Campag proton wheels

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Originally posted by Duckwah
This week i finally got around to getting new wheels after i trashed the rear wheel on my bike.

I ended up witha set of campag protons and i have to say i was amazed at the difference they make!

I would never have believed that light wheels (the old ones were a bit porky) could make such a difference.

What were your old wheels? Unless they were super-heavy, or had bad hubs, I can't imagine that big a difference from dropping 100-200 gms. What do you notice different: ride, speed, climbing? Is it a difference you can measure, or just feel of the bike ....that's important also of course.

I've been looking at the Protons also, but still leaning back to the std 32 spoke hubs and Mavic rims for trouble-free road mileage and comfort. Going to 22/24 spokes or less just doesn't seem to make sense in the real world for me.

Dan

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Originally posted by dhk
What were your old wheels? Unless they were super-heavy, or had bad hubs, I can't imagine that big a difference from dropping 100-200 gms. What do you notice different: ride, speed, climbing? Is it a difference you can measure, or just feel of the bike ....that's important also of course.

I've been looking at the Protons also, but still leaning back to the std 32 spoke hubs and Mavic rims for trouble-free road mileage and comfort. Going to 22/24 spokes or less just doesn't seem to make sense in the real world for me.

Dan

Lighter tires and tubes can save alot of weight too. Hard to beat OPs and ultegra hubs with butted spokes from either CC or excel for bang for buck. Otherwise, itjus about spending money and style points.

The old wheels were alex rims on no name hubs with 32 straight gauge spokes and 25mm michelin tyres

i weighed the new wheels and the old wheels built up with tyres and tubes and the difference was about 600g.

As for measuring performance gain i have a 4km circuit i train on and i normally hold about 30km/hr for an hour and yesterday despite a nasty headwind through parts of the circuit i was averaging 32km/hr

Those must have been some heavy wheels and tires to save 600 gms. You also likely reduced rolling resistance going from no-names to the Campy premium hubs, and bet you've upgraded the tires as well. Anyway, sounds like a great workout your doing, and glad the new wheels and tires are making a big difference in your speed.

Dan

ah yeah i changed from some nasty 25mm tyres to some continental ultra 2000s

the old wheels were the ones that came with a giant OCR3 so they were obviously pretty cheap