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New Carbon Wheels for My mostly daily rider '09 Tarmac
SuperTeam Classic 50mm CF Wheels on '09 Tarmac
My HED Kermesse wheels on this bike have been absolutely Great ! But they're now approaching 70,000 miles of service and the last 28K miles on their second set of wheel bearings. Only one spoke break in all this time/miles. Repaired by my good friend John Jones (RIP ) and still true as an arrow after 20K miles of use.
I wasn't planing to get CF wheels for any of my rim brake bikes, but now having a New Disc Tarmac, and loving the CF wheels I have on it, I decide to go 'budget' on the new set on this bike.
Superteam Classic 50mm, w/rim tape , 2 spare spokes, and valve extenders (which I'm not needing) - out the door and in my Hands for $350.
"Can't be much of a wheelset..."
1st Ride - yesterday evening, and boy, do I like them! At 1600+ g , they weight just about same as the HED Kermesse. And riding up to about 16-17 mph, they feel very much the same.
But at 19+ mph, they feel 'Lighter', easier to get to speed and maintain that speed! At 23-24 they feel much 'faster', And on downhills they certainly coast faster.
I really wasn't expecting to feel that much difference due to 'Aero', but there it was....
Hope they hold up well, not expecting 80K miles, but if that happens , WOO HOO !
Ride On
Yuri
SuperTeam Classic 50mm CF Wheels on '09 Tarmac
My HED Kermesse wheels on this bike have been absolutely Great ! But they're now approaching 70,000 miles of service and the last 28K miles on their second set of wheel bearings. Only one spoke break in all this time/miles. Repaired by my good friend John Jones (RIP ) and still true as an arrow after 20K miles of use.
I wasn't planing to get CF wheels for any of my rim brake bikes, but now having a New Disc Tarmac, and loving the CF wheels I have on it, I decide to go 'budget' on the new set on this bike.
Superteam Classic 50mm, w/rim tape , 2 spare spokes, and valve extenders (which I'm not needing) - out the door and in my Hands for $350.
"Can't be much of a wheelset..."
1st Ride - yesterday evening, and boy, do I like them! At 1600+ g , they weight just about same as the HED Kermesse. And riding up to about 16-17 mph, they feel very much the same.
But at 19+ mph, they feel 'Lighter', easier to get to speed and maintain that speed! At 23-24 they feel much 'faster', And on downhills they certainly coast faster.
I really wasn't expecting to feel that much difference due to 'Aero', but there it was....
Hope they hold up well, not expecting 80K miles, but if that happens , WOO HOO !
Ride On
Yuri
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Have a piston that is a little sticky after a lot of the dusty gravel riding I had in May, between the dust and the bike washing, figure this was the cause. I knew SRAM has a nifty little piston press tool, but its not $95 nifty, but I found a chinese knockoff for $35 on Amazon does the same exact thing.
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Have a piston that is a little sticky after a lot of the dusty gravel riding I had in May, between the dust and the bike washing, figure this was the cause. I knew SRAM has a nifty little piston press tool, but its not $95 nifty, but I found a chinese knockoff for $35 on Amazon does the same exact thing.
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So after messing with the rear wheel brake, realized the caliper and piston are acting fine, I just need to get some rotor spacers for my second wheelset. So I ordered some from Boyd Cycling, they had the lowest price, although in my view still overpriced for what they are, but better than having to faff with the caliper when I change wheelsets. I was up that way about a month ago, if I had known I was going need them, I could have stopped by and saved on shipping. I also picked up a pair of Pirelli P Zero Race Road 32mm (tubed) version rather cheap when the dude that bought them did not pay attention that they were not tubeless and he waited too long and could not return them, so I picked them up pretty cheap. Score for me.
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