leicaman
Maximum Pace
- Sep 20, 2012
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Hi all
I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on buying a wheelset here in Japan. I'm after a lighter set of wheels as my current stock pair are quite frankly "pants". I have a budget of around 50-60,000 yen and would like a set of clinchers that are reasonable in the mountains. I've been looking at fulcrum racing 3, campy Zonda and Shimano rs80.
I can get rs80 from that funnily named bike shop across from the specialized concept store (the name escapes me at the momet) for around 60,000 or online at amazon for 55,800. I noticed that wiggle have the campy zondas for 41,000 at the moment. A little heavier but between 15,000 and 20,000 cheaper. The funnily named bike shop also had fulcrum 3 for around 55,000.
If you were in my shoes, which would you get and from where? Is getting wheels from wiggle more hassle than it's worth? How much duty would I have to pay on a set of wheels costing 41,000 yen? I'm kinda leaning towards the rs80 from the funnily named shop but I keep thinking what else I could buy with the saved 20,000 yen.
Thanks in advance
Mark
I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on buying a wheelset here in Japan. I'm after a lighter set of wheels as my current stock pair are quite frankly "pants". I have a budget of around 50-60,000 yen and would like a set of clinchers that are reasonable in the mountains. I've been looking at fulcrum racing 3, campy Zonda and Shimano rs80.
I can get rs80 from that funnily named bike shop across from the specialized concept store (the name escapes me at the momet) for around 60,000 or online at amazon for 55,800. I noticed that wiggle have the campy zondas for 41,000 at the moment. A little heavier but between 15,000 and 20,000 cheaper. The funnily named bike shop also had fulcrum 3 for around 55,000.
If you were in my shoes, which would you get and from where? Is getting wheels from wiggle more hassle than it's worth? How much duty would I have to pay on a set of wheels costing 41,000 yen? I'm kinda leaning towards the rs80 from the funnily named shop but I keep thinking what else I could buy with the saved 20,000 yen.
Thanks in advance
Mark