What's considered a "light" wheel?

690 grams front and 930 grams rear (without cassette).

Is that considered light?:?:

Thanks!
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1500 grams or less is considered XC racey. Don't womp on them too hard.

 

To clarify this means 1500 grams combined, although that should be fairly obvious

 

IIRC...my Shimano wheels weigh 1884 grams. The Neuvations I'm looking at are around 1600 and 1500 grams for the pair. Will I feel a difference?

Thanks!

 

What's considered light for a 29er wheelset?

 

Isn't this the Roadie Zone?? 29ers? Light road wheels 1100 to 1400gms without cassette. 1400 -1700 middle of the road (not for weight weenies!) 1700-2100gms training wheels. I have a set of 1250gm Rolf Prima Elan rims GREAT for climbing. Carbon rims for racing, roughly 1400gms, I think. And training wheels by Pro-lite I believe that weigh in around 2100. Fun to have variety, but it gets me into trouble with the wife:lol:

 

Looking for a middle of the road...road wheels.:lol:

So from 1600 to 1500...not a big difference?

 

29er mountain bike wheelset!
Big wheels for a big guy.

 

You may not find a BIG difference with 100 grams, however, much of the inertial spin depends on where the weight is in the wheelset. This is way too technical for me to explain. Go with a well known company, Specialized, Fulcrum, Rolf, Shimano,Mavic... and you won't be disappointed. You might do well too get a second hand set from someone, also some shops will demo wheels. By the way, the Pro-lite Como's (Heavy) I train on were under $150.00 for the set! AND they have stayed true for two years now. I've ridden the Solvang Century on them and if you know that ride it is a crack and hole filled 100 miles.

 

a good tip is Torelli

one of the many chinese (or taiwanese) made light-but-quality rims hitting the market

real roadies might turn up their nose?

but set retails for $350ish/ hits the scales at 1450 grams-ish

6-7 months in thus far, no probs. and i am a big load (200 lbs)