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I run ellipse on one bike they really are good. And a set of Chinese track wheels off AliExpress 1800g(you’ll not get really light track wheels as it’s the hubs that are heavy) you can spend silly money on a few boutique track hubs to get weight down a bit but I never seen the point.
These will serve you well also
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I eventually managed to stick a chain, and a couple of hundred miles on this:
Started off as an old Charge Filter, all that's left now are the frame & forks - had it powdercoated in RAL 6034 (pastel turquoise), Thomson post / stem / seatclamp, Deda bars, TRP RRL levers / Spyre calipers, Shimano Alfine cranks & chain tensioner, Cane Creek 40 headset, wheels I built myself from Novatec hubs with Halo Aerotrack rims, currently on 32c Voyager Hypers with full mudguards.
Set up with 39x16 which is about 66 gear inches - so far so good, my commute is a pretty flat 10 miles each way and up until this week when I became inexplicably lazy arsed i'd been using it 4 days a week for the last few weeks, got used to it quite quickly - actually now tempted to strip down a road bike & make something really light for the nicer weather commuting...
ask umop how much that cervelo frame was
A lot less than £1,300!
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used once but not suitable for new commute so selling
What is a good, go-to wheelset for a 120mm singlespeed frameset? Stock wheelsets (e.g. Mavic Ellipses) still seem to come in surprisingly heavy (1900g?)
I just replaced the wheels on my precursa - wore out a cheap tubular set that actually rode pretty reliable on the commute, sealant dealt with almost all punctures. Time for a change, though, so got an open pro UST built on a track hub at the LBS, and just stuck something cheap and tubeless compatible from halo on the front, think it's called a white line.
Can't go too big with tyres on the precursa but it's not too bad - a set of pro-one 25s (which seem massive for the size, 28 easy) go in fine on the back and just about on the fork.
Yeah, I guess solid steel axles in the hubs count for a lot! Might just rebuild rear hub onto a CXP Pro rim with some double butted DTs, and buy something silly and aero for the front.
After the winter though!
Cotic Roadrat (1st gen?), parts bin build that's my current town bike. Aiming for as low maintenance as possible, need to get a rear brake sorted as it's running singlespeed.
What is a good, go-to wheelset for a 120mm singlespeed frameset?
Handbuilt wheels from Harry Rowland. I have two sets of Miche Primato hubs, Sapim spokes and Open Pro rims. About £250 and 1600g. Fabulous wheels. lighter is possible for a lot more money in the hubs. The track nuts rust as the hubs are cheap, but other than that, I'm delighted. They've covered 1000s of miles.
Hmm, sounds good, I fancy another wheelbuild project.
Although... Hubs 550g? Rims 470g each, spokes 6.5g each x 64 spokes, 64 nipples @ 1g each? = 1970g
How did you get down to 1600g?? Think the lightest Open Pros are (stated) 430g? Aluminium nipples would save 40g, triple butted spokes would save 150g... That gets you down to approx 1700g I guess.
Still, that's still lighter than my stock wheels by a good way (I think they're going on 2300g, probably all in the rims and spokes...)
I had this for a couple of years as my commuter. But as these things usually go, it ends up being used a fair bit more.
It was a '56 (I think) Raleigh GT250 with 46/19, which ended up being tinkered with way too much and got replaced by a Dawes Galaxy, that ended up being tinkered with way too much as well.
Although… Hubs 550g? Rims 470g each, spokes 6.5g each x 64 spokes, 64 nipples @ 1g each? = 1970g
How did you get down to 1600g??
Was thinking the same. I haven't got to 1600g with the latest set of wheels I have built and I used a pair of DT R650DB rims at 450g each, Halo 6f front hub at 100g with 24 DT Rev spokes at front (110g). Only heavy part is the Halo Fix G hub at rear at 328g.
Total weight 1650g
I don’t use Sapim race spokes, don’t have 32 spokes I think, and it was from memory ;-). Massive difference over the original Kona novatec semi-deep section wheels.
ive also got a vintage set of tubular wheels on magic GP4 rims with an aeroite hub that comes in about the same.
Cop out! You could have tried to claim that was accurate and we could have had 5 pages of spreadsheet based bickering 😉
Oh and I run low flange hubs too! Don’t want it to look like a track wheel hipster sled!
In all its glory. Have gone a bit overboard with the blue anodised parts, but the last two (bottle cage and chainring) were just things I had lying around. Have a silver bottle cage on the way.
10kg on the nose right now, look forward to building some nicer wheels, think there's probably half a kilogram to be saved, might even fit some 28c tyres in the summer, but it IS my commuter so will probably stick to something puncture proof.
Photo's a few years old and I can't for the life of me find those wheels, loved those hi flange Phils. Currently on Campag/Mavic tubs, tied & soldered. Frame is the first iteration of the Potenza, which was a 'nicer' tubeset than the Pista (Dedacciai Zero Replica), Paul track ends and their standard road geometry - think I bought it in 2004 or 5, going by the 'vintage' One Less Car sticker 😀 . It doesn't get a lot of use here in Pais Vasco, the roads are a bit too climby, but I do like to stick some Crud roadracers on when the weather's really grim and battle up the coast road for a few hours.
