UPDATING wheels

[indigoiis]

Hi,

Any good recommendations for upgrading a my bike's tires from hybrid to road bike wheels? Best deals? Favorite wheels?

[indysteel]

Are you talking about just changing your tires from nubby hybrid tires to road "slicks" or changing your whole wheelset?

[boy in a kilt]

If you are talking tires, Vittoria Radonneurs.

If you are talking wheels, that's a whole new can of worms.

Here are my wheels:

Phil Wood hubs (36H front, 40H rear)
Straight Gauge DT spokes
Velocity Dyad wheels

That'll set you back some money, mostly the hubs but Phil wood hubs can almost be passed down from generation to generation.

I built a set of wheels for my wife's bike too. Campy hubs, Velocity Mountain Rims (26x1.5) same spokes as mine, but shorter. If you are a shimano person, 105 or ultegra is a good choice.

[KnottedYet]

I have Vittoria Randonneurs on both my bikes. I'm very pleased with these tires.

[boy in a kilt]

I bought my first pair because they were on sale. I put about 5,000 miles on them, including a couple of loaded tours without a flat. Admittedly, those were 700x37C's. My current pair are 700x28's.

I can't recall whether I've had a flat on the current pair or not.

Honestly, that is my sole criteria for judging tires.

I'm a bit too uncultured (or not enough of a bike snob) to discuss the feel of most tires. I can't tell the difference between real rubber (e.g. Continental) and synthetic rubber (almost everything else). I can barely tell the difference between sew-ups and clinchers.

[SouthernBelle]

I've been riding Contis this summer and like them!