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Submitted by
j
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from austin
Date Reviewed: April 23, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | street | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | well, lets just say i hit a curb dead on front rim going about 35, went over the bars flew abotu 15 feet in the air haah... rim was fine. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Bottom Line: | i ride 24 bmxin the city and so i hit jumps and down stars etc onto concrete daily... rims are still like new and im 190lb. good value, ill keep using them for along time. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tyrel
a Weekend Warrior
from Coeur d alene, Idaho
Date Reviewed: December 9, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | URBAN | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | Atomlab website | | Strengths: | EXTREMELY STRONG! AWESOME LOOKS! NOTHING IS BETTER! | | Weaknesses: | NONE! Some people say HEAVY, Give me a break if you were going for light and industructable get real 710 grams isnt much for a wheel that you may never have to be trued. My 6.1 Dt Swiss's were 610 grams but for Urban riding cant take the abuse, they dent instead of going out of true!! | | Similar Products Used: | Dt swiss FR 6.1, mavic 729! | | Bike Setup: | Black Market Riot frame "Raw", Red Profile SE cranks, Profile Titanium spindal, Red Dangerboy pedale, Odyssey MDS 25t sprocket, KHE halflink chain, FSA Impact sealed Headset, Thomson X4 50mm stem, Ea70 high rise bars, Bmx Odi grips, Red lock ons, Dangerboy Skull caps, Juicy 7's with Red Dangerboy Shorty levers, Hope head doctor, Rock shox PIKE team, Profile Red seat collar, Thomson Post, Odyssey SR saddle, KHE Geisha Freecoaster hub 11t, Atomlab trailpimp 36h rims, Red Atomlab Torx nipples, Black DT swiss spokes, Atomlab Aircorp 20mm front hub, Maxxis Larson tt 2.35 tires, red shrader valve covers! SICK BIKE! | | Bottom Line: | I built with RED TorX nipples and their rad in 36 hole! I originally bought the Atomlab Triple butted spoked which I whould strongly recommend AGAINST, The colors are Plated on and will rub off when you touch them with your fingers. But DT SWISS SPOKES and never have a problem again!
The rims are the BEST rims I have ever owned, I am a person who likes lots of color, High end parts and LITTLE wieght! These are not the lightest but they are well worth the additional wieght! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason
a Weekend Warrior
from Tennessee
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | The Streets | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Absolutly indestructable. I've taken these things off of a 10' drop to flat and no flatspots or warps. It even fell of the bike rack at 55 mph and I was able to rebuild it back to straight. Atomic Labratories means what the rimstrip says. They are tough as hell. | | Weaknesses: | none at all | | Similar Products Used: | sun rhyno lytes | | Bike Setup: | Kona Ford edition blast, marzocchi dirt jumper 2, truvativ holzfeller crankset, crankbros 5050 X, atomlab aircorp hubs front and back. | | Bottom Line: | by far the best bang for your buck. 55 bucks for just a rim from their web site. and the 200 bucks for the whole wheelset was a steal. And anyone looking for some bad ass urban assault/dirt jumper rims best way to go. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Niklas
a Weekend Warrior
from Sweden
Date Reviewed: December 11, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Centrum | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$183.00 | | Purchased At: | Chainreactioncycles | | Strengths: | It's looks nice, it got tall walls (good in street) less flatspots.
Strong like hell.
And I got | | Weaknesses: | It got no eyelets. | | Similar Products Used: | Doublewide | | Bike Setup: | .243 sl -06, diabolus stem, dj2 -06 bla bla | | Bottom Line: | It's freakin' awesome.
Even if it's not got eyelets it's freakin' bombproof. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Blair
a
from Banff, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 27, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Bikeroom.com (worst place ever) | | Strengths: | Strong. Pretty much the main thing you look for.
Then after that, you can get them in 24" and they're V-brake compatible. Me likes that. | | Weaknesses: | None. People say weight but it's really not that bad. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic ex729, bunch of cheaper rims | | Bike Setup: | was on my old dh/street hardtail, then on my next dh/street hardtail, then on my dh fully for a bit, now on my rigid skatepark bike.(they've been around the block a few times) | | Bottom Line: | I've been using these things for 3 full seasons now, they have been built on a few sets of hubs for different bikes, they were the first set of wheels I ever built myself. They have been hit hard riding downhill, landed on completely sideways riding street/park, and genrally abused as much as I'm going to abuse a wheel and somehow they're still fairly straight. I've trued them very minorly in 3 years.
