Tested today over 150 kms with a flat course, a small pass and a beautiful descent with great handling in tight bends.
Tested today over 150 kms with a flat course, a small pass and a beautiful descent with great handling in tight bends.
Super straight, good running, relatively light wheels and with the rock-solid ratchet of the cassette body, no more bell needed.
Have better handling and a blissful feeling while cycling . together with tubeless tires a whole improvement for my bike . highly recommended
I barely have them for two weeks but many of my personal Strava records for the past 3 years have started to fall. And I haven't even been trying to break them... So yes, the wheels are fast. The original wheel set were Fulcrum 77 disc (came with the bike) with Continental 5000 25mm tires + latex inner tubes at 6-6.5 bar. On the new wheels I also fitted Continental 5000 25mm, but tubeless at 5-5.5 bar. At lower speeds I couldn't tell the difference, but starting from around 30 km/h I'd say they give me an extra 1-2 km/h for the same perceived effort. Against tires with butyl inner tubes that would probably be around 3-4 km/h. Other remarks: - I was a bit concerned about fitting tubeless tires, as I never used them before. They do require extra effort to put on, but I had invested 10 euro in a "BBB Cycling Easytire Bandenhulp BTL-78" and it helped. I am not sure if I can change/fix them on the road with regular tire levers, but hopefully I won't have to. - the ratchet hub system is a bit noisier and a bit more annoying than the old one. Oh, well... let that be the only problem. - I could not immediately use the brake disks from the original wheels. On the original the disks were held in place by a metallic ring with the thread on the interior (so the thread on the wheel was on the outside). The Mantel wheels expect a ring piece with the thread on the exterior (the wheel has the thread on the hollow interior of the hub cylinder). I had to visit a local bike shop to find matching rings. Not a big deal, but costed me a bit of stress and two hours of my time.
I barely have them for two weeks but many of my personal Strava records for the past 3 years have started to fall. And I haven't even been trying to break them... So yes, the wheels are fast. The original wheel set were Fulcrum 77 disc (came with the bike) with Continental 5000 25mm tires + latex inner tubes at 6-6.5 bar. On the new wheels I also fitted Continental 5000 25mm, but tubeless at 5-5.5 bar. At lower speeds I couldn't tell the difference, but starting from around 30 km/h I'd say they give me an extra 1-2 km/h for the same perceived effort. Against tires with butyl inner tubes that would probably be around 3-4 km/h. Other remarks: - I was a bit concerned about fitting tubeless tires, as I never used them before. They do require extra effort to put on, but I had invested 10 euro in a "BBB Cycling Easytire Bandenhulp BTL-78" and it helped. I am not sure if I can change/fix them on the road with regular tire levers, but hopefully I won't have to. - the ratchet hub system is a bit noisier and a bit more annoying than the old one. Oh, well... let that be the only problem. - I could not immediately use the brake disks from the original wheels. On the original the disks were held in place by a metallic ring with the thread on the interior (so the thread on the wheel was on the outside). The Mantel wheels expect a ring piece with the thread on the exterior (the wheel has the thread on the hollow interior of the hub cylinder). I had to visit a local bike shop to find matching rings. Not a big deal, but costed me a bit of stress and two hours of my time.
I barely have them for two weeks but many of my personal Strava records for the past 3 years have started to fall. And I haven't even been trying to break them... So yes, the wheels are fast. The original wheel set were Fulcrum 77 disc (came with the bike) with Continental 5000 25mm tires + latex inner tubes at 6-6.5 bar. On the new wheels I also fitted Continental 5000 25mm, but tubeless at 5-5.5 bar. At lower speeds I couldn't tell the difference, but starting from around 30 km/h I'd say they give me an extra 1-2 km/h for the same perceived effort. Against tires with butyl inner tubes that would probably be around 3-4 km/h. Other remarks: - I was a bit concerned about fitting tubeless tires, as I never used them before. They do require extra effort to put on, but I had invested 10 euro in a "BBB Cycling Easytire Bandenhulp BTL-78" and it helped. I am not sure if I can change/fix them on the road with regular tire levers, but hopefully I won't have to. - the ratchet hub system is a bit noisier and a bit more annoying than the old one. Oh, well... let that be the only problem. - I could not immediately use the brake disks from the original wheels. On the original the disks were held in place by a metallic ring with the thread on the interior (so the thread on the wheel was on the outside). The Mantel wheels expect a ring piece with the thread on the exterior (the wheel has the thread on the hollow interior of the hub cylinder). I had to visit a local bike shop to find matching rings. Not a big deal, but costed me a bit of stress and two hours of my time.