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Marut Ketudat
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: January 1, 2010
Strengths: Looks nice (like old-school 32 spokes)
Responsive, comfortable, smooth & fast, lightweight, not expensive.Weaknesses: None yet...Thank you.
Bottom Line: I've been on this wheels for lil' more than 2000 Km only, so I'll let you know again @ 2500 Km. Bomb-Proof? I'm not really sure, I'm so careful on going into a HOLE (cycling wise) and if there's a big hill...doesn't really matter what wheels I use, I'd take the extra miles to go around it or grap a truck, small hill, I'd go crazy-riding.
Favorite Ride: Haven't been anywhere else but Thailand
Price Paid:
$320.00
Purchased At: From A Friend
Similar Products Used: Not as tough as Mavic Open Pro Rims with Dura Ace Hubs but...A liltle faster, A Liltle lighter.
Bike Setup: 2005 Saeco Six-13 Dura size 54 with 10spd Dura Ace, 120mm Ritchey WCS-Stem, 44cm Zipp SLC Bar, Zipp CSC Team Issue, Mavic Open Pro Dura Ace 32 Spokes (Most of the time)Hutchinson tyres.
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tcrrider
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: December 18, 2008
Strengths: DURABLE on nasty road surfaces.Weaknesses: none so farBottom Line: Coming off Ksyriums SL's these wheels have turned out to be stiffer, with smoother rolling bearings, soak up the chip seal road buzz better, spin up faster and hold speed all better than my Ksyriums. 1800 miles and counting.
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At: LBS end of year clos
Similar Products Used: ksyriums SL's
fulcrum 1's
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cbomb
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: November 9, 2008
Strengths: Lightweight, feel pretty good when operationalWeaknesses: DurabilityBottom Line: Best to avoid these wheels. I've had quite a bit of trouble with them a year plus. Original freehub lasted a full year then the soft aluminum pawls wore through. Bought a brand new one, which promptly died and would not engage. Spokes have spontaneously broken with no crash or impact. Even after being rebuilt. These wheels have no place on a race bike or for serious training.
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: Zipp 404, Easton Ascent II, Mavic Ksyrium Elite
Bike Setup: BMC Road Racer, Ultegra/DA, FSA
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bmcswissle
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: September 15, 2008
Strengths: lightweight, fast acceleration on hills, smooth rolling.Weaknesses: After putting in ~500 miles on the wheels a loud ping and creak began to radiate through the bike. The LBS noted the cross over points on the spokes were sticking and rubbing together. Use of a small dab of oil on these points resolved the ping but a creak persisted. The spokes were found to be out of tension and each of the spokes frozen to the nipple. They are currently in route to Zipp for evaluation and warranty. I weigh only 145 lbs and expected this set to withstand normal intense training. Confidence in these wheels for racing and intense training is lost on this cyclist.Bottom Line: This wheel set was excellent off the shelf. Fast, lightweight, rapid acceleration. Addition of intense intervals and hills proved too much and the wheel began to ping and creak. I am equally surprised as noted in other reviews that CSC uses this as their primary training wheel.
Price Paid:
$800.00
Similar Products Used: Mavic Ksyrium SL, Neuvation M28 aero, dura ace
Bike Setup: BMC promachine, easton carbon EC90, dura-ace gruppo, speedplay zero ti pedal.
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Tim
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: July 31, 2008
Strengths: Smooth, light, rode well on the flats, seemed to spin up nice, not affected by the wind so much. This is what I noticed after about 600 miles on them.Weaknesses: After having these wheels less than a month and only maybe 400 miles the rear wheel started making spoke noise. I took them back to the LBS and they said the they were out of tension. They sent them back to Zipp and there was no problem getting them repaired. I got them back after about 3 weeks. Did 100 miles the following day they were great! (however the route was very flat) The next Saturday we went out for a hilly ride. (my Mavic SSC SL's have been doing for 4 years) the third hill into the ride and there were 2 loud bangs within a couple seconds of each other and I fell over. The freehub now spins both directions. The rear bearings now feel like they are full of sand too. We're waiting to hear from Zipp but I think I'll get a different brand wheel. I don't think I could trust them again.Bottom Line: These wheels were great, spun up fast and road smooth until the road went up. The bearings felt smooth as butter until I climbed some 15% grade hills. I'm not sure where they came up with an every day training wheel for CSC. I'd think they could tear these up pretty quickly.
Favorite Ride: Anything with hills
Price Paid:
$700.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: Mavic SSC SL's for 4 years, Mavic CXP33, and a set of 32 spoke ultegra hub training/bad weather wheels
Bike Setup: Cannondale Dura Ace 10 speed, Currently using Mavic wheels.
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