 So welcome back to the Friday vlog series where today my dog Rossi He's gonna annoy the shit out of us right because there's a thunderstorm going on as much as I love him when it comes to thunderstorms Whoa, he don't like it and if I leave him out there I'm the only person home. He's gonna bang on the door So he's just gonna chill out with us today and I should say this video is brought to you by Squarespace Thank you very much for supporting my work and look I can appreciate it's been a while between Friday vlogs That'll be part two of this video what's been going on behind the scenes But part number one as many of you who find the channel will know and you know this to Roscoe in 2021 we built up a windspace T 1500 with hypercarbon wheels and a factor O2 van with Caden decadence carbon wheels and as a result of being getting a ton of requests on the channel to review and do speed tests on the windspace hypers versus the Caden wheels and because I listen to you magnificent people out there guys and girls I wanted to bring that idea to life, but there is one big problem with how it stands today We have a 50 millimeter disc brake clincher on the windspace versus a 38 millimeter rim brake my personal favorite tubular wheel So if I compared these wheels behind me in a review speed test etc I'll just simply get trolled to death to right mate I would tear you apart and I'm learning as this channel grows I'm getting some good haters on our Roscoe so to keep the haters at bay firstly for those of you who do enjoy my content If you could give this video a like that would be greatly appreciated and number two What I have done is I've reached out to Ben at Caden wheels who is the founder and owner and he sent me a pair of Comparable wheels for a few weeks. I catch wheels so we can do this test properly So a big thank you to Ben and the good folks at ICANN cycling who have been contacting me for many months Without reviewing their wheels, so I thought as a cheaper alternative for this little project Why don't we throw these into the mix as well? So let's get into part one of this video So thankfully before this part of the video my wife just got home So Rossi is now pestering her although the thunderstorms calm down now, please know this is not a review today I'm doing an unboxing. We're gonna be weighing the wheels and I'll give you my high level Overview of the wheels and the companies and the price points and then we will do a review on a low wind day Which is proving to be quite difficult at the moment due to the spring winds and there has been a ton of rainfall So once I can identify a clear day with low winds then I can do the speed test and I'll be able to bring you the review So give me two to three weeks now We'll do the unboxing first if you like unboxings keep in mind I've already unboxed the windspace hypers linked to that video below if you want to check it out. Let's get into it I can redo that nice solid box Press so far. It is thin. No, it's a thin. It's a thin noodle little t-shirt Go anywhere. I believe I can I like what they've done there. I got one I can turn this dickhead off now. That's better. I know what these are gonna be One of these old mates at the bottom to a bit of foam there faster Little spacer there as well. I can front smaller box more girth Inconstituous from Caden and more packaged So Ben while he hasn't given me the world. I'm just borrowing them. He has gifted me with Floating disc brake rotors for center lock now I am a rim brake fan, but I will accept these because we've been coerced in the disc at the moment I've got a ride disc brake bike. So we'll talk about those in a second. So the rear Caden these are 45s. Hub check Out of the gate that feels very very smooth and the front See the logo there. Personally, I never found unboxings that interesting, but apparently a lot of people like them So that's why I'm bringing them to you now. Let's move to the way in keep in mind I have previously weighed the hypers as a couple which came in at 1475 grams Thunder Rossi I can front 655 I can rear seven nine five Caden front six forty decadence rear 725 now should be noted that the decadence does come in a 50 millimeter profile clincher But that wasn't available for review. So we got a very close second best now before we talk about the wheels at a high level I just wanted to thank today's video sponsor being Squarespace if we actually have a look at my wife's website here, which was built just recently It's on a Squarespace platform and you can see how clean simple yet intuitive it is and my wife Who's a non-techie personally loves how easy it is to go into the back end altered text Layouts color schemes etc without needing any development skills If you're keen to get a website off the ground go to Squarespace comm for a free trial And when you're ready to launch go to Squarespace comm backslash camnickles to save 10% See all the relevant details below in the video description area. So here's the deal We have the windspace hypers carbon 50 millimeter disc brake clincher tubeless ready wheels valued at $1,200 USD We have the Caden decadence carbon 45 millimeter disc brake tubeless Abel clincher wheels valued at 1,443 USD and we have the I can aero 50 millimeter disc brake tubeless ready clincher wheels coming in to get this 675 dollars USD about half the price of the others and look obviously these wheels have different hubs bearings