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Submitted by
SubieDude
a Weekend Warrior
from san francisco, ca
Date Reviewed: September 11, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | china camp in san rafael, ca | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | free stumpjumper fro | | Strengths: | rims was on a 8-10 year old bike
i ride it, i crash it, PERFECT
these are perfect, unlike that others say about it | | Weaknesses: | nothing | | Similar Products Used: | alex DH rims | | Bike Setup: | stumpjumper fs m2, lx canti brakes, judy xc fork, lx hubs, xt derailleurs... | | Bottom Line: | If you can get these cheap GET IT
dont listen to other people, ive had them on my bike for 10 years and they are perfect | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave Kim
a Cross Country Rider
from Covina, CA USA
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Stayed trued for 7 years and running. Still no problems or any repairs necessary to this day. Value for the money. | | Weaknesses: | Negative feedback from other reviewers. | | Similar Products Used: | Other Mavic rims, Sun Rims, Spin Spin Rims, Weinmann Rims | | Bike Setup: | These Mavics 220's came with my 1998 Giant MCM-980. | | Bottom Line: | Many people claimed these rims to be weak and terrible. But my bike has had the original rims for 7 years and never have I had to have them trued or repaired in anyway. The braking surface for the brakes work well with V-Brakes. I have no negative remarks for these rims because in 7 years of riding cross country, some downhill and some pavement abuse, they never let me down. When I say pavement abuse, I mean they survived climbing over curbs at relatively high speeds, and I crashed several times and the rims stayed trued. I had a Giant ATX980 that came with cheap rims, and in a severe crash, the front rim buckled like a taco. Imagine what that does on the pavement. Must have flown a good 5 feet up, 10 feet straight before hitting the pavement. Thank God for helmets, ALWAYS WEAR YOUR HELMETS. Saved my life, helmet cracked in several places. Anyways because of how long these rims have lasted to this day, I rate this rims awesome. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nikolas
a Weekend Warrior
from Greece
Date Reviewed: January 5, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Strengths: | Nice looks,wond bent easy(with dt revolutions that is)Very good breaking surface,eylets,its mavic | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | gt pantera,lx-xt,judySL'02,Ritcey-icon parts,Mavic 220 | | Bottom Line: | i built my wheels personaly and so far they havent shown any negatives.I used dt revolutions,lx hubs,dt allow niples.Dont know why other poeple have problems with theese rims.Maybe the person that builted the wheels didnt knew how to in the first place.or something.iuse them on xc use and so far they havent bent(dispite i transport the bike by aircraft preety much and geneneraly i dont take much care for the wheels,and i managed to bent vuelta deepV's).I supose its all a matter of wheel building.When the braking surface wears mavic will be my choice again. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rodrigues Enrique
a Weekend Warrior
from Macau, China
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | any but learning some | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Wing Lei | | Strengths: | colour, UB braking surface | | Weaknesses: | Weak, heavier than X517s | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic X221, 220, 238, 138, D521 CD, Sun Rhyno Lites, MC 18 | | Bike Setup: | Nova Nebula 7005 (disc brake only) frame, 01 Judy SL, Da Bomb disc/Mavic 238/220, DT comp 14G, 2001 Shimano Alivio STi, 00'XT mechs, FSA Power Pro Cranks/Ultimax steel BB, IG 90 chain, Alivio Cassette, RST Cable discs, WTB Saddle/Profile other kits | | Bottom Line: | It's too soft and useless of UB braking surface because I use disc brakes...use these rims for road is better | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
BVBR
a Racer
from Ocomukowonowaukesha, WI
Date Reviewed: March 2, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | OEM | | Strengths: | Constant truing has helped hone my wheelbuilding skills. | | Weaknesses: | WEAK PIECES OF CR@P! | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager Mustang, Valiant; Mavic CrossRide
