What do you feel is the best 'value' wheelset, between $500 and $1000?
04-20-10, 10:13 PM
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What do you feel is the best 'value' wheelset, between $500 and $1000?
Open ended question - any diameter, any specs you want, only caveat is that it must have disc brakes.
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Not sure if value has a lot to do with it, but the last mountain wheelset I built was of the 650b flavor, pewter King ISO hubs, black Sapim Laser Spokes and matching nipples, Sun Equalizer 27 rims. I was bored and wanted to try 650b on an existing bike, so maybe the value wasn't in getting another frame to build? Or that I already have other King hubs and tool/spares so familiarity might also have been of some value. Then recently I needed a single wheel, not a set and just a regular 26er so tried the Equalizer 27 again as well as the black Sapim Laser spokes and nipples but with a Hope Pro II hub for the convertability to use on two different forks (20mm and qr), so the dual use is the value there.
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You don't indicate what riding these would be intended for but I'll take a chance it's not FR/DH. In light of that, I'd have to say the Syncros FL. If they perform at all as reliably and bulletproof as my FRs have, the value would be in the no-muss-no-fuss excellence.
The spendier option, of course, would be the FL Carbons.
The spendier option, of course, would be the FL Carbons.
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