Stans NoTubes ZTR Arch 29er Wheelset

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ZTR ARCH EX 29er Wheelset How do you improve an already fantastic wheelset likeThe ZTR ARCH 29er wheelset for 2012? Well, you start by making it lighter, wider and stiffer for increased strength. That lighter weight will help you accelerate faster andThe internal arch design inThe rim will make sureThat your wheels are strong enoughTo keep you onTheTrail. Bead SocketTechnology will give you superiorTubeless compatibility when used withThe included yellowTape. The perfect rim for Aggressive X

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Submitted by trevrev97 a Cross Country Rider

Date Reviewed: February 11, 2013

Strengths:    Price to weight ratio, great wheel when used for XC riding, simple to service hubs.

Weaknesses:    build is not great out of the box, do take some maintenance, soft free hub body.

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I really like these wheels for the price, I have them with the SS hub, right out of the box I mount up tires with no sealant, then I pull the tires off, and re tension the wheels. I am 185 lb and I beat the hell out of my wheels, I have been happy with how they have held up. For the price! If I rode more gnarly stuff more often I would start to look else where for a little better hub.

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Favorite Trail:   Copper Harbor , MI

Duration Product Used:   4 years

Purchased At:   No BOundaries

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Submitted by Adam McCurdy

Date Reviewed: January 27, 2013

Strengths:    Cheap for the weight.

Weaknesses:    Soft rims, poor quality hubs, spokes, and nipples on the stock set.

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I bought these wheels with high hopes and was quickly disappointed. The price on these seems a little too good to be true and it is. I ride xc (I'm on a hard tail 29er) and these wheels do not stand up to the test. After a summer of riding in Colorado both rims have become so out of true that they need to be replaced. The rear hub has started to catch (a friend who bought the wheels a the same time as I did also had a problem with his rear hub and had to send the wheel back). The freehub body is extremely soft on both my wheel and on my friends we had to use two chain whips to remove the cassette as it had dug into the metal of the freehub body.

A shop mechanic was riding with me when I destroyed my front wheel and he couldn't believe it. I washed out in some sand and got up to find the wheel would no longer pass through the fork. When I went to get the my rear wheel repaired the mechanic had to replace the nipples because they were too soft to put any tension on.

Bottom line: You get what you pay for and these are cheap for how much they weight.

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Submitted by S.O.B. a Cross Country Rider

Date Reviewed: December 18, 2012

Strengths:    Strong, True, Fast, Perfect for riders who want that balance between weight and strength. Oh, and they come in white!!!

Weaknesses:    Can be pricey (maybe not compared to similar sets)...I purchased mine with a 15% military discount offer.
White is slightly heavier than black. :(

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I own a set of 'Arc'h AND 'Arch EX'. My main bike has the newer EX and other than a slight difference in looks, I cannot tell the difference (mainly because I peeled the stickers off). Sure the EX are slightly wider, but I never had a problem with burping a tire before, and I certainly don't now. These rims (built with Hope hubs) have been fantastic over the last year. I have ridden them on hard trails with many roots, rocks, drops and jumps and they have performed flawlessly. I will not use another wheel.

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Favorite Trail:   286 (NC), Auburn SRA

Duration Product Used:   1 year

Price Paid:    $630.00

Purchased At:   Stans No Tubes

Similar Products Used:   Mavic C29SSMAX, Vuelta, Mavic 717 and 819...

Bike Setup:   Light!

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Submitted by Wibbs a Cross Country Rider

Date Reviewed: October 17, 2012

Strengths:    Low Rolling Resistance, price, durability

Weaknesses:    none so far

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I recently put these on an old GF rig in place of the stock Bonny Mustang disk. Between the wheels, switching to tubeless, and upgrading the tires, I have had by far the most significant increase in speed from an upgrade I have ever experienced. This was supposed to be a beater bike, and now it is wicked fast. I attribute most of the improvement to the wheels. They are light and tough and roll really well. I'm thrilled to of been able to pick them up for a song, and I would strongly recommend jumping on these if you are still on factory wheels and want a faster bike!

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Favorite Trail:   Chubb

Duration Product Used:   1 month

Price Paid:    $200.00

Purchased At:   lightly used

Similar Products Used:   Bontrager Rhythm elite, Mustang Disk

Bike Setup:   GF rig

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Submitted by nickav21 a Racer

Date Reviewed: October 7, 2012

Strengths:    Stiff, strong, very easy to setup tubeless, killer price

Weaknesses:    Literally none.

