Team discount on FloCycling Wheels?

zwuba · February 9, 2013 10:29AM

Does anyone know if there is a something like that around cause I'm about to buy a pair of new them @ the next pre-order

wareagledusty · February 9, 2013 11:04AM

I haven't seen/heard of a discount with Flo Cycling. I have a set of Flo 60's and a Flo Disc now and love them. Planning to pick up a Flo 90 Rear wheel and some of the Flo 30's when they start selling those. Great bang for the buck, even without a discount!

zwuba · February 9, 2013 12:56PM

I'm also looking for a the 60 Front and a Disc ... not sure if I should go with the Ceramic upgrades..

wareagledusty · February 9, 2013 12:58PM

for what its worth I did the upgrade to ceramic. Not sure the impact is measurable from a watts perspective but the additional $100 on a low price point seemed reasonable. I will say that the wheels do spin really smooth. I have a set of Zipp 808's (non FC) and the Flo's seem to spin just as good. Hard to quantify as I haven't ridden both side by side.

tgarson · February 11, 2013 10:59AM

I'd be surprised to see a discount on Flo's in the near future. Some 6 months after their launch, they still can't catch up supply with demand at full MSRP so I just wouldn't see it making much sense to them from a business perspective to start offering discounts at this point.

On a side note, I've had a pair of Flo60's since preorder 1 and like them quite a bit. I use them on both my tri and road bike and use a disc cover on the rear for racing. I have the standard (non-ceramic) hubs and they spin excellent to me.

Honesty, all of the evidence I've seen on ceramic bearings being any appreciable amount faster than steel has been quite weak, but for the money you save on Flo's versus other wheels there is nothing wrong with indulging some.

[Deleted User] · February 11, 2013 1:41PM

I was going to purchase the wheels, but I am hooked to my Powertap. Are you folks using the quark instead of Powertap or just not racing with Power?

wareagledusty · February 11, 2013 2:37PM

@Ann, I am using a Quarq for my power meter. I had a powertap but just didn't like being tied to just one wheel. Probably not the most efficient spend of a dollar for power measurement but I sure do love the flexibility a Quarq provides.

William Jenks · February 11, 2013 2:53PM

Ann - Check with your (good) LBS if you want a PT built into them. You will certainly "over pay" somewhat by unbuilding a wheel and then lacing it back up into a PT, but in principle, there's nothing stopping you from doing exactly that.

Dave Tallo · February 11, 2013 9:30PM

One caution ... The current flo rims cannot be built on a PT Hub. Almost learned that the hard way.

zwuba · February 11, 2013 10:50PM

Fortunately I already own a Power2Max crank-based powermeter (which IMHO is much more versatile than a PowerTap).
Just yesterday I talked to Jon Thornham from FLO a little about the bearings and he said that there is NO known (measurable?) benefit from going with the ceramic bearings!
So I will also go with the SS version

Team discount on FloCycling Wheels?

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