Remerx Alcyon Wheels Review

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The first set of Remerx Alcyon wheels that arrived here at CycleTechReview caused quite a stir. I’ve never had a set of wheels, even ten times more expensive deep carbons, which get more attention with both favourable and not so favourable comments. This happened both whilst out riding and in response to pictures placed on CycleTechReview.com’s various social media pages.

Most of the ‘likes’ seemed to come from younger cyclists, who were obviously appreciative of the ‘bling’ factor, and also from members of the public, not all of whom could have been plain-clothed bike riders.

Not so keen were the older, non-helmet wearing variety of cyclist that you encounter on weekday mornings when everyone else is at work…

However, as Hallett pointed out in his preview of these wheels, the white version is let down slightly by the fact that its just white paint over hubs and spokes. So whilst its not a bad paint job and they certainly look good from a distance when in the bike, its disappointingly not the quality finish of an anodised hub when you get up close.

Immediately that this was mentioned, importers Sihel Cycling set out to show us that Remerx also make wheels with an anodised finish. So another wheelset turned up with black spokes and red anodised nipples and hubs, which are very smart indeed, even close up.

Remerx Alcyon Wheels in white look the part on the bike

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Remerx have something for everyone and we had both sets to review, so note: white definitely gets much more attention, whereas red and black is more subtle, and in direct contrast not one person commented upon them…

At first glance the two wheelsets strike you as being very different, despite the fact that mechanically they are absolutely identical. The white painted finish gives the impression of a wheel which is much more robust in form, even

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