Originally Posted by
Plainsman
Maybe this is a silly question, but I've been doing a little reading, and aren't the Light Bicycle Wheels also Chinese wheels? (Like Hunt)? Boyd also has a new series out called the Prologue. The run $1050.00, but are a bit heavier than the offerings from Hunt or LB (>1500g for the pair). It looks like I could hover around $1200 for some Falcon WR45s or bump up a bit to $1300 - $1350 and have an AR45 Pro set. This is more than I wanted to spend, but I did see they have a flyweight option that puts a wheelset at just over 1300g, which is crazy light in my limited book. Not sure what qualifies someone to ride a flyweight wheel though. I average around 150 pounds. Must admit I'm intrigued by LB at the moment though.
LB is Chinese is a carbon manufacturer - they make the rims, but they're lacing them to hubs made by other manufacturers (DT Swiss is the most commonly recommended, but they offer a handful of good quality hubs with Novatec being their budget option). Hunt seems to be taking off-the-shelf parts and re-branding/obfuscating their manufacture.