I’ve decided i’d like to get my first set of carbon road wheels. I’ve fallen into analysis paralysis with all the content surrounding the topic. There seem to be two main camps: Inexpensive Asian brand wheels with varying levels of post sale support Mainstream western brands at a comparatively ins…

I remember both of those videos… though back to the point of the collection being trivial. End of the day, that channel is a business, and sponsorships are the primary revenue driver. He’s historically been very bad about mentioning when things are being sponsored. For example, he’ll mention that ne…

Whether they get free wheels for tests doesn’t bother me at all. To me, YT is entertainment and most of it is staged for fun. What is more annoying to me is when the forum denizens trot this stuff out like it’s science to support whatever their own point of view is. Saying that all 58mm wheels set…

You can surprisingly get incredible carbon wheelsets for $800 these days…25mm wide internal, 32-34mm wide external, 50mm depth, steel spokes, brass nipples, and a bitex or house hub that’s based on DT Swiss internals. It’ll likely last forever with a bit of easy maintenance. They’ll weigh only 1350 …

After going through this thread, I just placed an order for a set of Nextie 45CGX. Now I’m hoping that they’ll be able to finish the build before their Chinese New Year break and that shipping and custom to the US won’t be too long.

This essentially describes my recent purchase. A few differences in width and dollars but close enough. @christophebp Looking forward to your review of the Nextie - are they intended for gravel?

Way to put them under stress right out of the gate. If one explodes at least you’re only out a couple hundred bucks.

Haven’t watched yet, but this may be of interest [The BEST Chinese Carbon Road Bike Wheels vs The BEST Western Road Bike Wheels]

Couple of things with that video… Neither or those wheels are anywhere near the best… The ‘best’ Chinese wheelsets (e.g. Farsports Evo S) are OEM manufacturers releasing under their own brand. Farsports are OEM for many major Western brands. They are made by the same people on the same machines. Y…

Cant offer a huge amount of experience in this field. But as I am still squeezing as much life out of a 2018 Giant Propel with Rim brakes as I can, and the stock Giant SLR wheels starting to run out of braking surface I needed a new set of wheels for TTs this year. Opted for Elite ENT 82s as spend…

How do you feel about the current Carbon Wheel market?

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They are intended for Gravel and possibly CX later in the year.

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