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motormonkeyr6
a Downhiller
from GermanyDate Reviewed: January 10, 2012
Strengths: Cheap, light weight, fairy strongWeaknesses: Front is slightly flexyBottom Line: People have stated that these wheels are flexy and break, bend, snap etc. A 24 spoke front wheel is not for someone that is 190+ lbs... The rear hub has a bit more drag than other wheels I have ran in the past, but its breaking in slowly. Over the last 5-6 months I have noticed no crazy bends, still have yet to tru these wheels! They came hand assembled and tensioned. If you are looking to upgrade your AM/ Trail bike with a lighter wheelset and you are a lighter guy or gal, these wheels will work great for you! I ride hard, ex DH racer. These wheels have not let me down yet! If you can pick them up for under 300 dollars jump on it!
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$275.00
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scottshack
a Downhiller
from San Diego CADate Reviewed: March 10, 2011
Strengths: I'm 215 lbs, and so far these things have taken everything I can throw at them.Weaknesses: None so farBottom Line: They are great wheels for everything I do.
Favorite Trail: Oakridge OR
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$450.00
Purchased At: Ebay
Similar Products Used: Mavic
Bike Setup: 2011 Specialized Enuro Carbon
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FallGirl
a Cross Country Rider
from SLC, UTDate Reviewed: September 22, 2009
Strengths: Light weightWeaknesses: Everything else... Killed the rim on a pure cross-country ride. Had ridden them maybe 15 times. Hadn't even done any jumps.Bottom Line: I like riding everything from XC to DH. I put these wheels on my XC/All-mountain bike. They felt weak compared to the wheels they replaced. I replaced this wheelset as soom as I had the rim replaced.
Favorite Trail: Porcupine Rim
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$780.00
Purchased At: Bingham
Similar Products Used: Mavic
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fishcake
a Weekend Warrior
from YorkshireDate Reviewed: June 30, 2009
Strengths: light and strongWeaknesses: noneBottom Line: Amazing wheelset that has transformed my Pitch, Very light and very strong, and look cool as well, I highley recommend them especialy for aggresive XC / all mountain. And they were only £350 form Freeborne Cycles off the Interwebnet
Probably the best upgrade I've made to any bike
Favorite Trail: Guisburn
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$350.00
Purchased At: Freeborne
Similar Products Used: -
Bike Setup: 2008 Specialized Pitch Comp with Roval Traversee wheels, Maxxis Ignitor Tyres, Thomson seat post & stem, Ritchey bars, charge spoon saddle, shimano m540 peddles & motion control upgrade to Pikes
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Alex
a Cross Country Rider
from San DiegoDate Reviewed: April 30, 2009
Strengths: very, very strongWeaknesses: noneBottom Line: Unbelievably strong wheel. I had a tire blowout on my tubeless setup at 30mph and road the front rim down to about 10mph over 40 yrds or so on a rocky - baby-headed fire road before conducting an orderly evacuation from the bicycle. The rim looked like a crazed hellhound gnawed on them for several days yet the wheel never collapsed and was basically in true afterwords.
Favorite Trail: any trail that's dirty
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: Mavic SLR, Roval Control
Bike Setup: 2008, 2009 S-Works FSR Stumpy
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El Mojone
a Weekend Warrior
from Cameron ParkDate Reviewed: December 22, 2008
Strengths: LightWeaknesses: Watch the front early on as it will try to fold in half. Takes some work to true. Seems to be holding well after initial fiasco.Bottom Line: They came on the bike. Look cool. Fairly stiff and lightweight.
Favorite Trail: Any
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Purchased At: Ebay
Similar Products Used: many
Bike Setup: Specialized S Works Enduro S Enduro
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fredjjjj
a Cross Country Rider
from North Vancouver, BC, CanadaDate Reviewed: August 30, 2008
Strengths: Extremely light weight.Weaknesses: Front wheel is flexy and needs frequent truing.
(After first ride!)
Difficult to true front due to 8+12 asymmetric spoke
design.Bottom Line: Rear wheel has had no problems, but I'll probably
replace the front with XTR.
Favorite Trail: Canada
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$750.00
Purchased At: Everett Cycle
Similar Products Used: Roval Controle, Mavic 717, 819.
Bike Setup: 2007 Specialized S-Works Enduro with stock parts, but
replaced the stock DT-Swiss wheels with Traversee for
about 1.5 lbs weight gain.
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tofast4u
a Racer
from Huntington Beach, CA, USADate Reviewed: February 27, 2008
Strengths: CheapWeaknesses: Light. Twitchy. Do not give you a solid footing or feedback from the trail at high speeds. Too flexy and nosiey.Bottom Line: If your looking for an upgraded wheelset for all mountain riding then keep looking. These wheels are light which makes the ride up the hill easier, but if your bombing the downhill these will not instill confidence. They feel cheap at high speeds and I can hear the rim and spokes flexing more than I do my suspension. I wish I would have spent a few more dollors for some real all mountain/downhill wheels. I would mot even use these for XC.
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$550.00
Similar Products Used: Mavic, DTSwiss
Bike Setup: Specialized Enduro 2008 - XT
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Matt G.
a Weekend Warrior
from TampaDate Reviewed: November 26, 2007
Strengths: So far, everything. Light,Strong and True. They are as light as they say on the website. Look cool.Weaknesses: Non yetBottom Line: So far these wheels have done what they say they would. They are, in fact, lighter than the "all Mountain" Industry Nine sets and are just as "pimpy" in a more classic way (don't get me wrong, the Indy 9's are awsome)but, these cost way less and seem great. The 2bliss system from Specialized has also been flawless. They are lighter than most high-line xc wheelsets and definetly beefier. Also, the front hub is awesome, the perminent option of quick release or 2 sizes of thru-axle is great to have for future upgrading (looks like alot of xc/all-mountain forks may have through axels soon). Buy em if you can.
Favorite Trail: Alifia River State Park
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$830.00
Purchased At: Chain Wheel Drive Clearwater
Similar Products Used: Several mid-level Mavic sets over the years.
Bike Setup: 08 Stumpy Pro Frame, XT cranks, Juicy 5 brakes, X-9 Drivetrain, Roval Traversee Wheelset, Rival SL seat, Minute 4 fork, Egg Beaters, 2Bliss Eskar and Captain Tires, Ect. Ect.
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