carbon layouts Which will examine in more detail in the review, but out of the gate the hypers look completely different these two look quite similar the icons and the decadence wheels and I think a Lot of that has to do with the fact that they're both running the same spokes They use a spoke called sapham think that's how you say it or sapham CX ray spokes But if you get up close and personal with the spokes you will actually notice quite a significant difference for example with the icons They're running a 2 to 2 ratio, so they've got 24 spokes all up 12 on this side and 12 on that side whereas the Cadence or the decadence and the hypers and some of the best Will manufacturers run this engineering practice in their wheels including campy and fulcrum till my favorite Wheelmakers in the world and I believe Roeville and Shimano in the last four to five years changed the to the 2 to 1 ratio So you'll see here We've got 21 spokes as opposed to 24 and we've got 14 on this side And we've got seven on this side and the reason why they do this apparently it creates a better Tension profile in the rim a stiffer rim because of the bracing angle There's less bracing angle on this side to accommodate the hub and the drivetrain So that's the reason for doing it So there's a different Technology just in the spokes alone the way they are lined into the rim and also if we talk about the rim itself No doubt there will be some big differences Internally for example, I know Kate and run what they call nipple patching which essentially means that in between The nipples there is less carbon fiber here to optimize weight saving and around the nipple area They put more carbon fiber to strengthen the spoke rim relationship Now for these tests will be using the aciyoma power pedals So we've got the same power transfer for all tests will be using the windspace t1500 will be using these Floating disc rotors that I showed you in the unboxing from Caden I asked Ben I said people are going to know where they can buy these and he said well, they're not for sale at the moment Well, I can't show them and not say anything So if you're interested in finding out more about these floating rotors you can contact Caden directly He said that specifically and we'll be running the same inner tubes and these GP 5000 25 millimeter tires Continentals a competitor to Schwab and we'll run these tests both uphill India Drive will run them downhill and we'll do them on the flats And of course if you've got any ideas or suggestions for this upcoming review love to hear your thoughts below and Let's get into part two of this video So what's been going on behind the scenes? Well, my wife and Dog Roscoe right here. I've been taking over my office a lot recently. I've taken over my office Get off my back But four things number one the seeker Been getting a lot of questions about what's going on with this build In fact, I reckon more questions about this one than the windspace, which is quite interesting I'm just waiting on a group set once I can get my hands on a group set Tram one buys what I'm looking for once I can get that sorted Jay Taylor at Taylor Cycles He's confirmed that he's gonna be building The bike so she's gonna come down to when I can get my hands on a group set Hopefully within the next month. What else has been going on behind the scenes? Well, it's we've just peeling off school holidays and we went camping on the GC the Gold Coast In fact cool and gatter my wife can tell you Alice. Why did we go to cool and gatter? I hoped that there would be a bubble so that we could see my sister and her family there They lived just south of the border in Ballina. Where's that spot? We went though. That was really lovely with the kids Yeah, we went to spring Brook, which was an amazing little place with waterfalls and if you're ever in the GC Little family adventure highly recommend spring book spring book spring Brook spring Brook Spring Brook the kids also had an epic race on those little Pedal bikes or no pedal cars We also had the new sir classic here on the weekend, which is the big ride in my local town being new sir It's you can do I think you can do 120 160. I think the other one might be a 70 or something like that But it's an awesome ride. We had a great day I think it was about 25 26 degrees did get quite hot towards the end a lot of people asked me Why didn't I film it this year because I did a piece on it in 2019? Unfortunately, it got cancelled last year because of COVID The reason why I didn't do a piece on it is because when you take camera Equipment and you're filming stuff. You don't really get to enjoy the day so much So this year I just wanted to go and ride it, which is what I did gave it a bit of a nudge There's a picture with a can of coke in my back pocket Which I thought was a great idea until I got to the top of the hill and descended Rough roads a lot of vibration went to open that can of coke on the way home and it just sprayed everywhere So that was a lesson learned but really good day out if you're ever in new sir Make sure you check that out. I'll link to their website below and last of all I've been super busy with the Final intake for the road cycling Academy is happening in November, which is pretty cool before we back into Christmas, which is kind of unbelievable We're almost there. So that's pretty much it. Thanks for watching the vid and I'll catch you in the next one