The specs on those is incredible.

1815g for a 30mm rimmed wheelset is excellent. You're not going to beat that without going to carbon, and even then you wont beat it by much. The i9 305's weigh basically the same.

New hubs worry me, so that could be a good or bad thing depending on how they pan out. Seems like its a new venture for RF to make a hub.

If you're know to ruin hubs, id pass. If not, I think I would give them a try!

 

Some overviews of the hubs here. I havent ridden or seen them but they tend to do honest reviews on this site:

https://nsmb.com/articles/race-face-vault-hubs-teardown/

https://nsmb.com/articles/race-face-vault-j-bend-hubs-reviewed/

 

Thanks for the info.

I've been an Easton fan for quite some time and have had great success with their Haven wheels on my hardtail and most recently their ec90sl carbon wheels on my road bike with the echo hub. There's no doubt that the Turbine R's are a great value especially at $475 for the set but I'm a bit hesitant to pull the trigger on these, not sure why?

 

After reading numerous threads and picking through some reviews I went ahead and ordered them today from Jenson. Everyone who has reviewed them said they were great wheels that ran true, nice hubs, weight right there with other 30mm inside width wheels, and the only negative was the retail price of $1,200 which I agree with because it's right there with I9's and other proven wheelsets. But, for less than $500 delivered for the set it was worth taking a chance on them. I'll post some pics and impressions after I get them in my hands.

 

less than half price @ $475

I think this is the operative aspect for me.

At that price, the specs on those wheels look really solid and mitigates what I don't like - straight pull spokes are not as easy to source in a pinch (say, on a vacation trip when you maybe left your full toolkit at home), and likely machine built.

 

Believe it or not each wheel comes with 5 spare spokes in the box so I'll have 10 spares just in case.

 

Right, and when I get custom wheels, I always make sure I have spare spokes. My point about it, though, is that you're not going to bring those spare spokes with you EVERYWHERE you go.

I mean, I travel to ride a bit. NC, TX, LA, TN, GA, PA, IN, OH, MI, AZ, UT, NV. The only time I've brought spare spokes has been when I've been out with my camper and had space for a bigger toolkit. I've done lots of trips, up to a week long, where I simply didn't have space to bring spare spokes. So if I had had a broken one, I'd have to seek out a spare in a local shop.

I haven't had that problem. It's a fairly low likelihood scenario. But it IS a possible one.

 

It's not that big of a deal to take a couple spokes with you on a road trip. If you have aluminum bars, you can store one inside there. And straightpull spokes aren't as hard to come by as people make it out to be. Lots of shops have them in stock

 

I like spare spokes and spoke things. You dont like spare spokes, you suck!!

 

Bumping an old thread, but I have a question. What rims does raceface use in these wheels? I have the wheelset in 27,5" and I want to turn my bike to a mullet one so I am going to replace the 27,5 front rim (and spokes) to 29er version of the same rim.

Purely for aesthetical reasons, I don't like when front and rear rims don't match