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UFO · 07-17-2012, 08:23 AM

Not too shabby bcrdukes. So when all was said and done your bike came out to ~$900?? Pretty good on Jensonusa to give you back so much for a couple scratches. And you've got 4 rides in already, my build is still waiting on wheels and the build will be 2 months long by the time my wheels come. The plus side is every part is handpicked by me so I can get the bike as light and blinged as I can afford.

I've been wishy washy back and forth on what wheels to get since I found out the $130 Shimano R501's got super backordered. I looked into some RS20's for $180, but they were heavy'ish, PITA expensive proprietary spokes which broke somehwat frequently based on reviews, and on the flexy side. I was set on some DT Swiss 350 hubs/R450 rims for $315us for about 1750g weight, then I discovered these on CRC for $20 more Techlite Road Alloy Clincher Wheelset 2012 | Buy Online | ChainReactionCycles.com which weigh about 1400g in real life. Not many reviews on the Techlite wheels, but they use lightweight Novatec hubs which are half decent and the rim is welded and machined. It's usually tough to get to 1400g even spending double at $700. I was really torn to choose the superlight wheels or the heavier reliable/'nicer' wheels. In the end I stuck with the DT's for their reliability since I don't plan on doing any racing and figured the stronger 28/32 3x lacing won't hurt anything but a bit of added weight.

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UFO I heart Revscene.net very Muchie Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Van, BC Posts: 3,666 Thanked 728 Times in 435 Posts Failed 33 Times in 19 Posts	Not too shabby bcrdukes. So when all was said and done your bike came out to ~$900?? Pretty good on Jensonusa to give you back so much for a couple scratches. And you've got 4 rides in already, my build is still waiting on wheels and the build will be 2 months long by the time my wheels come. The plus side is every part is handpicked by me so I can get the bike as light and blinged as I can afford. I've been wishy washy back and forth on what wheels to get since I found out the $130 Shimano R501's got super backordered. I looked into some RS20's for $180, but they were heavy'ish, PITA expensive proprietary spokes which broke somehwat frequently based on reviews, and on the flexy side. I was set on some DT Swiss 350 hubs/R450 rims for $315us for about 1750g weight, then I discovered these on CRC for $20 more Techlite Road Alloy Clincher Wheelset 2012 \| Buy Online \| ChainReactionCycles.com which weigh about 1400g in real life. Not many reviews on the Techlite wheels, but they use lightweight Novatec hubs which are half decent and the rim is welded and machined. It's usually tough to get to 1400g even spending double at $700. I was really torn to choose the superlight wheels or the heavier reliable/'nicer' wheels. In the end I stuck with the DT's for their reliability since I don't plan on doing any racing and figured the stronger 28/32 3x lacing won't hurt anything but a bit of added weight.