Whenever we’re buying bikes, or cycle parts, accessories and clothing there are a number of things to check before we go ahead and buy, especially when shopping online. One of the most important factors is to make sure we read reviews of the product first. So today we’re checking out and reviewing the Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset from Chain Reaction Cycles to give you all of the key facts and figures that you need to help you decide if this is the perfect product from their Wheels category to suit you and your needs.

As with any review, you want to get a feel very quickly for how well it performed as there’s nothing worse than trawling through 30 minutes of review content to find that actually the product is a load of rubbish. Thankfully for you there’s 2 positives. 1. Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset isn’t rubbish, it actually scored very highly. And 2. we’ve given you four different scores below to give you a very quick flavour of how good Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset is. There is a massive range of choice in the Wheels category from Chain Reaction Cycles so it’s important to take your time reading these reviews to help you make sure you’re buying the best.

Quality

8.3

Price

9.2

Reviews

9.9

Overall

9.1

 

Latest Price: £1055.75

Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset review

Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset reviews

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  • Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher WheelsetBringing you the low weight of carbon fibre with an alloy braking surface, the Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher wheelset is ready to perform at race level. This construction means you can benefit the responsiveness of carbon, but still use standard brake pads on your road bike.Carbon Clincher WheelsetThe rims in this Dura-Ace wheelset are 35mm deep and 20.8mm wide. These wheels are lightweight with improved aerodynamics, increased rigidity, and excellent inertia for sprinters and TT specialists. At only 1,485 grams of weight, these Dura-Ace wheels will deliver the high-end performance you want.Features: Tyre Compatibility: Clincher Brake Type: Rim brake Lightweight carbon clincher, 35mm, 20.8mm wide rims with alloy braking surfaces Stainless steel butted (2.0-1.8-2.0) and bladed straight pull spokes for optimal balance and rigidityElbow-less spokes make for a strong yet compliant wheelHigh lateral rigidity is produced with a wide flange spacingLabyrinth double-contact sealing effectively shuts out water and dirtAlloy cone with integrated steel Borozon treated bearing races – super mirror finish reduces frictionQuick and easy to maintain digital click bearing adjustmentFreehub uses quick pawl engagement every 10 degreesCold forged, machined aluminium hub shell and oversized 7075 alloy axle combined with a titanium freehub body keep the wheel weight to a minimum Supplied with QR skewers 8, 9, 10 and 11-speed Shimano cassette compatible rear wheel Tubeless Compatible: No Inlcuded: Wheelset, rim tape, QR skewers Weight:¬†1,485 gramsA 2-year warranty is offered with all Shimano products from Chain Reaction Cycles (3 years on Dura-Ace and XTR products).Buy¬†Shimano Wheels & Tyres¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
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As with many cyclists, be it mountain bikers, BMX riders or road cyclists we want to take the time to make sure we get the best products. Where cycling is a passion for many we often invest a lot of our time and money into the hobby. And as we know, getting the right products can give us that small competitive advantage either over our actual competitors, our mates or even just beating our own goals. But because we do invest so much in our bikes and our equipment it’s really important to buy from recognised retailers, in our most recent search, we found many products available online for ridiculously (almost laughable) prices. They were just so low that alarm bells should instantly be ringing. That’s why we only recommend buying from the retailers that you really know and trust, names like Wiggle, Chain Reaction and Evans Cycles are just some of those that we use regularly. With these retailers you know you’re in safe hands and can expect great service, great returns policies and if anything was to go wrong great customer service under a warranty claim.

But onto the reason you’re here today, let’s delve into some of the details of Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset to help you understand a bit more about where it sits in the market against some of the many alternatives that are available out there. We’re very aware that by buying our cycling stuff online that we’ve missed out on the opportunity to actually see and test the product first. This is where reviews come in to their own, as it gives us that chance to hear from other like-minded cyclists about how good or bad a product is.

As you would expect, our first and top piece of advice before buying, is to read lots and lots of Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset reviews. With a review score of 9.9 out of 10 it’s likely that there will be lots of great detailed reviews to help you. And if you find that actually the reviews are suggesting Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset isn’t right for you then there will be tons and tons of other reviews for other products in the Wheels category. In fact we’ve got 941 products reviewed in this category alone.

Something that makes it particularly challenging is the vast range of choice, as mentioned above there are 941 products in the Wheels category. There are also 2311 products from the brand Shimano. And then getting into the specifics even more there are 86 products from Shimano in the category “Wheels”.

So let’s take a look at the second most important decision making tool we can use when shopping online, price. Whether your goal is to just get the cheapest Wheels available, or to get the best quality at a reasonable price, there’s always going to be a need to do your research on price.

Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset price analysis

The first thing we do when looking at the price of any cycling equipment, be it the bike itself, or one of the many parts that make up a bike or even some of the clothing and accessories that go with it, is to run some price analysis to see who is selling it at the best price. (Note that as we pointed out earlier we will only look at retailers that we really trust and use regularly). The best price that we managed to find Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset was from Chain Reaction Cycles at just £1055.75.

It’s then good to dig somewhat deeper into the price of the product by looking at average prices. To do this we looked at the average price you would pay for a product that fits within the Wheels category. When doing this, we found the average price of the 941 products in the Wheels category is £623.39. We also looked at the cheapest and most expensive options to give you an idea of where Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset sits. The most expensive we found was £3489.49 and the cheapest we saw on our search was £4.99. With a price of £1055.75, Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset is actually above average against the average price in this category.

We then wanted to look at the brand, Shimano in a bit more detail. So one of our other important comparisons in our Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset review is analysing the price of products from Shimano. During this search we discovered that the average price of a product from Shimano was just £98.81, making Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset above average against the average prices. We also found that the most expensive product was £1999.99, however the cheapest came in at £47.99.

We then thought that we should go into a little more detail and look more specifically at the prices you’d pay for products from the brand Shimano that feature in the Wheels category. The average price of Shimano products in the Wheels category is £381.52, the highest prices option we found was £1445.99 and lowest was just £47.99. Taking into consideration the average price, Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset does actually come in above average, something worth considering when you do make your decision.

Taking all of that into account it’s pretty clear why Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset scored such a great price score of 9.2/10 and why it features as one of the top recommended products in the Wheels category.

Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset Reviews

So it’s clear from the key features and price analysis that we’ve run above why Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset is such a great product with such high scores. But you still need to spend the time looking through as many customer reviews as you can, it’s one of the most important (if not THE most important) steps to shopping online.

So your next step now is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read as many Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset reviews as you can. Just click the “View Reviews” button now. And if you go on to buy it, please drop us a line in the comments section, we’d love to hear your thoughts.

Summary

Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 C40 Clincher Wheelset really is a great buy, and at a price of just £1055.75 it has definitely earned the overall score of 9.1 out of 10 rating.