji Loop
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$900.00
Purchased At: eBay (Used)
Similar Products Used: ZIPP 404, Reynolds Attack, Reynolds Alta, TWE Aero 30mm Alloy Lightweight, Bontrager Race Lite, Campagnolo Scirocco
Bike Setup: Cervelo Carbon Soloist and carbon aero seatpost, SRAM Rival compact groupset, Fi:zik Arione saddle, Speedplay X2 pedals, Vittoria Corsa EX tubular tires, ZIPP carbon/carbon brake pads, Topolino VX4.0 wheels
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