Sector R26 Road Wheelset Reviews

Review score: 9.0/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £449.99 (RRP: £449.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Sector R26 Road Wheelset worthy of a review score of 9.0 out of 10.

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Sector R26 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 Sector R26 Road Wheelset.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Sector R26 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 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 R26 Road Wheelset

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Sector R26 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 Sector R26 Road Wheelset was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £449.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.1 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 £449.99.

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 274 cost more than Sector R26 Road Wheelset and 227 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, 3 were more expensive than Sector R26 Road Wheelset and 6 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 R26 Road Wheelset comes in below average.

3 products that meet this search were more expensive than Sector R26 Road Wheelset and 1 were cheaper.

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Sector R26 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 Sector R26 Road Wheelset reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Sector R26 Road 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 R26 Road Wheelset or another similar product, like Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset reviews or Sector GCi Carbon Gravel 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 R26 Road Wheelset

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Sector R26 Road Wheelset reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Sector R26 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 9.0/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 26849813677
• Product ID 2: 803358UK
• Brand: Sector
• Model number: S-WC-R26-ALU-HG
• RRP: £449.99
• EAN: 5055308122607
• Description: Sector R26 Road WheelsetThis road bike wheelset features a robust aluminium construction, which makes it ideal at withstanding all the abuse that’s associated with unpredictable riding conditions. Designed to transform the feel of your bike, this wheelset includes a CNC hub, Pillar Wing Spokes and mid-depth aerodynamic rims, which stand up to the brutality of all riding conditions, while increasing the feel and performance of your bike. It Starts in the MiddleThe responsive feel of this Kinesis wheelset begins at the hub. The R26 features our lightweight CNC hub that maximises stiffness and torque transfer, with angled flanges that follow the path of the spoke, ensuring stress is kept minimal at this critical junction. Inside, we’ve used Revo Cream bearings for miles and miles of smooth-spinning performance. Wing PowerThe R26 road bike wheelset is built with the Pillar Wing Spoke. Unlike regular flat bladed spokes, the Wing Spoke features an ovalized profile inspired by the nose cone of a missile. This addresses several issues that are present with flat bladed spokes. Firstly, flat-bladed spokes are optimized for a fully laminar airflow coming directly from the front. In the real world, airflow is turbulent and from many directions. The Pillar Wing profile is aerodynamic through different yaw angles. The second advantage of the Wing spoke lies in the bigger cross-section. The thin nature of flat bladed spokes means that sideways deflection is high. Furthermore, they fail to adequately deal with braking forces generated from the hub, such as the case with disc brake bikes. Thanks to the Pillar Wing Spoke the R26 road wheelset is stiff when sprinting and cornering, and extremely responsive under braking and acceleration.The Rim is All RoundThose that have been unfortunate enough to ride a deep section aluminium rim know all too well that they are heavy, stiff, and jarring. Any aerodynamic advantage that such a rim offers is offset by the lack of vibration damping, which ironically fatigues you faster and slows you down.By contrast, the R26 wheelset features a tubeless-ready rim that is 26mm deep, occupying the sweet spot between aerodynamics, ride quality and weight. The large 19.5mm internal width works great with everything from 23mm to 36mm tyres, but especially well with tyres in the 28 to 32mm range, which is quickly becoming the de facto choice for anyone not riding on the track.Features: Rim Material: 6061-T10 Aluminium Use: Road Spokes: Pillar Wing Aero / Straight Pull Hub Rotor Fitment: Centrelock Freehub: 11 Speed, 3 Pawl, Shimano HG. (Campagnolo and XD available separately) Holes: 28h front and rear Rim Width: (Internal) 19.5mm; (External) 23mm Rim Depth: 26mm Tubeless Ready: Pre-taped with valves supplied Weight: 1700gBuy Sector Wheels & Tyres from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Wheels
• Size: Shimano
• Unisex
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• Adult

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