They're pinned together, but you know what? It works. The seam hasn't split at all since I started riding them.
When I get another pair of rims for street after these crap out I'm getting the same again.
For how long they have lasted and how much faith I have in them they're getting the highest rating. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nathan bannerman
a
from anacortes, wa, usa
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | way to many to list | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | dont remember | | Strengths: | they are ok on the front but will never run another on the rear!!!! | | Weaknesses: | they flat spot relly easly, side of rime folds in, heavy but im used to it, true them after every ride, they are just pure crap, and im a pritty smooth rider!! | | Similar Products Used: | single tracks, mavic rims, to many others to list | | Bike Setup: | 05 stp, 04 shiver sc, trailpimps on hadley front and rear, xtr shifter/derailer, avid bb7 brakes front and rear, its a dh/urban set up | | Bottom Line: | the rims are crap if you run them on the back of your bike, i use it for every thing from dh-urban-xc and even on xc rides they get messed up and i am a smooth rider for the most part and they are way to expensive!!!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alan
a
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Unbelievably strong | | Similar Products Used: | Sun BFR | | Bike Setup: | BMX Dirtjump cruiser | | Bottom Line: | I have been running these rims for almost 4 years. Taken everything I have and still came back for moe. All my bikes except for my 29'er run Aomlabs and it is for a reason - they are tough, they take whatever you put them through and they are dependable, at a good price too! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
james thomason
a Downhiller
from spartanburg, sc
Date Reviewed: October 22, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | friend's secret D.S. course... | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | ? - can't remember... | | Strengths: | STRONG!!!!!!!!!! Luv the name. Rim strips are COOL as Hell. | | Weaknesses: | WEIGHT - who cares if you're goin' down. I used 'em for X-cuntry too. | | Similar Products Used: | Singletrack, Rhyno XL | | Bike Setup: | Bullit - 5'th Element; WorldCup Boxxer/ Romic; Hope; King; Profile; RaceFace; XTR; Azonic | | Bottom Line: | Buy em if avail. in the USA @ that time, ride the $^*! out of 'em & be the envy of everyone left behind. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Travis
a Weekend Warrior
from Paradise, Newfoundland, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Street and Skate Parks | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | They look great and they stand up to what you put them through. | | Weaknesses: | The only one i can think of is that they are a bit heavy but i don't find it a big problem. | | Bike Setup: | Stock 2005 Norco 4 Hun | | Bottom Line: | These rims are strong and can hold you to whatever you want them to! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim
a Weekend Warrior
from Rutland, Vermont
Date Reviewed: October 15, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$249.00 | | Purchased At: | CBO | | Strengths: | Extra wide, slick looking | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, not as tough as they boast | | Similar Products Used: | Bombshell Fat Boy, Mavic CrossMax | | Bike Setup: | '03 Iron Horse SGS Team, Jr. T, 5th Element, Hayes, Azonic, North Shore DH Crank, MRP | | Bottom Line: | Great upgrade for many other rims and great looking. On my very first run with these, I took a rock garden and put two flat spot on the rear rim. They just don't hold up to thier name! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gary
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver B.C. , canada
Date Reviewed: January 29, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | urban riding | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | From friend | | Strengths: | Looks good, Lighter than double tracks, Strong. | | Weaknesses: | Doesnt say trail pimp on it. | | Similar Products Used: | Double tracks, dx 32, rhynolites. | | Bike Setup: | Norco drop | | Bottom Line: | I would like it way more if it just said trailpimp on it. I havent untrued it yet so its all good. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Derek Thomson
a Downhiller
from Park City, Utah, US
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | lithium, in jackson hole | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | go-ride | | Strengths: | looks cool. | | Weaknesses: | no weld at the seam. and kind of heavy | | Similar Products Used: | mavic 321 | | Bike Setup: | 04 small v-10 with sherman slider plus, 5th element, ti spring, floating brake, | | Bottom Line: | the wheel lasted for about 2 months, there is no weld at the seam so it started to split at the seam after a few stair gaps. and it dents easily. i would recommend arrow racing rims to anyone who likes to hit big stair gaps, drops, and jumps. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
craig
a Weekend Warrior
from Kitchener, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | wkr freeride trail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | pinkbike/buyandsell | | Strengths: | They are very strong rims and also very nice looking. | | Weaknesses: | none so far. | | Similar Products Used: | sun rims, doulble wides | | Bike Setup: | 26/24 24" with Arrow 2.75 tire. Oryx dd 33 with jr t's hayes HFX-HD disks, azonic love seat. The rest is stock. | | Bottom Line: | Nice rims, have not found weekness yet, very strong with nice tires. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Downhiller
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: January 2, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Stiff. Tough. Fairly wide for good tire profile. Tough Finish. Cheap. | | Weaknesses: | More prone to pinch flats. Tall sidewalls fold in. Very heavy. | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Doublewide, Sun Singletrack | | Bike Setup: | DH | | Bottom Line: | Even running recommended tire pressure, I folded the sidewall in on my front 26" Trailpimp while using a 2.7" DH tire with DH tube. The sidewall folded completely in so that at first it looked like I had lost that part of the wheel. With the same tires and tubes that I had run without a single flat on a doublewide last year, I experienced numerous flats. I bent the sidewall back out (it cracked where it had bent but stayed in place) and rode it the rest of the summer. The rim is still true and I'll keep riding it until it dies. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
levi porter
a Downhiller
from harbor springs
Date Reviewed: December 21, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | were the hucks have no names | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | jenson | | Strengths: | very sturdy | | Weaknesses: | heavy, dint bother me thouht | | Similar Products Used: | sun single traks | | Bike Setup: | banshee chap. firefly trialpimp/singletrrak | | Bottom Line: | i used this all summer long and i trued itm abye twice.
