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Which lightweight "gravel" wheels?

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I need a new set of wheels for the Pickenflick. Something light that will take a wider tyre. Any good deals/recommendations?
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I think Hunt wheels are hard to beat for price,quality and weight!
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cycleofaddiction wrote:I think Hunt wheels are hard to beat for price,quality and weight!
Great call! Why did I now know about them before?
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Just because the components are picked off the pages of a catalog, does that make them bad?

Hunt wheels get glowing reviews so I'm curious
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JRA Gecko look good value for the weight, around 1300g for a pair.

Will probably get these myself when I am next feeling flush!
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I have DT Swiss 240s, sapin laser spokes, and DT 460db rims on the sequoia
No problems so far

My second pair of gravel wheels used the same hubs, sapin race spokes, and mavic open ust disc rims
They are really nice looking wheels

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Wtb kom on your hub of choice is what I've gone for. Narrow on the cross bike, wider on the MTB. I think they hit a nice sweet spot of weight/width/light/not fragile and at a generally sensible price. They also come up very cheap on CRC from time to time.

They are I think nominally UST bead spec, which is looser than stans- so they go tubeless extremely well with wtb tyres. Newer maxxis and spesh are easy, older maxxis a little patchy. A knard fell off the rim.faster than I could fit it. still, it's easier to build up with tape than sand the rims down- I thought I was going to have to cut a nano off an American classic rim it was so tight
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I have had some Prime Race wheels, £170 from wiggle crc for a few months no problems yet.
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I simply went for Stans Crest on Hope hubs, tried and tested formula, but gives the 40c gravel tyres a really nice wide profile and the hubs i know i can swap between standards and place on mountain bike if needed.
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I use Crests on Hope hubs too - I'm sure you can get lighter wheels if you want but they're fine for me. Recently bought some DT R500 DB rims on Bitex rear/Shimano CX75 front for my road bike from 23mm, based on their off the peg wheelset: http://23mm.co.uk/product/dt-bitex-road-disc/ They'd be perfectly good for gravel too. Very happy with the build and communication with Mike and they were done in less than a week. :-bd
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mat_swan wrote:Wtb kom on your hub of choice is what I've gone for. Narrow on the cross bike, wider on the MTB. I think they hit a nice sweet spot of weight/width/light/not fragile and at a generally sensible price. They also come up very cheap on CRC from time to time.
I endorse every word of this post. :-bd
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I should add crests are also fine but a bit (and by a bit i mean unusably- I thought I was going to have to cut a nano off an American classic, which is the same bsd) tight on some tyres.
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cycleofaddiction wrote:I think Hunt wheels are hard to beat for price,quality and weight!
I am well happy with my set that arrived today complete with values, tools spare spokes etc..

As for Duncan <puts fingers in ears and goes lalalalalallalalalallallallallallallalla>
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Dave Barter wrote:
cycleofaddiction wrote:I think Hunt wheels are hard to beat for price,quality and weight!
I am well happy with my set that arrived today complete with values, tools spare spokes etc..

As for Duncan <puts fingers in ears and goes lalalalalallalalalallallallallallallalla>
Dave, really happy with mine so far and they get great reviews.
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As for Duncan <puts fingers in ears and goes lalalalalallalalalallallallallallallalla>
I wasn't being judgmental which is rare for me, I'd recently seen the video linked from STW and the name Hunt rang a bell. I'm sure they'll be fine, especially with your silth like figure propelling them. IMO nothing beats building your own as it helps while away the warm spring days. :smile:
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pistonbroke wrote:
As for Duncan <puts fingers in ears and goes lalalalalallalalalallallallallallallalla>
I wasn't being judgmental which is rare for me, I'd recently seen the video linked from STW and the name Hunt rang a bell. I'm sure they'll be fine, especially with your silth like figure propelling them. IMO nothing beats building your own as it helps while away the warm spring days. :smile:
I can think of the following things that beat building your own wheels on a warm spring day:-
-eating Butterscotch Angel Delight
-watching Swindon Town win the play-off final at Wembley
-extracting a particularly long and hard bogey from deep inside of one's nostril
-omlette baguette number seven
-a pint of Fosters with lime (see even that!)

Want me to go on?
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Strangely I wouldn't get a sense of satisfaction from doing any of your chosen activities, except the bogey one of course. How's life in the van, must be doing wonders for your bladder control or have you succumbed to using a milk bottle?
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pistonbroke wrote:Strangely I wouldn't get a sense of satisfaction from doing any of your chosen activities, except the bogey one of course. How's life in the van, must be doing wonders for your bladder control or have you succumbed to using a milk bottle?
Taylor has my piss bottle now so I have to go out of the window
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A lot of the folk at work are running the Hunt carbon wheels, and I have to say I'm getting more tempted by the day by a set. They seem super solid, dead light and they don't sound terrible either (if that bothers you at all).
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The Hunt wheels do look good, but the 24 spoke version I wanted doesn't take a 12mm front axle, and the 28 spoke version is a bit heavy, so went for the JRA Gecko's. Hopefully get them in time for TINAT - why break 'em in gently?
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Dave Barter wrote:
pistonbroke wrote:Strangely I wouldn't get a sense of satisfaction from doing any of your chosen activities, except the bogey one of course. How's life in the van, must be doing wonders for your bladder control or have you succumbed to using a milk bottle?
Taylor has my piss bottle now so I have to go out of the window
I left it with Norm in the community centre as it tasted a bit funny.
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I left it with Norm in the community centre as it tasted a bit funny.
I gave it a quick rinse out and it's fine now. My favourite bottle if I'm honest.
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