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Bruce wrote:
Why build a set of wheels when you can get much better wheelsets commercially?

Wheels have evolved to the point where you can no longer make a hand made wheel as light as a company with more resources can design and build a wheel.

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While not really applicable to the question since I only use tubulars I am curious what company makes a 965g wheelset for $1400 or a 1030g set for about $1250? Granted it took some worldwide part sourcing to get the parts and prices I wanted but the point is it's not that hard to come up with a better wheel than a factory one.

The only "factory" wheel I don't think I could beat, and even then only for stiffness, would be the new Lightweight Obermayer wheels (~1020g). But for about $4500-5000 when they become available that extra money could almost buy a custom D-fly.

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