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American Classic MTB Tubeless Wheelset

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American Classic president Bill Shook’s award winningTubeless cross country rim system has provedTo be a magical combination of light weight as well as strength, stiffness and control.The newTubeless rim is light and at 26mm wide x 23mm deep. It is wider, stiffer and supportsTheTire better for improved ground control.ThisTranslates into quick acceleration, more speed over rolling hills and mountain goat climbing.The wide rim keepsTheTire from rolling around resulting in more control while


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Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:5
Submitted by JakeSch

Date Reviewed: October 6, 2012

Strengths:    Stiff, light, strong, lots of cool features

Weaknesses:    ease of tubeless use, engagement.

Bottom Line:   
I have been riding these for over a month and feel I have enough miles on them to make an honest judgment. I have a set of king/arch ex wheels I have been swapping back and forth on my intense tracer 29 and santa cruz highball.

Stiffness - They are super stiff. The arch EX are really stiff too, but I could not feel the notorious rear end flex on the tracer until I put these on. Just incredible. On the Highball they absolutely fly. To tag the oft quoted line "it climbs like a 26er" these wheels really do provide the same kind of performance metrics I expected out of 26in racing wheels.

Durability - I have hucked them on the tracer, and they are still as straight and true as the day I put them on. I am also a really sloppy jumper to they have met many unkind landings and held true.

Features - From the cool skewers, high quality valves, and sharp rotor reinforcing ring these wheels have great value. It is very simple to switch out axles for different drops and I dig the red spokes to guide you to the valve. I didnt know how much time I waste looking for the valve stem until I go to pump up 2 different bikes and find myself looking for the red.

Weaknesses
Bead Barb - I get that they are trying there hand at making a bead hook to match stan's, but they havent hit the mark. If you are running nonUST tires do yourself a favor and make friends with your neighbor with the compressor, you are going to need it. Panaracer, Maxxis, and Schwalbe tires are all hit or miss on pumping with a floor pump. I can get the same tires to hook up in seconds with the Stan's Arch EX rims. Not a problem if you can get a compressor....

Hub Engagement - Yeah, this is the big complaint with AM Classic wheels and I have to agree. There is just too much slop in the freehub for good tight technical work. The King ring drive makes tip toeing through rock gardens a breeze, the low POE of these hubs makes the same section tedious and often times unclearable. With that said, I do appreciate how fast the rear hub spins. You can have super fast spinning wheels or high POE wheels, but not both. For a race wheelset I'll take these any day. Less fun in the technical stuff, but they are smoking fast everywhere else.

Overall great wheels, if you know about the POE and accept the compromise you will not regret this purchase. These wheels put all my old 29er wheels from 5-6 years ago to shame.
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