Best all-round wheelset in this years tour?

[biker77]

So what would you have if you could have anything and why?

 

[Bustedknuckle]

So what would you have if you could have anything and why?

No single answer.

 

[avanti]

No single answer.

I would choose the Hed clincher wheelset that Tony Martin rode on the Stage 9 ITT. Why? Because I ride clinchers, ride in the occasional masters TT, and figure that Martin put a lot of research into his choice.

 

[Giuseppe Magnetico]

I'd nominate Ag2r La Mondiale's Reynolds wheels as best "all-round" in the Tour. I've built a few sets with the Forty Six and Sixty Six rims and they are probably are some of the best quality carbon rims on the market.

 

[Notso Swift]

I would choose the Hed clincher wheelset that Tony Martin rode on the Stage 9 ITT. Why? Because I ride clinchers, ride in the occasional masters TT, and figure that Martin put a lot of research into his choice.

I would dismiss them on the basis of tyres!

I have a Reynolds bias, I have my wet bike on Alu clincher, another has 46 (well actually one DVT and one 46) for race wheels

 

[Bustedknuckle]

I would choose the Hed clincher wheelset that Tony Martin rode on the Stage 9 ITT. Why? Because I ride clinchers, ride in the occasional masters TT, and figure that Martin put a lot of research into his choice.

I think clinchers in a TT is not a bad idea but for road racing, the vast majority of any grand tour, tubulars are a better choice.

I'd love to have some Ambrosio Nemesis, 36h, of course but those are tough to find. OR

Campagnolo Record or Sigma Paves...Mavic SSC inna pinch...36h, again, of course.

AND any 'team' wheelset, with a van full of spares and a legion of wrenches to keep all this stuff workin', is not a real world test(like riding everyday for us mere mortals) of anything.

 

[Giuseppe Magnetico]

I'd love to have some Ambrosio Nemesis, 36h, of course but those are tough to find.

Unless you know me... I have 2 pair left. Want them? I could bring them with me on Thursday.

 

[Bustedknuckle]

Unless you know me... I have 2 pair left. Want them? I could bring them with me on Thursday.

Just bought a 1970s Campagnolo original poster(second from Howie Cohen) otherwise yes...but don't have the $ right now-they would be for me.

But email how much.

 

[biker77]

I would take any wheel that can withstand a TDF. I would be interested to know if wheels make it the whole way or are swapped (even if just as a precaution), and if they are swapped, is it because of tyres or fragile wheels?

I know sponsors take precedence but surely when teams are looking for absolute advantage, this represents the best available?

 

[veganrob]

I've also had great results building with Reynolds.
Has anyone experience with the Mavic CC80's yet? Not the hubs just the rims.

 

[Bustedknuckle]

I would take any wheel that can withstand a TDF. I would be interested to know if wheels make it the whole way or are swapped (even if just as a precaution), and if they are swapped, is it because of tyres or fragile wheels?

I know sponsors take precedence but surely when teams are looking for absolute advantage, this represents the best available?

In the last 2 days of big climbs, many riders(like Volkler) look to have just box section looking wheels...indoubtedly tubular, probably aluminum. I think a combo of light and better braking when descending, particularly in the damp, wet. Hard to beat a set of Nemesis laced to a set of hubs...great all around wheels for the TdF, use deeper carbon for TTs.

 

[biker77]

I noticed Voekler had very shallow rims too and quite a high spoke count. I had presumed carbon rims but maybe not....

 

[Suedehead]

Campa Hyperon, TVs mountain wheels of choice. (And Pozzato has done Paris - Roubaix on them). Is that all-round enough?