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AliExpress's Carbon Wheels - What's the Compromise? Superteam H2 vs 9Velo
The reviewer discusses the 9Velo CD Wide Series wheels as a premium Chinese alternative to budget wheels like Super Team. They describe these wheels as having excellent mechanical integrity, superior hub design with complete spoke retention, cross-lacing on both sides for stiffness, titanium freehub, and better aerodynamic spokes than competitors. The reviewer states these are the best wheels around and considers them worth the higher price point due to unseen quality differences.
AI-Summary
Pros
- Excellent mechanical integrity
- Superior hub design with complete spoke retention
- Cross-lacing on both sides making them quite stiff
- Titanium freehub that shows no wear after extensive use
- More aerodynamic spokes than competitors (30-40% wider)
- Better fit between bearing and hub
- Zero run-out at the hub periphery
- Minimal inherent vibration
Cons
- Higher cost compared to budget alternatives
Key Points
- Carbon spokes that are 30-40% wider than Super Team spokes
- Cross-laced on both sides front and rear
- Titanium freehub with ratchet ring on the inside
- Complete spoke retention system prevents spokes from popping out
- Uniform rim section without ripple pattern
- Metal nipples
- Better bearing-to-hub fit
- Used as benchmark for premium Chinese wheels
Zero Hype, No Marketing | A BRUTAL Lesson in Engineering Supremacy from ladies at 9Velo.
The reviewer provides a detailed analysis of the NineVelo CD Wide Series wheels, which they personally race on and describe as an 'engineering masterclass'. They highlight the exceptional build quality, engineering features, and performance. The wheels are praised for being hooked (not hookless), having local spoke reinforcement, cross-lacing on both sides for stiffness, superior hubs with larger/stiffer bearings, wider bearing spacing, and a titanium freehub that prevents cassette bite. The reviewer states these are the best engineered wheels they have ridden, exceeding the quality of wheels costing twice as much. They note the marketing is not polished, but the engineering is top-class.
AI-Summary
Pros
- Extremely popular among Patreon subscribers
- Best engineered wheels the reviewer has ridden
- Personally raced on by the reviewer
- Hooked design (reviewer is not a fan of hookless)
- Local spoke reinforcement for strength and weight savings
- Excellent transition between tire and rim
- Exposed nipples for easy maintenance
- Cross-laced on both sides for increased stiffness
- Superior hubs with larger, stiffer bearings (4x stiffer than standard)
- Wider bearing spacing for stiffer wheel
- Titanium freehub prevents cassette bite marks
- Includes all taxes in price
- Exceptional test results with zero runout
- Very small spoke tension deviation
- High critical speed
- Best-in-class hub performance metrics
- Build quality is A+
- Reasonably priced for the quality
- Company provides excellent customer service
- No negative feedback from Patreon users
Cons
- Marketing is not polished
- Website is not that polished
- Brand is not flashy or 'in your face'
Key Points
- Price: ~$1,200 delivered including taxes, ~$900 without
- Front depth: 58mm
- Rear depth: 65mm
- 50/50 version weighs ~1,200 grams
- External width: 30mm
- Internal width: 24mm
- Local spoke reinforcement at nipple points
- 5mm exposed nipples for maintenance
- Spokes: 4.85mm cord length, 0.9mm thickness
- Cross-laced on both sides (front and rear)
- Larger bearings than standard hubs
- Wider bearing separation than comparable hubs
- Titanium freehub available
- Ratchets available in 36T and 45T
- 45T ratchet preferred for vibration reduction
- Bearings can be removed with normal press (no special tool needed)
- Reverse mullet setup (deeper front) not recommended by reviewer
- Optimal setup is deeper rear wheel, shallower front wheel