What are the thoughts on these wheelsets? Which one would you prefer for all-road and light gravel (no MTB style)
e11leven alloys disc gravel https://www.backcountry.com/e11even-alloy-disc-gravel-wheelset-tubeless
(What brand is e11leven, is this backcountry trademark? Can't find a website)
FSA AGX I25 https://www.fsaproshop.com/products/non-series-agx-i25-wheelset
Vision Team 30 https://shop.visiontechusa.com/en/wheelsets/road-gravel-cyclocross/team-30-disc
Custom made DT Swiss R470 (or R500?) with Novatec hubs, 24x Sapim 2.0/1.8 mm (straight or J)
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iCan and Hunt are both good deal for the bang for your buck.
Winspace has a set of gravel wheels that look pretty legit
I had a set from SuperTeam and ICan. Both were great.
Loving my 9Velo GV so far.
imo, good means 25 mm inner width or wider, and <1700 g (ideally more like <1600g) wheelset weight for 700c. I have a set of sun ringle duroc g30, which are a tad heavier than 1700g without rotors/lockring, and only cost me ~$300-350 new. I think that’s a good deal.
that said, i’ve also been looking for a higher performance set of wheels, deep 40-50 mm carbon rims, 25mm wide, <1600 g set weight. I’ve looked into light bicycle, yishun, ican, farsports, and i don’t remember what other ones. But those I listed are good brands afaik. And pretty much all of them would come out to be ~$1k shipped with sapiem or pillar spokes and dt 350. For 200g savings, that’s just not worth it to me as a non-racing gravel cyclist. I think carbonda sent me quote for a set of wheels that would be ~$650 shipped, maybe $1k for 2 set of wheels, but i’m not sure about their quality of wheels. I know their frames are really popular.
I am however keeping an eye out on the used market, since I already have the g30’s to use. they’re ok, not great
My Mavic Allroad S have been great so far. Got them for cheap last fall.
My Mavic Allroad S have been great so far. Got them for cheap last fall.
Roval Terra c
Dt swiss 370 hubs
25 interal width
750$
Weigh about 1700g
Yoeleo sold some decently priced wheels with dt swiss hubs before, not sure if they still do.
Guys, if you don’t realize that “low cost” means $10 or less you must be billionaires.
Light Bicycle is legit
I see folks post those Team 30 for sale as takeoffs from new bikes all the time. Not uncommon to see them going for $200 with maybe a couple of hundred miles on them. Can’t comment on the quality, but they come one some pretty nice bikes so they’re probably not total junk.
You can buy set of Speedsafe rims near 270 dollars on Ali + set of hubs. They are light and tough
IIRC both the Vision and the FSA has cartridge bearings. This is important if you, like me, ride in terrible conditions from time to time. Cup and cone (fulcrum) works fine, but if the wear is too heavy, they can be really hard to maintain.
Vision Team 30 is often found on marketplace, when people upgrade completely new bikes.
There’s a website called speedvision. They have some affordable wheelsets.
Usually when you do buy any wheelset it’s hard to find something less than $800 especially for non mtb. My mtb wheel set cost $350, while my gravel wheelset in 700cc cost $900.
Also Light Bicycle has budget carbon wheels.