9velo GV35 GV45

[trailgazer]

A lot of people in this forum (and others) love the GV45 wheelset from 9velo. Nobody is talking about their 35 mm deep counterpart, the GV35 rims. Is there really nobody who has experience with them? Why did you go for 35 mm deep wheels instead of 45 mm wheels?

My Cannondale CAAD12 racer has 45 mm (F) and 55 mm (R) FFWD rims. My body weight is 69 kg. I had accidents and multiple dangerous situations concerning sudden cross winds. Hence I'm a little scared of 40+ mm deep rims.

The wheels I'm looking for will end up in a Carbonda CFR-505 SL all road frame which will see forest roads of all kinds. Chances of sudden wind gusts are maybe less frequent but still...

What reason(s) made you decide to go for 35 or 45 wheels?

[Nkearb]

35mm would just be slightly lighter. Usually 40-55mm deep wheels have such a small weight penalty over ~30mm that its a no brainer to get the deeper wheels. Crosswind stability for wheels below 55mm deep is not much of a concern. Id don't think 9velo is a good value. I avoid many of these premium Chinese brands that are trying to compete with western brands. Price is double that of an OEM, and the product and support/warranty is the same, sometimes worse.

[trailgazer]

35mm would just be slightly lighter. Usually 40-55mm deep wheels have such a small weight penalty over ~30mm that its a no brainer to get the deeper wheels. Crosswind stability for wheels below 55mm deep is not much of a concern. Id don't think 9velo is a good value. I avoid many of these premium Chinese brands that are trying to compete with western brands. Price is double that of an OEM, and the product and support/warranty is the same, sometimes worse.

I'm open for other suggestions. I thought 9velo was OEM? What wheels are you running and why?

[Bigbobby1482]

35mm would just be slightly lighter. Usually 40-55mm deep wheels have such a small weight penalty over ~30mm that its a no brainer to get the deeper wheels. Crosswind stability for wheels below 55mm deep is not much of a concern. Id don't think 9velo is a good value. I avoid many of these premium Chinese brands that are trying to compete with western brands. Price is double that of an OEM, and the product and support/warranty is the same, sometimes worse.

Calling it the same product is probably quite a stretch.
If you are buying from 9velo you are paying "premium" for the Hub. They use hubs from H-works which are really high quality. I haven't seen an OEM for a good price using true h-works hub yet?
For reference I've been using 9velo's mt30 MTB wheel for over a year, and they are perfect, best hub's I've ever used by far. Much better than  DT swiss.
Also there are 10% off 9velo with youtubers discount codes. ex. 9velo-hambini10
So 872 usd including shipping for the 9velo isn't that bad

And for OP, I don't know how old your FFWD rims are, but modern rims has a more U shaped profile, where older ones has a V shape. The U shape is a lot better handling in cross-winds.

[Serge_K]

A lot of people in this forum (and others) love the GV45 wheelset from 9velo.

They do? I'm not saying people here hate these wheels, but i rarely see the brand mentioned, and when it is mentioned, people usually chime in to say it's nothing to write home about, as pointed out by Nkearb.
If you spend 15 minutes on this forum looking at threads in chronological order, you will see the same OEM names popping up over and over again. The last dozen wheels i've bought, i bought from Peter from Xiamen carbon speed, because value is there, specs are there, quality is there, and service is there. And i dont want logos. Peter is easy to deal with and transparent. Basically ticks all my boxes. You will find a lot of people here who prefer buying from Aliexpress though because they dont want to deal with emails and whatsapp conversations. In which case, Elite is probably the leader of aliX wheels.

[RDY]

Calling it the same product is probably quite a stretch.
If you are buying from 9velo you are paying "premium" for the Hub. They use hubs from H-works which are really high quality. I haven't seen an OEM for a good price using true h-works hub yet?
For reference I've been using 9velo's mt30 MTB wheel for over a year, and they are perfect, best hub's I've ever used by far. Much better than  DT swiss.
Also there are 10% off 9velo with youtubers discount codes. ex. 9velo-hambini10
So 872 usd including shipping for the 9velo isn't that bad

And for OP, I don't know how old your FFWD rims are, but modern rims has a more U shaped profile, where older ones has a V shape. The U shape is a lot better handling in cross-winds.

It's all farsports with different branding and a 30-40% upcharge in price.  You can buy exactly the same stuff from FS as 9Velo.  9Velo use stuff straight out of FS catalogue - no private molds or special hubs.

[sukerbole1]

I've got the GV45 2.0 ones and really like them. IVe only borrowed a set ones with DT hubs and these are nicer. I don't see a reason to 35 though. I live in very flat and windy place, and 45 is fine. The without difference is really minimal, especially considering their usage.

I think the reason 9velo doesn't come up here often is because you can probably get cheaper wheels, with the same quality. I found the price of mine (with a 15% code) good enough to just get them.

[trailgazer]

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