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These wheels are truly fantastic. The weight/price/durability ratio is far superior to just about everything else out there. I shopped hard for about a month and compared what felt like every wheelset on the market. These are the best value by a large margin. I'm about 170 lbs. with gear and absolutely pound these things. They hold up to a ton of abuse. They're also incredibly stiff and stay plenty strong through hard cornering. Not to mention they were a breeze to setup tubeless with Geax Saguaros and Stan's sealant. Haven't had any issues whatsoever with squirming tires or burping. I wish I could think of something bad to say about these to make the review seem more "realistic", but there's really nothing I can think of.

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Similar Products Used: American Classic Tubeless 29'er

Bike Setup: Mounted with Geax Saguaro TNT tires.

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Submitted by TreeKiller a Cross Country Rider

Date Reviewed: July 5, 2012

Strengths:    Roll well, light weight, high "street credit", Rims seem solid, easy to setup tubeless.

Weaknesses:    Poor spoke tension from the factory. Cassette body is SOFT. Spokes are an odd size (2.0/1.7) and not stocked by most LBS (not a huge issue). Hubs are fairly loud.

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These are good rims and decent wheels, but the poor build quality keeps them from being awesome. They came from the factory with VERY uneven tension and loose spokes. I had to true and tension them a number of times, but they seem to have stabilized now.

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Favorite Trail:   MST

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $550.00

Purchased At:   LBS

Similar Products Used:   WTB (various). DT Swiss. Rhyno lites.

Bike Setup:   Airborne Goblin, x7 2x10, Maxxis Ignitors (F) / Kenda SB8 (R).

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Submitted by rob1208lv a Cross Country Rider

Date Reviewed: May 8, 2012

Strengths:    strong light cheap easy to use tubeless

Weaknesses:    nil

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I'm on my 3rd pair, 3rd generation set of arch wheels, every time I buy a new 29er I buy another set of these bad boys. They are super strong, I run low psi on my tires at 18psi and sometimes hit hard on rocks, and have never dinged any of my arch rims. I can also use a hand pump to set up tubeless on most tires.

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Price Paid:    $65.00

Purchased At:   stans direct

Similar Products Used:   rovol, dt swiss

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Submitted by mulds

Date Reviewed: May 3, 2012

Strengths:    lightweight, strong, better momentum

Weaknesses:    none

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replaced stock wheelset on giant anthem x 29er. Rolls over everything. Hard to find, factory is on back order for 3-4 months for this wheelset. Got mine custom built for cheaper than stock price. Probikesupply.com Really helpful shop with great prices and built to whatever specs you want.

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Submitted by Timo a Cross Country Rider from Durango, CO

Date Reviewed: February 14, 2012

Strengths:    best tubeless set up around

Weaknesses:    absolutely none

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I have three sets of these in the household and two have been converted for through-axle via the add on kit you can order from no tubes dot com. very solid wheel set and it came setup and ready for tubeless. I have run mostly maxxis tires on these, but have also run spexicalized captains. solid, never had to true.

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Favorite Trail:   Jaracita

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $999999.00

Purchased At:   no tubes

Similar Products Used:   mavic, dt swiss

Bike Setup:   moots 29er

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Submitted by rufio a Weekend Warrior from VA

Date Reviewed: February 2, 2012

Strengths:    Stiff, strong, responsive, inflate and hold UST or in my case WTB TCS tires very well. Light.

Weaknesses:    The alloy freehub body that comes on these guys can get a little chewed up by the cassette. Also these wheels should be touched up by a mechanic before they are setup and installed on the bike. I just found that these were not ideally tensioned when I pulled them from the box. This is not really a weakness, but I feel it should be mentioned. This is defiantly not a make it or break it about buying these.

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These are the only tubeless wheels I have used thus far and I really like them. The wheels spin up great and hold momentum really well. They only thing I am not really crazy about is the fact that the freehub body is getting chewed up by the steel cassette. If the hub ever gets to the point where the cassette will not install properly then I will just have to get the wheel rebuilt because the wheelset is really that great. It has a very good strength to weight ratio and the spokes are of great quality.

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Duration Product Used: 3 months

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Submitted by h2otaco a Racer from tulsa

Date 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.

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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.

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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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Submitted by photodog a Racer from SLO, CA

Date Reviewed: April 6, 2010

Strengths:    Light, easy to mount tubeless, great price, stiff

Weaknesses:    none, especially considering the price

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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.

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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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Submitted by 1-bar a Cross Country Rider from Orange County

Date 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.

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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.

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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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