Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset Reviews

Review score: 8.9/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £374.99 (RRP: £374.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset worthy of a review score of 8.9 out of 10.

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Sector GCa Gravel 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 Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Sector GCa Gravel 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 Sector 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 Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Sector GCa Gravel 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 Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £374.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.3 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 £374.99.

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 309 cost more than Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset and 198 were cheaper.

Cost of Sector products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 17 products from Sector, of which 5 were in the Wheels category.

For now though we’re looking at Sector branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £475.28 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Sector product we found was £59.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £1104.99.

Of the 17 from Sector, 11 were more expensive than Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset and 5 were cheaper.

How much are Sector Wheels?

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

The average price of the 5 products that match this search was £804.99, with the cheapest coming in at £374.99 and highest price was £1104.99. With the average being £804.99, Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset comes in below average.

4 products that meet this search were more expensive than Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset and 0 were cheaper.

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Sector GCa Gravel 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 Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.3 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 Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset or another similar product, like Sector CT30 Carbon CX Wheelset reviews or Sector R26 Road Wheelset 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 Sector, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Sector GCa Gravel 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 8.9/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 26849813671
• Product ID 2: 803351UK
• Brand: Sector
• Model number: S-WC-GC-ALU-HG-650
• RRP: £374.99
• EAN: 5055308122591
• Description: Sector GCa Gravel WheelsetWhether you’re taking the long road home or planning an adventure into the countryside, this versatile gravel wheelset is designed for maximum performance. It features a hard-wearing aluminium rim construction, which makes it more than capable of handling all the intensity that comes with exploring new and unpredictable roads. Sector has also equipped this model with Pillar brass nipples and J-Bend spokes for fantastic tension, strength as well as a low weight. This is a great choice of upgrade for riders who want to go the extra distance on their road bike adventures.The Sector GCa Wheelset is the perfect Gravel, Adventure or Cyclo-Cross premium Aluminium Wheelset. It features a heat treated and then cold worked Aluminium lightweight tubeless ready rim with a 23mm internal width, optimised for 30mm to 50mm tyres. The rim is both pinned and welded making it incredibly strong, and combining this with the wide profile, will withstand punishing ‘Cross courses, all day Gravel epics or your next bike-packing adventure. The GCa is available in both 700c and 650b options.This Kinesis gravel and cyclocross wheelset is built around lightweight, CNC machined and angled flanged hubs. The angled flanges follow the path of the spoke, reducing the stress on the spoke and increasing its lifespan. The GCa hubs are easily adaptable to a SRAM XDR driver or a Campagnolo freehub body. Smoothness is everything in a hub and that is why we chose Revo Cream bearings, which as the name suggests, are one of the smoothest and best rolling bearings on the market. Sector supply the wheels with tubeless tape and valves fitted, and both Thru Axle end caps and QR end caps, so that your wheels are ready to fit, straight from the box.The Sector GCa hubs and rims are laced together with Pillar 1416 double butted spokes. Pillar spokes are favoured by wheel builders all over the world, as every spoke is meticulously monitored and checked throughout the entire production process, and this attention to detail ensures all our wheels are evenly tensioned and will stay truer for longer. For the GCa Sector have chosen the double butted 1416 for their high strength and low weight. They have built this wheelset with Pillar black brass nipples as durability is key with our wet UK winters.Features: Rim Material: 6061 T-10 Aluminium Wheel Size: 700c or 650b options to select Use: Gravel, Adventure and Cyclo-cross Spokes: Pillar 1416 DB / J-Bend Nipples: Pillar Black Brass Hub Rotor Fitment: Centrelock Freehub: 11 Speed, 4 Pawl, Shimano HG Hole Count: 28h Rim Width: (Internal) 23mm; (External) 28mm Rim Depth: 22.5mm ERD: 700c: 592mm; 650b: 557mm Tubeless: Yes End Caps: (Front) 100x12mm or QR / (Rear) 135mm QR or 142x12mm Extras: Tubeless Tape & Valves Weight: 700c: 1750g; 650b: 1680gBuy Sector Wheels & Tyres from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Wheels
• Size: Shimano
• Unisex
• 0
• Adult

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Other options for Wheels

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A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Sector GCa Gravel Wheelset included,
Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset reviews, Sector GCi Carbon Gravel Wheelset reviews, or we really liked the look of Smart Polaris 3 LED Front Light reviews as another alternative.