| | Bike Setup: | ProFlex 857 | | Bottom Line: | Not a very good rim at all. From the first day I rode this wheel I was constantly truing it. I actally had to pound some flat spots out of it after a hard ride. Now its more of an oval than a circle. I have since put this wheel out of its mountain bike misery and now only use it with a slick on my trainer. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Raf
a Cross Country Rider
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: August 12, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Pulau Ubin | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Colour is nice and sadly, thats about it. | | Weaknesses: | It's a pretty weak rim. Maybe not for the real XC, only road riding perhaps. | | Similar Products Used: | Cheaper craps | | Bike Setup: | Sintesi, SRAM, XTR, XT bla bla bla... | | Bottom Line: | These rims sucks. I am only 75Kg and everytime I go off-road, I have to true them. If you do long distance road riding, these are good for you as they are light, but if you go off-road, tough off-road conditions, avoid Mavic220. The Spinergy Rev X is far better although they are carbon and non-spoke rims. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sven
a Cross Country Rider
from East Shore
Date Reviewed: June 30, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Light | | Weaknesses: | weak | | Bike Setup: | Specialized m2 w/raceface crankset, xt f. der,xtr rear,220 upfront, 517 rear RF riserbars, V brakes, RS Judy fork (now destroyed) | | Bottom Line: | My bike might be a work in progress, but the mav 220's upfront are alright. make no mistake, these are NOT rear rims, but they are adequate for front. After about 3 months of use, the rear 220 rim did look like a wet noodle and had to be switched out for a 517. however, the front one has outlasted my Judy, so I think I'm gonna stick with it until the end. If it lasts me awhile, I might even get another, because of the lightness. I'm no weanie, but its stupid to put a heavier part on when a lighter one will do.
QUESTION: WHOSE SHIMANO DISK BRAKES FELL OFF AT MT SNOW LAST WEEK, 6/22-25/00? IF YOU REMEMBER, PLEASE EMAIL ME. IT WAS A PRO WOMAN DOWNHILLER. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott Stange
a Cross Country Rider
from Mountain View, Calif
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Shoreline dirt trails near bay | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Looked like a nice rim and cheap | | Weaknesses: | weakness is the weakness | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey Rcok Comp | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Rock Hopper with front shocks. Kevlar specilized road tires. Speed set-up for 15-20 mile daily commute through city streets. | | Bottom Line: | I just purchased this rim after less than one year on a rear ritchey rock comp. It looked good until I miss timed a curb jump while semi-racing another biker. My rear wheel hit the curb farily hard and I weigh 200 lbs. The rim folded like a cheap paper bag. I expected the rim to be slightly damaged, but it was destroyed and then my tire blew up. I felt dumb as the other rider just rode on by....a lighter rider may have a rideable rim.....may? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike G
a Racer
from New York
Date Reviewed: November 9, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Mt Snow xc race loop 98 configuration. (mad climb) | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
not too heavybetter for up front (no argument there)Mavic qualityI expected it to last 2 months, its been almost 3 years. | | Weaknesses: |
do they even make these rims anymore?Mavic has a bad rap for having quality rims that last one season (if that) | | Similar Products Used: |
Sun O* XC...(burly, noticeably heavier)Mavic 217
Mavic 517 | | Bike Setup: |
Schwinn HomeGrown/chrome 1997pimped out hardcore and maintained by The Bike Junky, bethpage, Long Island, NY | | Bottom Line: | I wrecked the rear in a crash after riding on it for 1 year. Im still running the front rim after almost 3 years! trued it maybe 4 times. I think its a mighty fine front rim yall. And I ride hard like a freakin' animal and race alot and get aggressive on the DH sections. I weigh 160, I dont jump much at all (im sure this helps the rim last long). Not too bad cause im murder on equipment, murder I tell ya. Im running a 517 now in the rear and im hitting rock garden hardcore, hardcore i tell you (in jersey and upstate NY).