it would only go slitly out of true after racing and droping 10 foot drops amd such. thiswas aproblem though, the spokes would get loss, but since the rim was so strong it would go out of ture, and the spokes would pop my tubs. so be sure and manuly cheek the spokes for need of truing, i learned this after 3 flats in a day. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Manimal
a Downhiller
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: December 5, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Whislter Bike Park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Go-Ride.com | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Rims appear to be made of cheese and are waaaay too expensive for what you get. Pinned rims are low rent. | | Similar Products Used: | Original equipment-WTB Laserdiscs. 2nd replacement set Sun Doubletracks. | | Bike Setup: | Ironhorse SGS, Shiver, 5th Element, Sun Doubletracks, Michelin comp 32's. | | Bottom Line: | I had heard SOOOO many good things about these rims that I ordered a set when I finally destroyed my rear Laserdisc off the A-line rock drop. Those WTB Laserdisc rims lasted me almost 2 full summers of regular weekend trips to Whistler so, I wanted something at least as good. The lip service on their rim strips say "Atomic Laboratories-Tough as hell" and they have to be talking about the rim strips because the rims sure aren't. The first indication that they were gonna be lame rims was the fact that they are pinned and NOT welded on the seam. WTF? Then, the ride confirmed how lame they are. Every rock and square edge at Whistler had these rims clanging like a garbage can getting kicked down some stairs. I could not believe how beat they were after ONE weekend up at Whistler! The edges of both rims were bent over like a burrito (without ever pinch flatting) and the spokes were chronically loosening. They would loosen up after half a day. I took a hammer to the edges to make em straight again and tried to tighten the spokes to get the wheels true enough to last a few more wknds but, I was just plain disappointed since the original WTB Laserdisc wheelset lasted two summers.
Now, if my personal Trailpimp experience makes any of you people angry, that's YOUR problem. Nowhere in this review did I state that I'm some badazz and I only weigh 170 lbs so, it sure isn't my fault. I never pinch flatted a tire even once so, the inner tubes are tougher than the rims?Bottom line: these rims blow chunks.
Do yourself a favor, go to Universal Cycles and pick up a set of SUN DOUBLETRACKS instead (same as Intense Mag 30's). They're on sale right now for abt $31 per rim. Yep, that's about half the price of being "pimped". Everybody knows Sun makes rims that really are "tough as hell" and it isn't just a cool sounding slogan to go on a rim strip. Heck, even if they last half as long as the Trailpimps, I'll still be happy. I won't buy rims from this company ever again. Waste of money! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Anthony
a Downhiller
from Montreal
Date Reviewed: October 26, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | INSANITY RIM on the front i dont know about the rear but on the front nothing can be sicker then the trail pimp i jumped a 13 foot wall landing on stairs and the rim didnt even twist a lil its alot better then the mag 30 and looks much crazyer | | Weaknesses: | TO good to break | | Similar Products Used: | mag 30, mammoth, alex | | Bottom Line: | THIS IS THE best rim ever for any true rider who ever wrote this rim sucked can kiss my a** this is the best rim yet so dont lie to try and act like a tough rider casue ur just a poser | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tyler
a Downhiller
from SLC, Utah, U.S
Date Reviewed: October 12, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | rattlesnake | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | go-ride | | Strengths: | burly. it is solid | | Weaknesses: | dented the rim in some spots, now the seam is splitting. go-ride says its okay, but i don't think so. this occured 2 weeks after owning it. now i've had it a month and it's getting worse. perhaps i beat up real good, or the build was bad, i had spokes continuously come loose after 20 minutes of riding. i think this is why it's splitting. either way go-ride isn't helpful. they'll stik you every time. i won't complain about weight, because its more solid then anything else i've tried | | Similar Products Used: | aircorp (great) mavic 321 | | Bike Setup: | foes tube-shiver-hayes | | Bottom Line: | it's a solid wheel, i really like it, i feel as though i got a bunk wheel to begin with. no wheel should come apart in two weeks, and spokes come loose after/during every ride. we'll see how warranty goes at atomic.
