55-65 Disc Wheelset Weight comparison

Back by popular demand, the general all-things Road forum!

Moderator: robbosmans

User avatar
robbosmans
Moderator
Posts: 2791
Joined: Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:40 pm
Location: Central Belgium
Contact:

by robbosmans

While looking for the lightest 55-65mm wheels I made this spreadsheet. Figured I might as well share it. Feel free to post suggestions to add to the list.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

by Weenie


Visit starbike.com Online Retailer for HighEnd cycling components
Great Prices ✓    Broad Selection ✓    Worldwide Delivery ✓

www.starbike.com



mrlobber
Posts: 1936
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:36 am
Location: Where the permanent autumn is

by mrlobber

Nice stuff :thumbup:
My only suggestion would be to include the internal width of rims too.
Minimum bike categories required in the stable:
Aero bike | GC bike | GC rim bike | Climbing bike | Climbing rim bike | Classics bike | Gravel bike | TT bike | Indoors bike

Maddie
Posts: 1544
Joined: Tue Oct 17, 2017 5:44 am

by Maddie

Great overview, very helpful

kofsw4
Posts: 165
Joined: Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:28 pm
Location: London, UK

by kofsw4

Went through a similar process (although not quite as exhaustive) when buying my last set of wheels and ended up with the same clear winner. Am very, very pleased with my LB AR55 flyweight Carbon Ti!Image

Hexsense
Posts: 3288
Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:41 am
Location: USA

by Hexsense

Good stuff. Wish there are more extra wide options like WR50 and WR65 in the list though.
To see weight penalty of going extra wide (internal and external).

User avatar
robbosmans
Moderator
Posts: 2791
Joined: Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:40 pm
Location: Central Belgium
Contact:

by robbosmans

I didn’t add those wheels initially because they are gravel wheels, but I might just add them

Hexsense
Posts: 3288
Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:41 am
Location: USA

by Hexsense

^
Ouch!
And my WR65 never mount any tire wider than 28c. It's exclusively 28c tire rear wheel for me.

User avatar
robbosmans
Moderator
Posts: 2791
Joined: Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:40 pm
Location: Central Belgium
Contact:

by robbosmans

*They are advertised as gravel wheels, but after comparing them to other wheels like the rovals they actually have similar specs

emotive
Posts: 615
Joined: Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:40 am
Location: Melbourne, Australia

by emotive

robbosmans wrote:I didn’t add those wheels initially because they are gravel wheels, but I might just add them
They make great wheels but they don’t understand who buys their wheels or why. The WR65s are super fast wheels with 28mm tyres.

TobinHatesYou
Posts: 12550
Joined: Mon Jul 24, 2017 12:02 pm

by TobinHatesYou

The 404FC and 454NSW are 30.5mm wide…

User avatar
robbosmans
Moderator
Posts: 2791
Joined: Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:40 pm
Location: Central Belgium
Contact:

by robbosmans

Whoops, you are right, fixed it and added the WR65's

Also calculated what the new Farsporst Revo wheels would come in at when using their RD230 hub, not sure if it's even possible because all their Revo options have 24 spokes and the rd230 hubs only have 21

Jackofallgrades
Posts: 250
Joined: Tue Oct 08, 2019 10:15 am

by Jackofallgrades

TobinHatesYou wrote:
Thu Jan 27, 2022 11:58 am
The 404FC and 454NSW are 30.5mm wide…
I think you're mistaking those wheelsets for the 303/353s, 404 and 454 are 27.8mm external width for sure (just checked my sanity with my own set!).
Cannondale SSEvo3 'Atticus' - 7.2kg
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=161634

Cannondale Systemsix ’Dante’ - 7.7kg
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=167144

steamroller
Posts: 41
Joined: Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:29 am

by steamroller

Would be nice to add in Roval Rapide CLX64 :)

TobinHatesYou
Posts: 12550
Joined: Mon Jul 24, 2017 12:02 pm

by TobinHatesYou

Jackofallgrades wrote:
Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:21 pm
TobinHatesYou wrote:
Thu Jan 27, 2022 11:58 am
The 404FC and 454NSW are 30.5mm wide…
I think you're mistaking those wheelsets for the 303/353s, 404 and 454 are 27.8mm external width for sure (just checked my sanity with my own set!).

Do you have the 2021 hookless version? 27.8mm is the same number as the previous model launched years ago. A 23mm internal width coupled with ~3mm thick straight-sides is already 29mm wide at the "brake track" and on most rims that's not the widest point.

yingyu
Posts: 87
Joined: Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:16 am

by yingyu

Pretty sure the new 454 rim is 27.8mm wide externally. My 25c GP5k S TR (illegal, I know) runs about flush with the rim.
DE5999F4-6482-4C06-AA34-8EDFCFB3CB83.jpeg

by Weenie


Visit starbike.com Online Retailer for HighEnd cycling components
Great Prices ✓    Broad Selection ✓    Worldwide Delivery ✓

www.starbike.com



Post Reply