Rims are disc-specific and welded for superior strength; 28/28 hole design, with OSB feature, reduces dish, and is engineered to withstand both braking and lateral forces for any size rider
Hubs are Swiss made and fully serviceable, with a combination of cartridge and needle bearings
KB's HiLo ATB rear hub design ensures excellent spoke bracing angles for improved lateral wheel stiffness, while steel freehub body will not get marred up with use; front hub utilizes oversized cartridge bearings and aluminum axle
Bontrager Race Mtn Cro-moly skewers included
Disc model brake rotor placed for international standard – no adapters required when used with most braking systems
Submitted by
Shane Gouldthread
a
from Weedville Date Reviewed: July 5, 2005
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Purchased At:
Sponsor
Strengths:
lighter, tubeless, and hubs are really nice!
Weaknesses:
rims???
Bike Setup:
05 Trek 8500, XT groupset all round, SLR saddle, mosquito tires, SID Team poploc..
Bottom Line:
these wheels worked great but i had my rear wheel damaged badly.. it was sad. i was doing a training day on fire roads and single track. when i got home i realized that my rear wheel was horribly bent. i dont jump or anything like bc im a xc racer so i know what not to do and to do. the rim was out of dish so bad we couldnt true it. one side of the spokes was completely tight and the others were all lose but the side we needed to tighten was to tight so the rim needed pushed back into alignment. we put it into a workman stand like used for carpenters. and slowly pressed on it till it got closer to being true. but its still pretty bad. im buying a new wheelset now before nationals next month. i was impressed with them at first but this was only the 6th ride on them. i wont be buying them again.
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Submitted by
Patrick Beeson
a Cross Country Rider
from Bluff City, TN, USA Date Reviewed: October 13, 2002
Favorite Trail:
BearTree
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$250.00
Purchased At:
Trek Bicycles
Strengths:
Fairly light weight(for discs), black looks, strength(especially for 28 spoke wheels), DT Swiss hubs(smooth!)
Weaknesses:
Cro-Moly Skewers? They should be Ti for this level. Did require a small amount of truing from Trek, which is a small disappointment, again, for this level of wheel.
Similar Products Used:
XTR/Valient set, Spinergy, XT/517
Bike Setup:
Yeti ARC, XTR, Skareb Super, Hope Mini, etc
Bottom Line:
A great wheelset for the money(I got mine at employee purchase price). They actually weigh within the same range as more expensive wheelsets from Mavic and others. I do like the fact that one can repair all parts of the wheel with normal, common spokes, etc. I have ridden these wheels over some rough terrain for the past few months, with no problems and have yet to true them aside from inital "out-of-the-box" tuning. Not too shabby!
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Submitted by
Breeze
a Cross Country Rider
from Milwaukee Date Reviewed: August 31, 2002
Favorite Trail:
John Meir
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$250.00
Purchased At:
N/A
Strengths:
Great Hub's, Light weight, Very Solid feel they corner as if on rail's, Killer looks.
NRS, XTR, Race Face, Easton Carbon, Fox Frox Vanilla 125 RLC, Sid XC Race Rear, Hayes Hydro disc's
Bottom Line:
Very solid wheels set, i ride long, and i ride short and hard, they have taken every thing i have thrown at them and spit it back.
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Submitted by
Andy
a Racer
from catlin, il , usa Date Reviewed: January 25, 2002
Favorite Trail:
kickapoo park trail
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
came with bike
Strengths:
these wheels are really tough i take all the drops and all the hills and they show no bends or wobbles the wheels have stayed true and strong though brutal conditions
Weaknesses:
they are a bit on the heavy side but the will reward u with good strenghts 2
Similar Products Used:
spinergy cyclone disc
Bike Setup:
giant reiner,xtr shifters/deraileurs, race disc modified rims, easton ct2 seatpost, easton ec 70 bars and other top of the line parts to
Bottom Line:
like i said before it took them of the sugar 3 disc and put on another bike and they r almost as good as the spinergy. they also have very tough rims and can take a beating. these all good all around rims but could be lighter and some colored spokes would be really nice too
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