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Submitted by
Anthony
a Weekend Warrior
from Halifax, NS, Canada
Date Reviewed: October 12, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Street riding at the bowl | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Cyclesmith | | Strengths: | Tought as Hell | | Weaknesses: | None found | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Ryno Lites, Sun Big Mammoth Fats | | Bike Setup: | Banshee Scratch, Kona DJ ridgid fork,24 inch Atomic Atomlab Trailpimps rims laced with XT Hubs, Wrapped with Kenda Krad 2.3 tires, Seshin Proto-type 3 piece BMX Crankset, E13 Bashguard, Kona Jack Sh!t pedals, Bontrager Crow Bar, Kona Klump 50mm stem. | | Bottom Line: | I had race DH on my Kona Chute for 3 years and couldn't find the perfect wheel, I would knock the wheel out of true or have some nasty flat spots on the rims. About a year ago I bought these rims and fell in love.
... These rims are good for DH, DJing, or street riding
I could care less about the weight of the rims, just as long as they hold up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jared
a
from san diego, ca
Date Reviewed: October 6, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | urban | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$115.00 | | Purchased At: | discovery | | Strengths: | indestructable!
pimp sh#t
| | Weaknesses: | weight | | Similar Products Used: | singletrack | | Bike Setup: | .243, 24" trailpimp, 04 flick, avid mech 6", hussefelt cockpit, haro cranx, hookworm | | Bottom Line: | This rim has this name for a reason- so sick! Pieced this bike together over a couple months, thought I would die from impatience- so worth it! My wheelset is so insane (heavy but fuc@k it!). The guys down at Discovery (P.B., San Diego) laced my sh&t up so tight! Trailpimp + Hookworm= THE SH*IT!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gabe Hamilton
a Weekend Warrior
from Ladysmith, bc, canada
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | our own trail, not named yet | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | www.bikeroom.com | | Strengths: | the rim is super strong. looks great. | | Weaknesses: | ummm weight, nah. nothing | | Similar Products Used: | nothing like this | | Bike Setup: | 01 norco 250, 03 dj 3s | | Bottom Line: | the strongest rim i have ever ridin. i have dont like 5 foot drops to flat cement over and over on these rims. i have beet the crap out of them at mt. washington. and there is not even a wobble in them. perfectly straight. if ur thinking about buy these, dont hesitate you wont have to buy another rim in your life. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
calvin
a Weekend Warrior
from oxford
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | new england style | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | cbo | | Strengths: | havent flatted in two seasons! | | Weaknesses: | heavy | | Similar Products Used: | mavic | | Bike Setup: | 02 stinky primo, super T 26" trailpimps, 2.35's maxxi dh tubes 2.5 xt hubs | | Bottom Line: | I weigh over 200 and about 6' and do 7-8' drops with my old z1 single crown and have never pinchflatted. I used to go through 10 tubes a year and 2 or 3 tires, not much truing required. As for scratches, ITS A RIM! The sidewalls do dent, but no problems because of it. I'm not going back to mavic anytime soon, I hate buying new wheelsets every year.
