[Closed] Best wheels for dual use - Road & CX?

The Hunts are quite nice wheels, but mine ate their bearings pretty quick.

Kinesis CX Disc HD wheelset worth a look too

https://www.probikekit.co.uk/bicycle-wheels/kinesis-crosslight-cx-disc-hd-clincher-wheelset-black-shimano/11192091.html?affil=thggpsad&switchcurrency=GBP&shippingcountry=GB&thg_ppc_campaign=71700000008963581&gclid=CKuk-pDP6tQCFcOZGwodeK0EnQ&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CPiCipHP6tQCFZmLUQodxtYIgA

I have the Prolite Revo's....which also ate rear bearings, in under a year (it seems it was because I was using Mucoff, but you don't spray it into rear bearings!!)! Also run Wiggle brand, Cosine wheels for cross which were much cheaper and longer lasting, unfortunately they have stopped selling them 🙁

I have kinesis cx disc (v1 or 2) and they've been great for 3.5 years now. Replaced a couple of spokes and Upgrade replaced a room for free after a pothole bent it, but hubs are fine with about 2.5 - 3k miles in.

I bought a pair of Novatec CXDs for my CAADX and they are lovely - very light and quality seems good - come with a spoke tension report etc. With a pair of road 25 road tyres on they've transformed the bike- it feels really sprightly now.

I probably want something tougher though for hacking around off-road and at 95KG I can't quite believe they'll be durable for me so I'll be selling them whilst they've still only got 20 road miles on them hence are as new and am back in the same boat as the UK.

I wish wiggle still made Cosine wheels- maybe the best bet it to order the parts individually and build a pair?

Personally, I'd buy two pairs. Swapping tyres sounds OK but wears thins. Swapping tyres and casettes is far too much trouble.

I run ksyriuns for road and an old beat up pair for cross. 11-23 on the road and 12-32 for cross.

Personally, I'd buy two pairs. Swapping tyres sounds OK but wears thins. Swapping tyres and casettes is far too much trouble.

OP didn't specify changing tyres & cassette...
However if you are planning on that then exactly what TiRed said - get two pairs, especially if you run tubeless since changing tyres regularly then becomes loads of hassle.

If you're going to make do with one set for everything and run sort of "all-round" tyres then ProBikeKit are doing the excellent American Classic Hurricane at 30% off. 1600g the pair.
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I am currently running G-One's - not massively slower than my old road tyres and happy to use the current cassette so not really thinking of swapping the tyres/cassette. I am running tubeless and intend to with the new wheels so swapping would be a lot of faff.

Saying that, maybe I keep the current wheelset and get some road specific disc wheels.... 😆

Do I need to start a new thread 'which lightweight road wheelset...'

I run both Kinesis Racelight Disc and the Hope 20Five wheels.

Both are very nice; the Kinesis are c.300g lighter and feel more accelerative, while the Hope feel more sturdy and stiff. I run 28s on the Kinesis and 41s on the Hope, so it's not really a fair comparison - but it underlines the earlier points about running two sets of wheels.

Just Riding Along's wheelset using Pacenti SL23 rims. I have the non-disc ones and I think they are lighter than 1500g. I did Torino Nice on them last year, and just done a 1200km brevet with them.

Superstar have 20% off everything making their Stans Grail on switch evo hubs £320 all in.

Mine are 2 yrs old and still straight & true.

You want mine: Stans Grail, Novatec 771/772, Sapim CX-ray. 1600g, dead easy for tubeless, and tough as old boots. Cost me about £370 from Spokesman wheels.

Hope RS4? @ 1662gms if you're concerned about the weight of the 20Five's

Merlin currently 10%+ off Hope