Opinion on CSC wheels aliexpress?

[dolph]

There are some very nice carbon spoked 50mm depth CSC wheels with ratchet  hub for sale on aliexpress, weight is quite reasonable slightly above 1200 gram and price is under 500€  with coupons.

The wheelset looks amazing but haven't read online anywhere about CSC in a verylong time, rim brake ones used to be okish 10 years ago...

Has anyone got recent experience with wheelsets from csc?

[Dr J]

I build up a frameset fpr my wife with these wheels. So far she only rode them for 75 so i cant say anything about longgevity. There was no grease on the bearings whatsoever. And they had a small imbalance. I would say the quility of elitewheels appears to be higher to me. I would spend a little more and get elitewheels next time.

[Ludo]

Same here, minus the wife part.

[dolph]

I might go with tagoola aeroraptor, I already use 2 sets of elitewheels which are fine but i want wider rims than what elitewheels offers right nos.

[Avalius]

Had alot of succes here with csc in the past. Ordered two of these carbon spoked wheels. I'll review them here when they artive. I took the 28mm ones instead of 30. 1300gr instead of 1210. But paid 402€ for a set..

[Avalius]

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EuxQFWI

sub
393€ for a pair combining discounts and coins

[xicsx]

I bought these wheels
https://a.aliexpress.com/_Ez61LX6
and after 1000km I had a problem with the rear wheel, loose spokes and the wheel was out of center if I pulled at the indicated tension.
To keep the wheel centered I had to keep the spokes at low tension but after not even a few km I had loose spokes again.
Terrible support, they don't want to acknowledge that it's a structural problem.
I then bought a pair from Xmcarbonspeed and EliteWheels...you spend more but definitely much better and so far no problems.

[Avalius]

Received the wheels 1298gr. Easy installation, true out of the box. I'll test ride these tomorrow.

Edit: Received a second set same findings as above -> 1303gr.

[Avalius]

Can't think of many things worse on a bike than riding wheels you don't trust.
sub 400 eur for a carbon spoked set, shipped, sounds crazy to me.
Do keep us posted!

I've always trusted CSC in the past. Took em out on a training ride:
https://www.strava.com/activities/14909604044

There's is a longer block (20min+) in the middle with speeds close to 50km/u. And they hold speed quite well.
The wheels are stiff, accelerate fast and are everything I expect from a wheel.

At this price point they are insane atleast that's my opinion. I've ridden quite some material in the past and if you check the ride in detail you'll notice they have been "ridden".
I'll update at a later point, got some races coming and Maratona in a week.

[Several]

Sono al secondo set di ruote CSC, cambiate per cambio bici. Le trovo ottime, non leggerissime ma ottime nel rapporto qualità/prezzo.....fato in totale 15000km tra entrambi i set e nessun problema..... super consigliate

[Davidhe23]

I've had two sets of CSC wheels, both with 272 hubs (I think that was the light one). After 5000km with one pair of wheels and 2500km with the other pair, I have not had any problems with them, they have never been off-center and I have gone down to more than 80km/h with them.

[Avalius]

Update here, they survived Maratona Dles Dolomites. And I still have my teeth. On a dutch forum there are hundreds of positive reviews by the way. (Fiets.nl)

[Avalius]

Wheels above, have broken bearings the started with a clicking sound and now they locked up while riding.. This is bad, let's see what they answer.

Update: They send a new wheel, after seeing my videos. Service on point but the quality let's see if this was a one time failure or not.

[zaarooz]

Hi!

How many km? I just bought a pair of CSC wheels and I am considering replacing the bearings preventively

[zaarooz]

If this might help someone, my hubs are these

https://www.yishunbike.com/series/206-hubs#MODELS