set it and forget it! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Downhiller
from grand forks b.c. canada
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | wheel chair | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | wild ways | | Strengths: | im 6'5" and 200 pounds and i've cased a jump with a flat tire and it still held up. it's a nice wheel. | | Weaknesses: | rim hand built. small twitch first off. soon solved and have had no problems since | | Similar Products Used: | sun ditch wiches
ryhno lites alex 28s | | Bike Setup: | rim laced to xt hub
2001 brodie devo with upgrades | | Bottom Line: | i recomend this product if you can get the rim hand built by someone with skill. the other reviews where they say the rim had problems from the factory can be eliminated if rim is handbuilt by someone you know. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
qwerty
a
from brussels, belgium
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | secret | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | factory itself | | Strengths: | strenght, looks, could be mounted on a tank | | Weaknesses: | absolutely none,it's weight isn't so important considering it's purpose | | Similar Products Used: | / | | Bike Setup: | evil bikes imperial,lots of other posh stuff | | Bottom Line: | handles crashes like no others do, suitable for all types of extreme riding. Purshased it straight from the factory,overseas shipping was fine ,not a scratch on them | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Spencer Finkbohner
a
from Anacortes, WA
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Cultus/Galbraith | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | fairhaven bike shop | | Strengths: | Let's see, where can I start, Maybe the fact that they are bulletproof, the strongest rim on the market, not too heavy, pinch flat proof, Maitainence free (never come untrued), or the greatest rim to ever be created. | | Weaknesses: | Uhhhh.... nope | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Ringle, Mavic, Etc. (all ended up looking like a taco.) | | Bike Setup: | Burly, trailpimps Front + Rear | | Bottom Line: | Okay, if you want the bottom line, read the last two lines, but if your interested in my rambling, keep reading. Okay, here's the deal. I weigh 245lbs. for a good reason too, because I'm 6'3. Anyway, at my weight you wouldn't expect rims to hold up to 10' to flat, but they do. my frame died before them, my fork has bent under my frame only to be beaten out of my frame w/ a hammer, I have ripped my love seat off, bending the rails and bending the post, while running into a tree. Still they hold, not even needing to be trued. I've heard awe inspiring stories of local downhill races being won on a flat, and the rim wasn't even harmed. I now swear by these and will put them on any bike I get. I will know no other rim. These are tall, and/or fat kid friendly. I have never had a flat with these rims. The bottom line is that if you want the strongest most indestructable mountain bike rim on the planet, go trailpimp. You will never own another rim. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jamie
a Downhiller
from CO
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | mail order | | Strengths: | stayed super true after a full season | | Weaknesses: | more dings than your girlfriend's thighs. Pinch flatted through an intense FRO 2.7 with DH tubes at 35 psi more than once. heavy. | | Similar Products Used: | doublewides (crap) double tracks (getting closer) | | Bike Setup: | V10-888 and a lot of parts | | Bottom Line: | I switched to mavic 823 tubeless and will never own another tube. My bike is 6 lbs. less than with trailpimps and tubes. Pimps are great for park or dirt jumping but poop for dh. they are super strong but if you are hitting rocks and roots going really fast they are shaped in a way that they will pinch through anything | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
don
a Downhiller
from redwoodcity
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | ive pounded on these,they have barely tweeked, i fixed myself, and im no wheelman! very strong | | Weaknesses: | not yet | | Similar Products Used: | rhynolites | | Bike Setup: | bullit with all the trimmings | | Bottom Line: | these rims are great, I know there are a lot of good ones out there. these are real tuff and strong Ive packed them on rocks where I thought they were f*cked,and they were fine. I would get them again, and recommend them to my buds.
no regrets! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff B.
