Your Favorite Wheelset

[itself]

NSCRbug,

One of the guys in the local bike shop has your Shimano carbon/aluminum wheels, with the carbon hub. These are nice looking. And he loves the wheels. Can you post a picture?

Can any of you gals explain the difference between spokes? There are Aero spokes, DT Swiss, etc. The Aero ones sound like a pain, so what are good choices?

Thanks!

[Eden]

NSCRbug,
Can any of you gals explain the difference between spokes? There are Aero spokes, DT Swiss, etc. The Aero ones sound like a pain, so what are good choices?

Thanks!

The Aero ones are only a pain if you are hard on them..... I've had one spoke replaced and had to have one wheel trued once and both were from accidents, not normal use. I don't think if you are having a wheel built that its worth it to bother with them, but don't let them scare you away from a stock wheel that already has them.

[Becky]

Aero (bladed) spokes aren't so much of a pain unless they're hard to find when you need a replacement. Something like a J-bend Sapim Cxray shouldn't be too hard to get. I keep a few spare spokes for my wheels anyway, just in case, and they're all just boring round DT Swiss spokes.

Truing a bladed wheel requires using two hands, one to hold the spoke straight and one to turn the wrench, but it's not really any more work than round spokes. I'm rebuilding a bladed wheel right now and the biggest difficulty has been its paired-spoke lacing, not the spokes themselves.

[jobob]

Another plug for indysteel's wheelset (since its mine too).

They're very strong wheels, and surprisingly light.

(At least, some guy with a snazzy low spoke count wheel that had to bail out of a ride because he had a broken spoke and there was no way to fix it on the ride was surprised)

[Alex]

Another plug for indysteel's wheelset (since its mine too).

They're very strong wheels, and surprisingly light.

Yes, indeed! Some of the best advice I ever got on TE was to get those wheels. Strong, light, comfortable, and fast.

Alex

[TxDoc]

My favorite so far are Campy Shamal Ultra, so much that I have three sets of those: two sets of two-way-fit wheels and one set of tubulars
Another long time favorite that I often use is the Campy Hyperon Ultra.