I really love building wheelsets like this:  They’re light, stiff, durable, and compared to the offerings from Campy and Mavic, offer great value.  But them I’m a bit biased, aren’t I :-)

These are ‘sunny Sunday’ wheels for Neil:  Alloy clinchers which will be used for races, events, and the odd bunchride when the weather looks good.

The front rim is the light weight Kinlin XR-200 and it’s held to an Alchemy ELF front hub with 24 Aerolite bladed spokes.  The rear wheel uses the stiffer XR-270 laced to a Ligero SLW hub.  The SLW is based around a White Ind H2 but is designed for a triplet lacing pattern.  We used 16 DT Swiss Competition spokes on the driveside to increase stiffness and 8 Aerolite’s on the non-driveside.

Total weight was 1397 grams.

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