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Rob Green
@rbgrn
Recommendations needed! I ride road/endurance, often 20-40 miles but I've been doing a few centuries per year. Currently riding a Cervelo Caledonia with the stock DT OEM aluminum wheels. It came with 30mm tires and I've really gotten used to them. I decided to upgrade wheels and ordered a set of LightBicycle AR465s but had to stop at the bike store today for a tool and saw the wider Reserve wheels on some S5s. They were 30mm external width and had 25s on - they looked right. I checked my order and mine were 28mm width and I want to run 30 or 32mm tubeless, so I decided to cancel and look for something else. Reserve has 40/44 which look almost perfect, but they are $600 more than the LBs and the mechanic nearly talked me out of tubeless, saying it's really a pita. Basically what I want is - comfortable, somewhat aero, kinda wide, maybe tubeless. I've looked at about a dozen brands so far and these reserves look the best to me because they seem to check all the boxes. Thoughts?
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Warpmaster General
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The Reserves are top of the line race wheels, and 30s on them measure out to 32s. The Caledonia won't be able to take full advantage of them. I would absolutely have stuck with the Light wheels as a great upgrade. The LBS talking you out of tubeless is some boomer logic. Tubeless in 2024 is set it and forget it. Just replace sealant every couple of months and carry plugs and a mini pump in your pocket. Stress free.
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Rob Green
@rbgrn
Great info, thank you. I'm going to head down to a more modern road shop right now and see what they think as well. So you think the LB AR465s with 30s would be a great way to go still? I mean, I can still get em. It's $1200 with the configuration I had picked (DT350, X-Rays, standard weight). Are you thinking it's not worth $600 more to get the reserve 40/46?
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Rob Green
@rbgrn
I meant 40/44
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