a Downhiller
from San Jose, CA
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Dogbone, Northstar | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Strengths: | Indestructable, ive cased my rear wheel hard many times, and it has never gone even slightly out of true. Looks sick. | | Weaknesses: | A bit heavy for serrious DH racing, but not too bad. | | Similar Products Used: | many | | Bike Setup: | SC Bullit, WB DH2, Hayes, King, Azonic, Race Face... | | Bottom Line: | An awesome DH/FR rim. If you ever bend this rim, you most likely will be in the hospital too. Great rim if you are more concerned with strength than weight. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Phil
a
from Seattle, WA
Date Reviewed: December 23, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Strengths: | Cheapish, Overbuilt, Black? | | Weaknesses: | Sidewalls dent easily/too tall, Could drop a lot of weight by using eyelets, Overbuilt, Not the easiest wheel build | | Similar Products Used: | D321, D521, Singlewide, Singletrack, Rhynolite, D121 | | Bike Setup: | '02 Bullit/Avy, '99 Monster. M4 | | Bottom Line: | I built a wheel up and dented the rear wheel at whistler on the first run with normal tire pressure. Both sidewalls folded inward by 5mm. I was in a crunch for a new rim and decided to try a trailpimp. Ok rim for the money, I'll stick with D321s or maybe try the DHR. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JOHN PUCKETT
a Weekend Warrior
from Ft Mead, MD
Date Reviewed: November 22, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Urban | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | Unrealcycles.com | | Strengths: | I can't kill this rim, it is the super rim. | | Weaknesses: | It is kind of heavy, but it is indestructable, hmm, I will just deal with it | | Similar Products Used: | Some so called "tough" suns, mavic's | | Bike Setup: | 2003 On One gimp, dj2, mostly all planet x parts, thomson post, and good old Trailpimp | | Bottom Line: | If you can kill this rim, you must be some kind of superman. I am 5' 10" and 200 pounds, and I ride pretty heavy. I hit a 8' to cement on this rim with a flat tire, just to see how it would take it. It was fine, this rim should be renamed the super rim. There is a weight penilty, but it is worth it weight in gold! If you have killed, crushed or destroyed rims before, and don't know where to go. Cough up the cash, and get some pimps, you won't be sorry. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Dufault
a Downhiller
from Barrie Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: November 15, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | highway | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | at a race | | Strengths: | These are some sick strong rims, super thick wall, look sexy. | | Weaknesses: | Some people call them heavy but really whats 200 extra grams on a dh bike when it ways 25kg | | Similar Products Used: | Mag 30, single tracks | | Bike Setup: | Balfa bb7, dorado, sram, truvativ, evil..... | | Bottom Line: | These are some awsome rims, super strong, killer looking too. I bought them at a race when I cracked*** my mag 30s. So far they have stayed true with no flat spots. There is a dent in the side wall though, dont know when it happend but they didnt come untrue so who cares?? The bottom line is I went through 2 sets of wheels this season and the trailpimps havent failed me yet. Get em, you wont be disapointed!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Luke Lyon
a Downhiller
from Spokane WA
Date Reviewed: November 13, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Beacon Bomber | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | unrealcycles.com | | Strengths: | Very sexy rim, they are sooooo strong! | | Weaknesses: | nothing yet | | Similar Products Used: | Doubletrack, Doublewide | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Bighit, Stratos Superstar 8, Atomic Labs Trailpimp 24" rear, Doubletrack 26" front, MRP chainguide, Kooka cranks, Crowebar handlebars, etc etc etc... | | Bottom Line: | I had a 24" doublewide before I put this rim on th back, I bent the crap out of that doublewide, and flat spotted it bad. I put on the atomic labs trailpimp 24", haven't had a problem since. After every semi-bad to bad wreck I had to true the doublewide, the Trailpimp has taken eveything I've thrown at it, and I've never had to true it once. I just received a 26" Trailpimp for the front, but there was something wrong with it. I have contacted Atom Labs, so we will see how things go, and I will post another review.
Also hitting a softball sized rock? What do you think would have happened? Any other rim would have been tacoed instead of just dented. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Canada
Date Reviewed: November 4, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Street! | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Cyclesmith | | Strengths: | Bombproof. Absolutely bombproof. I cased a double stairset with two bent spokes... about 4 times... and I didn't even knock it out of true! My GOD what a rim. | | Weaknesses: | If you can call it a weakness, I'd say it's a bit heavy. But I'm not a wuss. So it's perfect. | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Rims Mag 30, BFR, Doublewides, Deemax, a LOT of rims. | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Letoy III, Dual 24" Pimps, Highrollers, Z1 FR, Hope Minis, DMR V8, Chieftain Crankset, Burly Urban Ride. | | Bottom Line: | If you want a rim that won't bend or break, BUY THIS ONE! A little expensive, a little heavy, but the best rim I've ever used, it's absolutely amazing you have to try it for yourself. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dropman
a
from PG
Date Reviewed: September 20, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | everything | | Weaknesses: | weight | | Similar Products Used: | doubltrack, doublewide, mag30, mammoth's, other random crap | | Bike Setup: | Banshee Scream, Hanebrink WC's etc blah blah
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"I kicked up a rock the size of a softball with my front wheel. It hit my rear and put a dent 1/2" deep in the side of the rim!!! "
