Just a quick review on the Yoeleo wheels:
I chose Yoeleo for the following reasons:
* Match well to Conti GP5000 25mm tubeless tyres (good width match and tubeless support)
* They do not need rim tape as they do not have spoke holes in the rim bed... so a bit less hassle for tubeless
* The spec for them is quite light for the depth (with Sapim spokes, 1850gm for a ~90mm deep rim which is good)
* They have a modern U profile and appear to be about as aero as you can get on a V20 before it is not daily rideable on roads with traffic and wind. Sapim spokes are also known to be very aero and robust.
* Except for the rim, all other parts are known quantities and easy to get for maintenance (Novatec hubs, Sapim spokes/nipples)
* The price is much better than bigger brands which easily get to 2-3X more
* They seem to review well.
So I ordered them in early July. My order is the C88 in rim brake/25mm with the upgrade to Sapim spokes. A few days later I was contacted to say they had delays of 10-15 days. This ended up happening several times. Long story short, there was a few frustrating emails as the delay they said would expire and they would add another delay, but the wheels ended up arriving at my house in early Sept... so basically a 2 month weight (with about 10 days shipping). I almost pulled the pin a couple times. They did communicate the delays... but it seemed they were just stringing me along... but the wheels did eventually arrive.
The wheels arrived in good condition. They look great, were well packed and spin true. They look as good as my Rovals looked when they came out of the box. They seem better quality that you might expect, and do not look like cheap chinese wheels. They also included spare spokes (one front and one rear), brake pads, skewers etc.
After unpacking them, I put them straight on to the scales to see if they were in expected range.... dissappointment. The wheels were 50gm per wheel heavier than the max range they specify (so 100gm heavier for the set at 1960gm which is heavier even than the cheaper spoke version). I checked as well as I could that all the parts were as expected (hubs, spokes, nipples) and that was all good, so I came to the conclusion that the rims were 50gm heavier than spec. I contacted Yoeleo and they took some time to get back to me (apparently they did not get the first email, but responded quickly to the second), and apparently they have improved the rims to make them stiffer and stronger, but have added 50g to the weight. Apparently the performance is better? But they have not yet updated the website. I was not very happy about this, but chose to go with them anyway. If it was my 7kg DF bike that I use for sprinting, I would have sent them back. But 100gm on my V20 is well under 1%, and the V20 is more about maintaining high speed than accelerating quickly, so I can live with it.
So I fitted my 110mm valves I got off ebay and I put the tyres on which fitted up fine... a bit difficult as always with GP5000-TL, but easy enough with a couple of tyre levers. The first time they did not seal with the floor pump, so fired up the air compressor and they sealed up fine. Left over night before adding sealant. They lost pressure overnight as expected. Added sealant and they pumped up fine with the floor pump. With sealant they have been holding pressure well... much better than my Rovals which I think is due to no rim tape. I think much of the pressure loss in the Rovals is through the tape. I put the wheels on the bike and adjusted the brakes.... ready to ride!
First ride was great. They feel quick. I can't notice the extra weight over the Rovals, and they roll at least as well. Ratchet is very noisy, but kind of cool (my Rovals are very quiet). The whoosh noise is very loud at high speed... nice to remind you to keep your speed up. They seem to have good ride (no worse than Rovals), but that could be the tyres at 80psi. Speed wise, they seem about 1kph (@~35kph) faster than Rovals (which were 1.5kph faster than the stock alloy wheels). I am getting some brake shudder and noise but I ran then at first with some work black prince pads (approved), and they may need some bedding in. I have changed to the Yoeleo pads to see if that is better. I think they just need some kms, and perhaps some wet braking to bed in the surface and they should be fine. They are not as bad in the wind as I expected.... but they are noticably worse than the 50mm Rovals as you would expect. Quite managable in all but extre circumstances. I did one ride at high speed (>60kph) with a strong cross wind and was leaning into the cross wind. A truck passing the other way disturbed the cross wind and sent me a couple metres towards the middle of the road. I've not had anything like this at normal speeds, so just need to take care at high speed in traffic with big cross winds.
On MyWindSock, the CdA seems to have improved about 0.015, but early days, so may be lucky with the 2 rides so far. Eventually I will try to enclose the rear wheel and see if there is any benefit.
So a bit of a mixed experience. There are compromises... the service and delivery time is not up to my expectations for big expensive brands like Roval. The specifications are a bit loose and appear to change without notice. Sometimes you may win here, but I feel I had a loss. Having said that, the quality appears good. They use some good quality parts for hubs and spokes and the rims they supply appear good quality. From a riding perspective they seem good and should perform at very close to the level of wheels costing 3X more. I only have around 200kms on them so far. Hopefully I many tens of thousands of reliable kms from them.
being poor it’s not so much a choice for me. I got my enve set second hand.
