Far Sports / Farsports / Wheelsfar Hyper Disc : First Look

[@shuangliu1897]

this is exactly what I looking for, specially the measurements. Looking forward for full review

[@ckspark2]

Great video, you covered all the important points. I'm looking forward to the ride report. I have the Farsport Feder 35 with RD230 hubs on my light weight bike, the soke tension was also a little uneven but perfectly true, they have had zero issues and are fantastic for the money. I'm now considering these Hypers for my aero bike.

[@Mamilian]

So far they have been AWESOME!

[@eleven-eleven-eleven]

I've got those exact same scissors.💫

[@Mamilian]

Costco?

[@robby_robby_g]

Nice unboxing! These didn’t exist back when I got the “Gravel” wheelset but the 30mm Wide model has the same internal and external measurements and similar weight. I wonder if they are a different shape or if it’s effectively the same wheel.

[@Mamilian]

I have a few friends with that "Gravel" wheelset. I think these are a few grams lighter. Maybe a slightly different shape, but not much if there is. Don't see any real difference b/w them though.

[@tbrowniscool]

Think you have an issue with your mic? Cool wheels hope you all have a great Xmas

[@Mamilian]

Probably user error :)

[@grigasss9603]

Would you recommend going for these exact wheels for my gravel/endurance/road bike, but I would go for 58mm depth at the back and 50mm at the front? Both would be equipped with 240EXP. And what tyre would you recommend? I was thinking going for 28mm and they would stretch to 30mm and would fit with the external width of the rim?

[@Mamilian]

That sounds like a great plan.

[@changrenyong7616]

In tubeless setup, do the tire beads stay seated when you let all the air out of the wheel?

[@Mamilian]

They did.

[@Gnautt]

Would you know roughly how wide it will be with a 30mm tyres?

[@Mamilian]

I'd guess a little under 32mm. It will depend a lot on the tire though.

[@vitskr1]

i wonder how these compare to magene exar ultra

[@abeiks]

Farsports/Wheelsfar this confused me. Farsports have only C, Air, EVO, S and UFO Series. Wheelsfar have Hyper, Wave, Feder, Revo, Kaze and Classic Series and I remember, some time ago, these series was in Farsports. Wheelsfar is a poor quality website, just like Farsports used to be. Now Farsports is a good quality website, but the wheels are also more expensive. Something is wrong with those Chinese companies.

[@Mamilian]

Farsports is an OEM for high-quality carbon products, including rims. When they first started selling pre-built wheels (many years ago), they did it under the "Wheelsfar" name and website, probably to avoid issues with Western brands who resold their rims as if they had designed/manufactured them (e.g. Hunt). Obviously, the landscape has changed. Now Farsports sells their rims with their hubs through their site. They also [continue to] sell their rims with 3rd party hubs through the Wheelsfar site. I prefer DT Swiss hubs, don't want carbon spokes, and paying less is great; so I have purchased several wheelsets from Wheelsfar. Good website design costs $. I think it makes sense for Wheelsfar to not spice up the website given their target audience. The site is functional, it just doesn't look fancy. I understand that some people prefer a fancy website, and that's fine. But I don't think there is anything "wrong with these Chinese companies" with them not doing something that adds no real value to make these folks happy. Those folks can by from a more expensive vendor with a fancy website and all the right marketing words about wind tunnels and aero gains over 50kph. Different people have different preferences. There's nothing inherently wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with having different shops that target these groups. Market segmentation across the preference spectrum is why we have luxury goods retailers (e.g. Louis Vuitton) who sell essentially the same product at higher price points.

[@PatrickLino]

Hi

[@carlos4731]

Guys do you think this wheels hookless version can safelly fit 28c?

[@Mamilian]

@@carlos4731 Yes, it should work well. But FWIW, I don't think there's value in hookless road rims. There are too many trade-offs for the very limited benefit.

[@carlos4731]

@@Mamilian thx for the advise!

[@robin1100s]

don't trust farsport, terrible experience. after having had a broken rim (Feder 50mm) after just 2000km they sent me a different rim at my own shipping costs (to be mounted also by paying for it, total 100€...) claiming that I should have kept the bike with the different colored wheels!

[@Mamilian]

Sorry that happened to you. Clearly not acceptable from them.

[@mikekochy1685]

Stay away from far sports. Customer service is horrible. Also, the carbon spokes just simply come apart failure I went to go put on a set that wasn’t used and the spoke came apart.

[@Mamilian]

There's an important distinction b/w a Farsports wheel and a Wheelsfar wheel. Wheelsfar take a rim that is manufactured by Farsports and pairs it with hubs/spokes that you specify. In this case I opted for DT Swiss 240 EXP (my fav) and some Sapim CX Ray. These are standard straight-pull spokes that you can have serviced at any LBS. Also, FWIW, my experience with Wheelsfar customer service has been completely fine.

[@Silidons91]

Lol, you're saying you installed a wheel and the spokes came apart? Okay buddy.

[@mikekochy1685]

@@Silidons91 OK buddy I got pictures

[@mikekochy1685]

@@Silidons91 also the spokes they use I’ve been told by other Chinese manufactures that there is a failure rate

[@Mamilian]

@@mikekochy1685 Please email me ([e-mail]) the photos and a description of what happened. I've seen some reports of this issue with early carbon spokes, but I haven't heard anything recent. Happy to blog about it.