you kick up a rock the size of a softball wtf do you think it's gonna do? that's one huge ass rock, go smash a rock into whatever rim you think is tougher than an atomic and we'll see how it likes it. Rim's are made to hold up on the trail, off stunts, not having rocks smashed into the side of them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim
a Downhiller
from Rut-Vegas, VT
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay - Brand NEW!!!! | | Strengths: | Looks good. Light. Feels pretty solid. Stiff. | | Weaknesses: | Not as strong as it's reputation says!!! I kicked up a rock the size of a softball with my front wheel. It hit my rear and put a dent 1/2" deep in the side of the rim!!! If that's what you call strong, then I don't know what strong is!!! | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Rhino Lite XL
Sun Big Fat Mammoth
| | Bike Setup: | Ironhorse...Mr. Dirt...XTR...Maxxis Mobsters...Hayes 8"...Azonic seat,stem, and bar...etc... | | Bottom Line: | Good as long as you don't use them for what they are supposed to be used for!!!! I got mine cheap, but for the retail $500 it ain't worth it!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
joe
a Downhiller
from USA
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Strengths: | They look like a freaking supermodel. Strong, wide many sizes | | Weaknesses: | haha | | Similar Products Used: | nothings this nice | | Bike Setup: | Kona stinky,Jr t fork,8" hayes,Mrp chainguide, and these Wicked cool rims | | Bottom Line: | Buy them.they are the best rims ive ever had. so many sizes, they are worth every penny. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Hugh G. Rection
a Weekend Warrior
from St Cloud, MN
Date Reviewed: July 5, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | one with no climbs | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | thru an underground source | | Strengths: | Withstands much punishment. Keeps the tires on. Comes in 24". Is not too wide. Tall sidewalls to prevent flatspotting. Their looks alone make me wanna ride more often. | | Weaknesses: | Tough to build. They are in all the videos so they make you look like a poser. | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing that compares. | | Bike Setup: | 02 Gspot 26/24 Trailpimps 2.65/3.0 Kujos, 20mm 32h Marz.front 36hole XT rear. DH tubes. Skull valve caps. | | Bottom Line: | Build your wheels with these rims and you will feel warm inside like me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joel Nonaka
a
from Wahiawa,Hawaii
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Coke bottles | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Bikewerx | | Strengths: | Strong,wide and they look really cool! | | Weaknesses: | A tad bit heavy | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Double wide | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Jeckyl lefty | | Bottom Line: | I have used and abused these rims and they are as straight as the day they were built up! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a
from RSM Ca
Date Reviewed: October 11, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Strong and stays tru | | Weaknesses: | none found yet | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 317's | | Bike Setup: | Joker | | Bottom Line: | Buy this rim if youre into Freeride or downhill
I run shrader DH tube so I dont have to change flats and mess with Presta valves. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dropman
a
from PG
Date Reviewed: August 16, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Decent price, Extremely strong, looks great | | Weaknesses: | none really unless weight is a big concern to u | | Similar Products Used: | pretty much all types of sunrim, also bombshell fatboy's | | Bike Setup: | custom KHS fetish etc blah blah | | Bottom Line: | these rims are great i screwed up a couple jumps which could have easily flattened out a lower quality rim but this one took the hits easily. i jump off 8 foot drops, 15 foot gaps steadily and i haven't had to even true the rim up it's been great, buy this rim if u ride hard and want a rim that is gonna put up with the abuse u put it through | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Coggsworth
a Weekend Warrior
from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 28, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | mmm, tight rooty singletrack with steep drops | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Airbomb.com | | Strengths: | "Pimpin'" Good looks, super stiff, offset spoke lacing. | | Weaknesses: | Tough to build up due to its shape, odd spoke lengths required. Valve stem has to be really long to make it. | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Rim BFR 24" (Big Fat Rim), Assorted Mavics, Araya Big Willy | | Bike Setup: | Sury Instigator (4130 cromo) 4" Judy Double Crown, 24" Trailpimp rear, 26" Trailpimp front 14 ga spokes, Avid Mech. Discs. Gazzolodi 24 x3" rear, Kujo 2.35" front tires. No Big Chainring. | | Bottom Line: | Great Rims, stiff, wide and not too horribly heavy. 50% of my riding is Trials, alot of time spent hopping on back wheel. Just for kicks I put my rear wheel in my truing stand last week after botching a manual and its still like a rock. Its even cheaper than its competitors, but still too pricy for a cheapo like me to be happy. (Prices are in Canadian $$) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mike jolley
a Weekend Warrior
from mani
Date Reviewed: January 21, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | look damm fine ive only had them a week but they feel very tough in 24" | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | azonic ds1 drop offs rear enduro 4 pot | | Bottom Line: | i got my rims for £30 each and had em built up with deore disc hubs. They look mint Trust Me. Since ive only had em for a bit im not sure how they'll stand up but i bet they will. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrejs V
a
from KW ON CA
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | TE | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Go-Ride.com | | Strengths: | Large arch type design
Wide spoke offset
Comes in black
Cheaper than competitors (Mag30, ArrowFWT, etc...)
