Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset Reviews

Review score: 9.7/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £135.99 – Save 3% (RRP: £139.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset worthy of a review score of 9.7 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Campagnolo
• Videos
• Summary
• Alternatives

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Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Wheels. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Wheels. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Wheels. Brands like Campagnolo are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Wheels category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Wheels.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £135.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.2 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Wheels

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Wheels.

We found 509 in the Wheels category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £731.16, making it below average at £135.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Wheels. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £3489.49, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £5.99.

With 509 products available we worked out that 460 cost more than Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset and 48 were cheaper.

Cost of Campagnolo products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 220 products from Campagnolo, of which 35 were in the Wheels category.

For now though we’re looking at Campagnolo branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £363.65 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Campagnolo product we found was £0.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £2999.99.

Of the 220 from Campagnolo, 92 were more expensive than Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset and 127 were cheaper.

How much are Campagnolo Wheels?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Campagnolo products that are listed in the Wheels category.

The average price of the 35 products that match this search was £1254.05, with the cheapest coming in at £52.99 and highest price was £2299.99. With the average being £1254.05, Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset comes in below average.

33 products that meet this search were more expensive than Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset and 1 were cheaper.

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Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.9 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Wheels category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset or another similar product, like Fast Forward F3D FCC 30mm SP DB Wheelset reviews or Campagnolo Calima C17 Front Road Wheel reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Wheels.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Wheels. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Campagnolo, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.7/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010864631
• Product ID 2: 641440UK
• Brand: Campagnolo
• Model number: CPW650A
• RRP: £139.99
• EAN: 5014977480029
• Description: Campagnolo Calima C17 Road WheelsetThe Calima C17 wheels bring you race-ready quality at an affordable price. To ensure the highest possible assembly standard, Campagnolo hand-assembles these wheels and tests them with electronic instruments. This means you can be sure you’ve got a reliable wheelset beneath you as your attacking the pack in a race. Also ideal for training use on rough roads, these light and strong road bike wheels are constructed from high-end aluminium and have fully sealed cartridge bearings for durable, unrestricted rolling.Improved Energy TransferThis wheelset features the Campagnolo iconic, performance-enhancing Mega-G3 spoke lacing pattern. This spoke pattern improves energy between the rider and the road, which reduces stresses on the drive side (right side) of the wheel while increasing the rigidity of the wheel overall at the same time. This significant performance enhancement is achieved by the drive side of the rear wheels having twice as many spokes as the non-drive side (left side).Features: Material:¬†Rim: Aluminium; Spokes: Steel double-butted aero spokes Hub Spacing:¬†Front: 100mm; Rear: 130mm Axle Type:¬†QR (quick release) Bearings:¬†Sealed Cartridge Brake Type:¬†Rim brake Rim Internal Width:¬†17mm Rim External Width:¬†22mm Rim Height:¬†24mm Compatible Tyres:¬†Clincher, 700c Maximum Tyre Size:¬†700x28c Spoke Count:¬†Front: 18; Rear: 27 Spoke Lacing:¬†Front: Radial; Rear: Radial, 2:1 G3 Lacing on Drive Side Tubeless Compatible:¬†No Cassette Compatibility:¬†Separate Shimano or Campagnolo options Included:¬†Wheelset, rim tape, QR skewers Warranty Period:¬†3 years Crash Replacement Discount Scheme:¬†No Exclusive G3 spoking pattern on the rear wheel G3 flange on the rear wheel Weight:¬†1.82kgBuy ¬†Campagnolo Wheels & Tyres¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Wheels
• Savings percentage from RRP: 3%
• Size: Campagnolo
• Unisex
• 4
• Adult

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Other options for Wheels

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Wheels. 509 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Campagnolo Calima C17 Road Wheelset included,
crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset reviews, Rolf Prima Black Rock Carbon Front MTB Wheel reviews, or we really liked the look of Rolf Prima Black Rock Carbon Rear MTB Wheel reviews as another alternative.