GMass
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Reged: 06/22/07
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Currently I am riding a Calfee Dragonfly on Mavic Open Pros with X-Ray spokes and American Classic hubs. I would like to upgrade the wheels and looking for recommendations. I climb alot and weight approximately 145 lbs. Has anybody had any experience with Mavic R Sys, Kry Premium SL and Kry SL? I look forward to your recommendations.
Thanks,
Gary
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Darby
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Reged: 08/03/06
Posts: 423
Loc: Orange County California
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GMass wrote:
Currently I am riding a Calfee Dragonfly on Mavic Open Pros with X-Ray spokes and American Classic hubs. I would like to upgrade the wheels and looking for recommendations. I climb alot and weight approximately 145 lbs. Has anybody had any experience with Mavic R Sys, Kry Premium SL and Kry SL? I look forward to your recommendations.
Thanks,
Gary
Have you considered Topolinos? They are light and very comfortable to ride. web page
Bruce
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GMass
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Thanks Bruce. I will research the Topolinos.Any special model?
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Darby
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Reged: 08/03/06
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Loc: Orange County California
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GMass wrote:
Thanks Bruce. I will research the Topolinos.Any special model?
I bought a used set of C19s off of Ebay for about $400. If you plan on buying retail, then there is a new model called a CX2.0 that have a new carbon fiber hub assembly. A wheel set weighs 1360 grams and have an incredible ride quality because of their Kevlar and Carbon Fiber spokes.
I just got my wheel out of the shop after breaking a stud on one of my spokes, but I have been told that type of problem is very rare. A more common problem has been the hubs loosening up. However, they seem to have solved this problem on newer wheel sets. I think the CX2.0 will be a rock solid wheel set. Topolino wheels rarely need truing.
Bruce
Edited by Darby (09/22/07 08:13 AM)
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RickyJ
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Reged: 08/20/07
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Loc: San Luis Obispo, California
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I'm not yet on a Calfee but plan to testride one at Craig's skunkworks next Monday afternoon...meanwhile, my Steelman roadbike received an upgrade this month in the form of a Reynolds Attack carbon clincher wheelset. These replaced a trusty old pair of 32-spoke Open Pros with 9-speed D/A hubs and DT 14/15 gauge spokes which have served well for six years and ~15K miles.
On my Alpine hanging digital scale the Attack wheels weighed 650g front, 820g rear for a net savings of almost 0.6 pounds. The actual carbon rim itself is listed at ~430g, about the same as an Open Pro, and on the road I cannot sense any real improvement in acceleration except perhaps at the higher speeds which these Reynolds seem to allow. My times on level or gently rolling sections noticeably improved with these Attacks and whether it's the moderate 32mm aero rim section, reduced spoke count (20/24), or smoother bearings coming into play I don't know- maybe it's all three!
Ride quality is excellent under my 230 pounds, smooth and quiet, and they are alot stiffer laterally than the old wheels judging by their quicker turn-in. Straight-line stability is unaffected and they quickly feel "normal" to me.
The only rub so far is shrieking, rapid pad wear, and inconsistent braking- I'm using the OE Reynolds pad (made by Kool Stop) and wouldn't you know it, the very next ride after ordering replacement yellow Swiss Stop carbon pads I started to notice better and quieter braking from the original ones! What appears to be happening is the pads are now laying down material along the rim's "scrim" braking section so maybe that needs to happen before satisfactory performance can occur. If so that's like ceramic rims I've used before- wait and see!
In every other way I love this wheelset!
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ndr
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Reged: 08/10/04
Posts: 27
Loc: Los Altos, CA
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I bought Bontrager Race XLite in July and have been very pleased. Good for climbing, Stiffness, and stable. Did a 60 mph descent from Mt Bachelor a couple weeks ago and the bike was totally stable. 
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