Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel Reviews

Review score: 9.0/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £109.99 – Save 27% (RRP: £149.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel worthy of a review score of 9.0 out of 10.

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

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View reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles

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Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel 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 Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel 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 Shimano 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 Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel.

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 Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £109.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.4 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 £109.99.

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 475 cost more than Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel and 32 were cheaper.

Cost of Shimano products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 854 products from Shimano, of which 28 were in the Wheels category.

For now though we’re looking at Shimano branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £94.29 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Shimano product we found was £1.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £1999.99.

Of the 854 from Shimano, 170 were more expensive than Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel and 672 were cheaper.

How much are Shimano Wheels?

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

The average price of the 28 products that match this search was £360.91, with the cheapest coming in at £52.00 and highest price was £1756.00. With the average being £360.91, Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel comes in below average.

12 products that meet this search were more expensive than Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel and 15 were cheaper.

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Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel 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 Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.7 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 Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel or another similar product, like Shimano Ultegra RS700 C30 TL Road Wheelset reviews or Shimano Dura Ace R9170 Carbon Disc Rear Wheel 2019 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 Shimano, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel. 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: 25010863883
• Product ID 2: 572025UK
• Brand: Shimano
• Model number: WHRS330RCB
• RRP: £149.99
• EAN: 4524667927006
• Description: Shimano RS330 Road Rear WheelShimano’s RS330 is an affordable alloy clincher. This entry-level road bike wheel is great for training runs, commuting, or as a dedicated indoor training tyre. Made from aluminium for strength and durability, this rear road bike wheel is also stiff and smooth due to Shimano’s use of their cup and cone technology, 30mm high rim, and 2:1 spoke lacing pattern.Compatible with 8-speed to 11-speed setups, the RS330 rear wheel is an affordable road bike wheel with surprising lateral and torsional rigidity at this price point.Features: Material:¬†Aluminium (Rim, Freehub body, and Nipples); Stainless Steel (Spokes) Wheel Type: Clincher ETRTO: 622x17C Hub Width: 130mm Freehub Compatibility: 8, 9, 10 and 11-speed Rim Dimensions (Height): 30mm Rim Dimensions (Internal Width): 17mm Rim Dimensions (External Width): 23.2mm Rim Joint Type: Pinned seam Spoke Count: 21, butted Spoke Pattern: 2:1 Valve: Presta, minimum 60mm in length Includes:¬†Quick Release skewer, rim tape, and 10-speed spacer ring Weight:¬†1.17kgA 2 year warranty is offered with all Shimano products from Chain Reaction Cycles (3 years on Dura-Ace and XTR products).Buy¬†Shimano Wheels & Tyres¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Wheels
• Savings percentage from RRP: 27%
• Size: 700c
• Unisex
• 40
• 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 Shimano RS330 Road Rear Wheel included,
Shimano Dura Ace R9100 C40 Tubular Front Wheel 2019 reviews, Shimano Dura Ace R9100 C60 Tubular Front Wheel reviews, or we really liked the look of Shimano Dura Ace R9170 C40 Disc Wheelset reviews as another alternative.