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Bontrager Valiant Rim
Product Description
User Reviews
Submitted by
michael9218
a Cross Country Rider
from Atlanta, GA Date Reviewed: April 8, 2010 Strengths: Super light and durable Weaknesses: None Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Chicopee Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $564.00 Purchased At: Dave's Wheels Similar Products Used: Bontrager Mustang Bike Setup: Ellsworth Truth 8 spd XTR SID Chris King hubs...24lb bike.  
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Dan
a Cross Country Rider
from Kalamazoo, MI Date Reviewed: April 4, 2004 Strengths: Weight, however much heavier then advertised. Price. Weaknesses: Rear rim failed after less then 1000 miles of riding. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Mavic x517's Bike Setup: santa cruz superlight, xtr, thomson, race face, sid, fox. 
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Dave
a Cross Country Rider
from Maine Date Reviewed: March 4, 2004 Strengths: Light. Weaknesses: The width of the splay in the sidewalls of this rim near the valve stem is scary! I've effectivly double the width of my rim at that spot. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Any one besides the one to work Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: LBS 
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Mossy
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Cruz Date Reviewed: March 18, 2003 Strengths: Weight, price, quality, less abusive riders can even use for front disc wheels Weaknesses: XC only! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: Mustangs, Mavic, Bike Setup: Klein Adept Race w/ Avid mechanicals front, V-brake rear
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DrHog
a Cross Country Rider
from Phoenix, AZ Date Reviewed: January 7, 2003 Strengths: Excellent strength to weight Great braking surface Maintain their trueness Weaknesses: None discovered Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: National Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $50.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Mavic 517s, WTB Powerbeams Bike Setup: Valiants front and rear with Chris King hubs, DT spokes
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Eric Larson
a Cross Country Rider
from Dahlonega,GA Date Reviewed: April 10, 2002 Strengths: Lightweight. Strong. Glossy black color holds up well to elements and cleaning. Weaknesses: None thus far. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: Bontrager Maverick rims, Rolf Dolomite and Propels, CODA crap and other low end "stuff." Bike Setup: Cannondale Jekyll
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shaun
from moss beach cali Date Reviewed: March 12, 2002 Strengths: light, strong, reasonably priced, no special tools required. look good enough Weaknesses: none Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $60.00 Similar Products Used: wiemmann junk, mavic, bontrager red & blue, sun rhino light. Bike Setup: santa cruz race light, blah blah blah.
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eduardo
a Cross Country Rider
from marin, california Date Reviewed: November 9, 2001 Strengths: IT's TWUE, IT's TWUE. These rims are very light and stay completely true. Weaknesses: zippo Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Pine Mountain Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: mavic 221s. I always had to adjust the brakes as they always went slightly out of true. Bike Setup: Superlight R
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jim
from utah Date Reviewed: November 6, 2001 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Bike Setup: ac hub 14/15 spokes, alloy nips 3x lacing both sides, ti hardtail. 1.9 bontrager slick or 2.1 Enduroraptor
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Sindron
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada Date Reviewed: September 2, 2001 Strengths: I never had a problem yet. I don't take jumps or go dh with them. Weaknesses: None if you use what their made for XC not DH Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $150.00 Purchased At: Outside Store (hub included) Bike Setup: XT, XTR, Marzocchi atome 80.
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Eric
a Cross Country Rider
from Oregon Date Reviewed: August 21, 2001 Strengths: Lightweight Has stayed true. Weaknesses: I did bend the sidewall going over a narrow drainage ditch. I pinch-flatted in the process. I was able to bend the sidewall back in place. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $40.00 Purchased At: Don't remember Similar Products Used: WTB Laserbeam Mavic 217 Bike Setup: Marz x-fly 32 hole mated to TNT titanium hub. 14/15 double butted spokes with alloy nips
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Rico
a Cross Country Rider
from Angwin, CA 94508 Date Reviewed: August 19, 2001 Strengths: Strong rim has stayed true through some nasty hits including a couple pinch flats. Ceramic surface has been really great for braking power. Weaknesses: Ceramic coating gets gunked up with brake rubber and loses its phenomenal stopping power. Also ASYM Ceramic rear weighed SIGNIFICANTLY more than claimed. Mine weighed 431 grams when it was advertised as 385 grams. I emailed Bontrager and they said I must have gotten a rim that was at the end of the extrusion and had thicker walls. 50 grams more!! Give me a break! Then I heard that someone else had a similar experience to me. I guess all the ASYMs are at the end of the extrustion. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Palisades Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $90.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Mavic 217 Ceramic (braking surface doesn't work as good), other Mavics (which I've always enjoyed) Bike Setup: Santa Cruz Superlight
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xcracer
a Racer
from minnesota Date Reviewed: August 14, 2001 Strengths: they stay true forever they are incredibly light! Weaknesses: nothing Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $110.00 Purchased At: qbp Similar Products Used: mavic x517 Bike Setup: cannondale, xt, avid
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Aaron Hunter
from Santa Cruz, CA Date Reviewed: August 6, 2001 Weaknesses: Poor materials engineering Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: Mustang, Mavic 517 Bike Setup: Superlight/XTR
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Marcus Van Kommer
a Weekend Warrior
from Yakima Washington, USA Date Reviewed: May 28, 2001 Strengths: Haven't had problems with the eyelets pulling out like 517's. Only trued them once. Fairly flexible ceramic side wall. Weaknesses: Not a thraser rim, but not ment to be. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: It's all about who you ride with Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $120.00 Purchased At: local bike shop Similar Products Used: Mavic 220, 517, sun chinook, Bonti mustang Bike Setup: Bonti racelight, DT hugi, King, suntour, syncros, and stuff
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