Fair play... they look awesome! They feel awesome and sound awesome! They are just awesome!
Weighing in at 1.6kg for the set they are quite reasonable for their weight. The front wheel, although not on the UCI registered/measured wheels that come within the cross sectional limits, has been calculated my gramp and I (using AutoCAD and a publishing program) to come well within the limits.
They come with easily maintainable sealed cartridge bearings (that I have not yet needed to service)
If you gave me £2k to spend on a wheelset would I spend it on these... hell no! I would probably buy something that is better value for money. Planet X would probably be on the list and I would probably get a disk rear wheel instead of the 5 spoke. Would I change what I currently have... probably not... I’m more than happy with them. The front wheel will probably stay for a very long time... I may swap the rear wheel out for a disk at some point.
Downsides I have noticed since owning them... they don’t run true. Now I’m not entirely sure how true a full carbon wheel should run, at this isn’t out my much. But it’s noticeable when you are braking that you get some minor snatching occurring. It has yet to cause problems but I have yet to do much descending. The U17/b3 will be the true test. If this was a normal ‘spoked’ wheel, I would true it up.
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