Just did a Canadian Cycling Association Level C Commissaire's course, so
here's the details about the new wheel regs:
Essentially, the wheel regs apply to UCI/CCA sanctioned mass-start road
races. They're looking to specifically exclude non-traditional wheels,
traditional being defined as having a minimum 16 spokes, a 25mm rim
section (that's rim height), and no spoke being more than 24mm in width.
In other words, Spinergy Rev-X's are verboten, kaput, not allowed. Any
wheels that don't meet a traditional definition are excluded.
Note that the wheel regs apply to mass-start road races: criteriums,
stage races, one-day races, stuff like that. This means that
non-standard wheels are ok for time trials, track, cyclocross, etc.
For what it's worth, the new Shimano wheelsets have been approved, so
have the Bontrager/Trek wheels, the 303 and 404 Zipps, Spinergy Xaeros
and SR series, Campy wheels, and many more. Oh, and Mavic and Corima
wheels of course, 'cause they're French, but we won't get into that:)
Rolf Vector Pros are indeed illegal for mass-start road races (front
wheel has only 14 spokes, but are ok for time trials, as are most any
aero wheel on the market today. One last note about the Rolf Pros -
they weighed ('99 version, clincher) in at around 1780g and the Shimano
Dura-Ace's ('00 version, clincher) weighed in at around 1660g (from
Damon Rinard).
The forums and reviews at www.Roadbikereview.com may be helpful for
picking new wheels. ww.Ebay.ca may also have some cheap wheels for sale
as well (it's where I'm getting my new set). Going to
www.Labicicletta.com might give you an idea of what the going prices of
wheels are (it's a Toronto-based shop listing prices in USD and CDN).
As for my personal suggestion? Rolfs and Dura-Aces are aero but not the
lightest thing out there. Zipps are the best, but most expensive. Me,
I'm chancing it and trying out a set of ALX320 wheels by AlexRims. The
company has a good rep for rims here in Vancouver, from North Shore
riders and BMXers, so I'll see if their road stuff any good. If they're
not, I'll probably be posting a scathing review about my new
somewhat-expensive aluminum hoops with attached skewers... oops,
spokes... from my hospital bed.
Here's the UCI rule in more detail (and list of approved wheels):
http://www.uci.ch/english/about/wheels.htm
And here's the CCA's take on the ruling:
http://www.canadian-cycling.com/e/pdfs/uciwheel_reg02.pdf
have fun,
- Marlon
Reid van Melle wrote:
> Situation:
> - I am looking to upgrade my wheels to something lighter and more aero
> - I am willing to spend a "reasonable" amount of money.
> = I want to use them for road racing, crits, time trials, and training
> wheels (don't have the time or energy to swap every day).
>
> Initially, I was thinking "Rolf Vector Pro". Somebody suggested the
> Shimano #7701 (Dura Ace wheelset) as being comparable to the rolfs and
> cheaper. They also said the rolfs were no longer UCI legal for time
> trials (not even sure if this matters to me). Are there other
> comparable wheelsets that I should consider?
>
> I haven't spend a great deal of time looking, but I haven't found any
> good wheel comparisons on the internet that address my
> questions/concerns.
>
> Does anybody have any thoughts or advice on my particular situation?
>
> Reid van Melle
> Software Manager
> Analog Design Automation
>
>
>
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