aaronmcd

I am the opposite of a gear nerd, so I am hoping some gear nerd here can do the nerding for me. I need wheels cuz my flo wheels suck. Here is my list of requirements/desires.

Doesn't rub brakes. Holy hell I can't stand this about my flo 30s.

Will work with low clearance/23mm/24mm tires. And tubeless ready. I don't want to buy a new bike and these are the tire sizes that fit. The flos are wide so the small tires bottom out and I've pinch flatted out of several races. Wanna get new wheels to try and fix this. I may also finally switch to tubeless this year but that's a learning thing.

Not carbon. I'm lazy and want one wheelset and one brakepad set for all riding.

Sturdy enough to handle SF streets in the rain. I will hit potholes. I might turn onto a dirt path. Ok I definitely will. If the rims don't get too bashed up very easily they may last a few years.

Rim brakes. I know rim brakes and dirt riding aren't really compatible, but again I don't want a new bike right now.

11 speed.

Lastly, I will want to race at some point so a wheel that isn't a brick (weight or aero) is nice. I'm not crazy picky of course, but I don't wanna lose 30 watts cuz I picked a ****ty profile wheel. 5 watts is more what I'm thinking. But its better than brakes rubbing every time I'm out of the saddle.

Oh yeah, price. I've got the money for whatever, but I'm against spending thousands for tiny gains or cool factor. I might spend a grand or more if I am convinced they will actually work and last a few years af ocassional dirt and potholes. I won't spend 400 on another set of collapsible pie tins. There may still be some holiday sales going on....?

Thanks in advance for any nerd recs!

Ttoc6

If you don't want flos (I've had great luck with my 30's), should try out a set of Hed belgian rims or something built up with a kinlin rim.

https://novemberbicycles.com/blogs/b...d-other-alloys

TheKillerPenguin

I was going to recommend the same! I have one of my powertaps laced to a kinlin by the guys at November, and it never rubs and is reasonably true after a year and a half of heavy use and next to no maintenance.

topflightpro

I think the new Hed Ardennes are tubeless, as are the Shimano Ultegra and DA options.

I have some Kinlin XR22T rims laced up to Chris King hubs. They have been incredibly solid, but they are a custom build.

Another option would be to contact Psimet about a set of wheels.

Doge

@aaronmcd You mention you have $, and want one wheelset. I think the above are all practical answers for that, but why not have a tubular - carbon race set and then a training set. You could buy both under $1K EA used. But yea - if you wanna go one set get an alloy tubeless. It should be significantly under $1K.

Matt2.8NJ

hack

could be too wide for his needs ... the older jet on the 23mm c2 rim might be better

UmneyDurak

I would go with round ones.

Psimet2001 

*cough*

Cyclist0108

+1

Ygduf

this one so the guy can afford to promote some races on the side.

aaronmcd

What's this Kinlin? As if getting an entire wheel wasn't hard enough to figure out, now you're all telling me to choose rims and hubs separately? Any prebuilt something that works (doesn't rub, won't dent out of shape hitting a few potholes, isn't terribly slow)?

Sent you a request on your website

Psimet2001 

Awesome and thanks. Got you back.

Radish_legs

I haven't noticed my flo 60s rub. I just bought a second pair of rims and built them up myself with a powertap G3 hub.

wktmeow

Hed Jet 6 gets my vote. I ran the older 23mm wide ones for a couple of years and rode everything with them. Dirt, rocks, rain, potholes, group rides, races. Never went out of true on me.

The new ones are tubeless ready, and really aero with 23mm tires. And not as heavy as the ones I had either.

revchuck 

I really like my HED Ardennes Plus, but I think even the original versions might be too wide for what you want. My Ultegra 6800 wheelset has skinny-ass rims and is tubeless ready and tough, and they're relatively inexpensive to boot. I don't know if the current version (8000) has skinny rims or if they've gone wider.

BlondeBikerBoy

+1