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Submitted by
Adam Bawden
a Racer
from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date Reviewed: May 29, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Melb C.B.D | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | City Cycles | | Strengths: | Overall stiffness and lightweight. Little trueing needed | | Weaknesses: | Rims easy to damage | | Similar Products Used: | Mavix CrossMax | | Bike Setup: | GT Zaskar Race, clipless, Fsa cranks and headset, deore
v- brakes. | | Bottom Line: | Wheel set is very light weight and strong. Only needed to service once and trued very little. Radial lacing on the front provided a nice even balance, while normal lacing on the rear was more than perfect. Tested in harsh conditions as i am a bike messenger. Only twice riden them off road but both times held up to a few nice drops and small ruts.
Ideal for any rider how likes going fast on road surfaces and styling on small drops.
*Side note* Easy to roll a tyre on and off these rims when changing, i have a set of other rims u need a 40 foot long lever and arms like tree trunks to get a tyre on, but these are a pleasure. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Christophe
a Weekend Warrior
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | slickrock in Moab, UT | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Excel Sports | | Strengths: | Great super-light and cheap (now $70) front wheel. about 750g. NEVER had to service hub in more than 4000miles! Never had to true them either. Spokes keep taught. Lots of lateral stiffness. Fewer and shorter spokes (as a result of the radial lacing) creates less drag (noticable at over 40mph). | | Weaknesses: | Rim is not very strong | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic CrossMax | | Bike Setup: | Trek 7000 frame, raceface, Manitou x-vert super, XT front and rear, Real rear hub w/Syncros rim, answer riser bars, etc. | | Bottom Line: | Don't complain about dinging the rim if you buy this wheel. It is meant to be a superlight wheel so by buying it, you are accepting this risk. I've ridden the front wheel carefully. Even done some trials and jumping with it. Just don't hit anything like a curb square on. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
aaron lipoold
a Cross Country Rider
from longmont colorado
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | winter park mountaingoat | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | lightness looks | | Weaknesses: | somewhat difficult to true. straight pull spokes break and rip out of hub flange | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | specialized S-works, race face next LP cranks,XTR brakes -levers- derailleurs-shifters,thompson post, SID sl, king head set | | Bottom Line: | these wheels just don't hold up I've already sent them back so I can get them waranteed so i can sell them and buy some king hubs and some 517 to build my own wheels
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