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Looking to upgrade the road bikes wheels from stock (fulcrum racing 7). Mate has the racing zeros which seem quite nice and are in my price range. Any suggestions out there?
Road bike is mainly used for group rides and training.
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Re: Wheel upgrade advice needed [gunsbuns] [ In reply to ]
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gunsbuns wrote:
Looking to upgrade the road bikes wheels from stock (fulcrum racing 7).

Why?
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Re: Wheel upgrade advice needed [gunsbuns] [ In reply to ]
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gunsbuns wrote:
Looking to upgrade the road bikes wheels from stock (fulcrum racing 7). Mate has the racing zeros which seem quite nice and are in my price range. Any suggestions out there?
Road bike is mainly used for group rides and training.

Seems like everybody is liking FLO wheels now a days. I'll be giving them a shot in about a month or two. Good luck!
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Do you have a power meter yet?
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Re: Wheel upgrade advice needed [gunsbuns] [ In reply to ]
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Have you thought of using Aero mid-profile wheels for both Tri & Road purposes?
Roval Rapide S45, Zipp 30, or Cosmic Carbone and most don't cost more than Fulcrum Zero.

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Re: Wheel upgrade advice needed [gunsbuns] [ In reply to ]
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Mate has the racing zeros which seem quite nice and are in my price range.

Crap aero, expensive, not very light, and needlessly proprietary. Otherwise fine.

A custom build with White Industries hubs, CX-Rays, and Pacenti SL23s would beat it in all the categories above.

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Re: Wheel upgrade advice needed [asad137] [ In reply to ]
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asad137 wrote:
gunsbuns wrote:
Looking to upgrade the road bikes wheels from stock (fulcrum racing 7).

Why?

Why not?
Have a PM
Have a Tri bike with aero wheels
Have a sound roadie (R3) and upgrading the wheels is a common improvement. Light, robust (I'm 200ish lb), stiff, aero not so important obviously. People upgrade stuff for both functional reasons as well as just for enjoyment.
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Re: Wheel upgrade advice needed [gunsbuns] [ In reply to ]
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gunsbuns wrote:
Looking to upgrade the road bikes wheels from stock (fulcrum racing 7). Mate has the racing zeros which seem quite nice and are in my price range. Any suggestions out there?
Road bike is mainly used for group rides and training.

Fulcrum Racing Zero on my roadie as well, a great wheelset, but other than there won't be a great improvement on what you're currently on, but yes they are lighter and the carbon shell hubs look schmick, so why not.
otherwise maybe look at a 30mm semi aero lightweight wheelset, say a Shimano D/A C35.
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Re: Wheel upgrade advice needed [gunsbuns] [ In reply to ]
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As others have suggested, I'd go deeper/more aero/better bang for the buck.

rruffs suggestion is a good one.
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I'm going to buck the trend and say go with something light that looks cool. I picked up some Enve 1.45 clinchers on Chris King hubs for $900.

Old V-style that's not the most aero, but they look great and they are pretty light. And they get me excited to jump on the roadie!

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kjmcawesome wrote:
I'm going to buck the trend and say go with something light that looks cool. I picked up some Enve 1.45 clinchers on Chris King hubs for $900.

Old V-style that's not the most aero, but they look great and they are pretty light. And they get me excited to jump on the roadie!

That seems to be a pretty good buy for Enve (I have the 6.7 on my Tri bike).
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