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Submitted by
Mrklein
a Cross Country Rider
from Tampa FL
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | RAZZORBACK | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | Guess???? | | Strengths: | Very light wieght. So cheap you would dout their quality. | | Weaknesses: | The spokes | | Similar Products Used: | XTR on a 517 | | Bike Setup: | Klein enough said | | Bottom Line: | Amazing wheelset. I bought the Topo disc brake wheelset. Topo hub and rim. So light weight and very smooth. I only had these wheels 3 months and had to change out the front wheel because it dead in a crash. Two weeks latter the back wheel just took a $h!t on a bumpy trail. Each time the spokes just gave snapped. Get these wheels just plan on changing the spokes. I only weigh 150lbs and have a full suspension bike. Performance were real cool and let me return the wheels. I now have XTR hubs on 517s and would near get anything else. I also got these at performancebike.com Good prices and even better customer service. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
TJ Sleboda
a Cross Country Rider
from san jose, ca, usa
Date Reviewed: September 6, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Cheap and durable | | Weaknesses: | Hard to replace bearings | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano | | Bottom Line: | I replaced both front and rear wheels with these hubs. They hold up much better than XT and much cheaper. I have been using the rear hub for 2 years and the bearings just now wore out. The only problem I had with them was trying to tighen the alloy end cap and marred the finish. Heck the bearings I bought cost more than the freakin' hubs!!
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Submitted by
Jon
a Cross Country Rider
from Salt Lake City, UT
Date Reviewed: March 8, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Wasatch Crest Line | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Light weight
Durable
Looks Good
Minimal maintenence | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | XT
STX
LX
RINGLE | | Bike Setup: | SCHWINN MOAB
MANITOU SXR
FULL XT SETUP
MAVIC 517 | | Bottom Line: | I'VE TRIED A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT RIMS. SOME OF THEM WORKED WELL AND OTHERS DIDN'T. SO FAR THIS IS THE BEST THAT I'VE RIDEN ON, AND YOU DEFINATELY CAN'T BEAT THE PRICE.
ANYONE WHO WANTS A LIGHT WEIGHT, DURABLE HUB, WOULD APPRECIATE TOPO | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
snowrider
a Racer
from pa
Date Reviewed: September 20, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
anything | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
spins well
inexpensive
durable | | Weaknesses: |
none yet | | Similar Products Used: |
shimano xt, xtr
ringle | | Bike Setup: |
cannondale cad 3
raceface cranks,
magura
ringle rims etc. | | Bottom Line: | very very very good buy. i used a 200+ dollar ringle rear hub, and blue it out. this one has been used even harder and works great. do yourself a favor and buy this hub for 20-30 dollars before you spend 10x as much on something that isn't as good. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mac daddy
a Cross-Country Rider
from nc
Date Reviewed: August 18, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
iron mountain | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
light
inexpensive
looks good | | Weaknesses: |
so far none | | Similar Products Used: |
stx-rc
xt | | Bike Setup: |
517 rim | | Bottom Line: | After busting a bontrager mustang rear wheel with a xt hub I decided to try something new. This hub with a 517 was $85 at Performance which is about 25 dollars cheaper than buying an xt and I did not really like the xt and this one is lighter anyway. The wheel I recieved was perfectly true and lighter than it would have been with the xt hub. The quality seems to be just as good if not better than my xt and it spins smoother than my xt ever did. Plus I think it looks better. My point is that over all is that this hub is less expensive, lighter, and better than xt. | | Overall Rating: |
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