TOUGH TOUGH RIM! | | Weaknesses: | Atomic makes too few in a batch, so you might be waiting to get your hands on some! | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Rhyno Lite (not really similar)
Sun Mammoth (not really similar)
Sun Doublewide (not really similar either) | | Bike Setup: | 01 Balfa Minuteman, 01 SuperT, Kooka Flip Stem, Azonic Ultra-Cross, Hayez, Azonic 454 cranks, Blackspire guide, FRONT and REAR ATOMIC TRAILPIMPS | | Bottom Line: | Here's my story. I like to use stairs as jumps. I used to run Doublewides. I was able to ovalize a Doublewide so frikkin bad that the tire would pop off on ANY drop (read curb). After starting to mash my second one badly, and not really wanting to stop lauching up stairs, I bought some Trailpimps. I had to wait awhile, but the wait was well worth it. Where I can kill a Doublewide in a month, the Trailpimp has held up to SIX months of the same if not harsher abuse than my Doublewide has.
Bottom line, ARCH designs RULE. This one is quite tough, and has a wide spoke offset. My wheels were beef and flexed so little. I would like to test some more rims though, perhaps in time I will try some of the manufacturers, but problem is, they want too much money. So I'll probably be sticking to the Trailpimps. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tino
a Weekend Warrior
from Manchester, NH
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | bloody finger | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$59.00 | | Purchased At: | cambriabike.com | | Strengths: | absolutly bombproof, loves to land drops, jumps, stairs, anything you can dish out, tall walls prevent pinchflats, 24" size gives better downhill control, looks beefy, no need to true this sucka, came with handbuilt wheel, reasonable price | | Weaknesses: | tire is a royal pain in the ass the get on, 24" size isn't very climbing freindly | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Ryno Lites, Sun DS1-XC | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Rocky Mountain Pipeline - LX/XT/SRAM, 24" inch rear Trailpimp on XT hub and Nokian 2.3 Gazzaloddi, 26" inch Rhyno Lite and 2.35 inch Maxxis MoFo DH in front, Race Face crank, Easton Monkey bar, Hayes discs, Marzocchi Z3 long travel fork (5") | | Bottom Line: | If you love downhilling, freeriding, big hit riding or if you just love beating the crap out of your wheels, this is the wheel. I've destroyed many wheels and I have a good feeling this wheel isn't gonna break. Choose 24" or 26" and beat the hell out of it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
a Downhiller
from The NorthShore in British Columbia,Canada
Date Reviewed: December 17, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Nutcracker | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$390.00 | | Purchased At: | Factory representive | | Strengths: | they "look" like good wheels....and I use that term loosly | | Weaknesses: | Quality of product...Customer Service...Warrenty | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager...Mavic...Shimano | | Bike Setup: | 2002 "Bullit"...2002 Marzocchi "Freeride Z-1"...Hayes...XTR
Azonic (Shorty)..Chris King headset...Raceface Isis Northshore cranks and BB...etc.... | | Bottom Line: | This review is for the Trailpimp wheelset. At first glance the wheelset looks quite strong and well built.When I first recieved my wheelset I discovered that they were very out of true and were far from round being round(they were OVAL to put it mildly!!) I immediatly called the factory and was promptly told that this NEVER happens and that there "Quality control" process is of the highest standards of the mountain bike industry and that if I was to return the wheelset to the factory a new set would be priorty mailed right back to me the same day they recieved them...Fair enough I thought.
well I sent them back priorty mail(They recieved wheelset in 3 days) and after many emails and several phonecalls they finally got around to sending me a much needed wheelset back to me,translation....They forgot!!
Well there promise of replacing my trailpimp wheelset with a new wheelset was anything but true....All they did was "attempt" to fix the wheel which resulted in me recieving a wheel that arrived to me with two(2) broken spokes and one severely bent spoke.After trying to contact the factory with NO REPLY from them I took the wheelset to a experienced wheel builder who saved the day. Also they sent me a wheelset that had NO PACKING in the box which resulted in various dings and scratches in the wheels themselves.....So much for quality control.
To anyone considering purchasing a set of wheels from this company or from there factory representive...... (mtbjuky@aol.com).....Read my review and decide for yourself,I may have been a isolated case in poor customer service AND a lousy product but that NO EXCUSE for what happened....Time to put the mavics back on.
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