Road carbon wheels/rims, 23mm inner width

[MTB-Addicted]

Hi
I am looking for a chinese road wheelset (or just rim), with 23mm internal width.
Ideally 50mm profile, as much light as possible.
I cannot find any factory or seller among our “used” preferred channels.
Any suggestion ?
Thanks in advance.

[Rallyfocus]

I purchased a set of 56mm deep AR56 23mm internal, 30mm external wheels last Fall from Light Bicycle. I had them built up on DT Swiss 240's with steel Sapim spokes.

The process was smooth and my wheels arrived exactly as ordered. They usually have in stock options if you're in a hurry and not worried about customization.

I've put about 5000 trouble free kilometers on them so far. I'll be ordering a lighter pair of race specific wheels from them at some point.

[MTB-Addicted]

Wow, thank you!
How much do they weight ?
Would you suggest to use also for gravel (not extreme) ?
Tks

[Rallyfocus]

With sprint spokes on the rear drive side and brass nipples, they came in at 1470g total.

They seem pretty bomb-proof and well-built. They also have wider options if you plan to run wider tires. I have used both GP5000 28c and 30c, the 28c are nearly a perfect fit IMO. I am currently running a 28c up front and 30c in the rear for a little added cushion on long rides.

The only "issue" with LightBicycle are the nearly endless options. It took me forever to decide on a setup.

[MTB-Addicted]

Thanks a lot!

[Serge_K]

YAR47-01 UNI 47mm 410g per rim
YAR56-01 UNI 56mm 445g per rim
Both 23mm internal.
Hooked.
By Yuanan, the OEM for Elite. Leon is on the forum.
Leon sent me his catalogue so i just opened the pdf.

Lightest rims i know of that make sense financially are usually from lightbycicle. being a unit myself i never bought from them because they have weight restrictions and i'd be better off just eating less.

[bsharp77]

Has anyone had contact from Leon recently?
Im looking for a new set of wheels and have messaged him on here and emailed the company but have had no reply.

[Lumenir]

 

Has anyone had contact from Leon recently?
Im looking for a new set of wheels and have messaged him on here and emailed the company but have had no reply.

I sent an email 2 weeks ago directly on Leon email, no response,
Then I used their website to ask a question from the contact page, and got an answer 3 days later by Cassie
I'm still debating if I should buy from Yuan an or from XM carbon speed

[bsharp77]

Thanks Lumenir,
I was hoping to deal with them and get a set of lightweight 40mm carbon spoked wheels for my Tarmac SL6.
The lack of response at this stage means ill probably go elsewhere.

There's a great deal on the Elite Edge wheels on Aliexpress, so I might just go for those and maybe upgrade the spokes to carbon myself at some point.

[Takiyaki]

I have the Elitewheels EDGE 35x32. Havent ridden them yet but they look and feel pretty high quality. I kind of wish I got the 45s though.

[Lumenir]

Thanks Lumenir,
I was hoping to deal with them and get a set of lightweight 40mm carbon spoked wheels for my Tarmac SL6.
The lack of response at this stage means ill probably go elsewhere.

There's a great deal on the Elite Edge wheels on Aliexpress, so I might just go for those and maybe upgrade the spokes to carbon myself at some point.

Any specific reasons you want carbon spokes?Weight? Stiffness? I'm just curious

You won't receive your wheels until quite a while, so may be waiting for a week for an answer using their website can be a good idea if you really want carbon spokes.

[Ludo]

Same experience with Leon despite buying from him in the past so I ended up going with CSC wheels on Ali, the price to spec ratio is pretty incredible, let’s see how they age, but the few who have them here seems to be happy.

[bsharp77]

Any specific reasons you want carbon spokes?Weight? Stiffness? I'm just curious

You won't receive your wheels until quite a while, so may be waiting for a week for an answer using their website can be a good idea if you really want carbon spokes.

Just trying to get the lightest set of wheels possible at 40/45mm depth - the carbon spokes would offer a bit of extra weight saving.
The 40mm Elite Edge are coming in at 1290g so thats not bad at all, ill wait a few days to see if Leon gets back to me, but if not I think ill go for these.

[Serge_K]

Same experience with Leon despite buying from him in the past

That explains why he's been ghosting me on whatsapp for 5 days then
I guess he's on holidays or something.

[bsharp77]

Just had an email back from Leon, just in case anyone else is waiting!