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h2otaco
a Racer
from tulsaDate Reviewed: October 25, 2010
Strengths: Price. Light. Pretty. Rims and hubs are tough so far.Weaknesses: 2 spokes broke at the hum on the same wheel. QR's were garbage. Rear hub had to be tightened, developed a bit of side to side play.Bottom Line: Rims are great, tires mount up well an seal easily. Pretty light for what they are designed for. So far so good on the hubs. Popped off a couple of spokes right at the hub. Not sure what that's about... no telling what the cause was... could have impacted something... hopefully I don't get any more failures.
Favorite Trail: everywhere
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$400.00
Similar Products Used: DT Swiss
Bike Setup: Specialized Epic 290er
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photodog
a Racer
from SLO, CADate Reviewed: April 6, 2010
Strengths: Light, easy to mount tubeless, great price, stiffWeaknesses: none, especially considering the priceBottom Line: Great wheels, I highly recommend them to anyone looking for lightweight wheels that can take some serious abuse.
My first ride on them was a 40+ miler up in Tahoe that included an end of season run down Toads (it was way more beat up than normal). I bottomed my tires out on the rims at least 4 times. I was concerned but was having too much fun to slow down and I was very surprised to see they were still perfectly straight and had no flat spots. 9 months of abuse later and they are still as straight as the day they arrived. Quite impressive.
They are super easy to setup tubeless, much more so than any of my DT rims or Mavic wheels. A big bonus is they are far more rigid than the Bontrager wheels that came stock (and those weighed 400g more). In quick "S" curves they flick side to side very well without that mushy feel some more flexy wheels get when pushed hard.
I've raced them several times with success and feel that at 175lbs, they are a perfect race/training wheel for more aggressive riders who live in rocky areas. Lighter riders or riders with smooth trails can probably get away with the lighter wheels from Stans.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$460.00
Purchased At: Notubes.com
Similar Products Used: Mavic, DT, Bontrager etc.
Bike Setup: Fisher Paragon 29'er. My wheels have the Stans hubs which have gone 9 months with no issues.
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1-bar
a Cross Country Rider
from Orange CountyDate Reviewed: August 13, 2009
Strengths: Light weight and stiff. If you have never tried tubeless you should! I've tried several rims tubeless and the Stan's stuff is by far the best for the conversion. The set I have is a ZTR hub with Arch 29s. Very basic and very reasonable in price.Weaknesses: none.Bottom Line: No need to use a rim strip in these. Many times there is no need to even use an air compressor. The rim itself can be mated to a variety of hubs ie. I9, Kings, hopes, DT Swiss, etc... These are plenty stiff and light.
Favorite Trail: San Juan
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At: R2Technik.com
Similar Products Used: C29ssmax, Easton One, WTB, other variations of stans 355s and different hubs.
Bike Setup: Niner Jet9.
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