So far all I see is a thinning braking surface on the 220 but thats expected after almost 3 years. My advice to all yall is ride smooth, you'll be a faster XC mountain biker and preserve equipment longer. It took me a broken wrist to learn that one. A definite blessing in disguise. 4 stars for quality, minus one star cause its not what you would call a super-high end rim.
I like it.
I threw a Judy 100 up front and im bombing stuff mad. I owe it to the shock for my aggrssive descents. Off the topic I feel that all XC hardtail bikes should have long travel shocks. It makes the ride so much more enjoyable. I race on my longtravel shock too, without incident. Only podium for me yall. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
steve
a Cross-Country Rider
from michigan
Date Reviewed: November 9, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
light | | Weaknesses: |
too light | | Similar Products Used: |
none this inferior | | Bike Setup: |
doesn't matter | | Bottom Line: | i really hate to enter another bad review of a product, but i just talked to a friend who took my old front wheel to use while he had a new one built. the rear 220 i had failed in less than 3 months of use and the it was spoke bed failure where the nipples were pulling and bulging out of the rims. the front just failed catastrophically, but fortunately he is okay. these rims should be used with great caution!!!!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
clive mullins
a Cross-Country Rider
from ottawa
Date Reviewed: September 7, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Weaknesses: |
bulging & cracking eyelets | | Similar Products Used: |
Araya RM17HA | | Bike Setup: |
Kona Explosif
bomber | | Bottom Line: | Either my rim was defective or the 220 is a very sub-standard product (and should come
with a warning label for ROAD use only). I got 1 season out of the rim before the eyelets on the rim around the spokes started bulging and cracking. I did not have the spokes over tightened, I am not particularly heavy (155lb), I do like technical trails, but hey this is a mountain bike. The Mavic rep would not warantee the rim because it had been ridden hard. I got 5 years use out of my Araya RM17HA without any problems on the same trails. I've ended up using the RM17 again until I get a new rim (it is very worn). I am not impressed with the 220 at all. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Romeo
a Weekend Warrior
from Norfolk Va
Date Reviewed: August 6, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
FAIRLY LIGHT. GOOD PRICE | | Similar Products Used: |
MAVIC X138 | | Bike Setup: |
99 DEORE LX HUBS
14/15 DBL BUTTED DT SPOKES RADIAL FRONT
3X/RADIAL REAR | | Bottom Line: | GREAT PERFORMANCE, BUT i HAVE TO RETENSION THEM EVERY MONTH OR SO. NO SWEAT. I BUILT THEM IN JUNE. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
meado
a Cross-Country Rider
from denver
Date Reviewed: July 26, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Poison Spider | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
decent value, fairly light | | Weaknesses: |
Spokes pulled through eyelets | | Similar Products Used: |
Bontrager, Ritchey | | Bike Setup: |
Santa Cruz, Z1, Vanilla R | | Bottom Line: | Although, I did get 2.5 years of use I cannot endorse this rim. The wheel was hand-built by a pro and only needed to be trued only one time, therefore I know the wheel was built right. The rim is probably fine for beginner/novice riders. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tim
a Cross-Country Rider
from Alaska
Date Reviewed: April 27, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Bottom Line: | I agree with Erik (below) that this is a terrible rear rim. After less than two years of normal riding my rear rim began to rapidly break up. It had always tended to stray out of true, but now it was cracking severely and pulling the spoke eyelets out of the rim. And before you assume that my spoke tension was too great, let me tell you it wasn't. I treated this rim the same way I've treated others that lasted for years. I replaced it with a 36-hole Rhyno Lite that is working well. When my front rim gives up the ghost, it won't be replaced with a Mavic. Too many shop guys have told me they've seen this happen before. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
CrankE
a Cross-Country Rider
from Northeast Ohio
Date Reviewed: April 14, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Lightweight, machined brake surface, eyelets | | Weaknesses: |
Seam is pinned, not welded | | Bike Setup: |
Homegrown, XT/XTR, Z2 Bomber | | Bottom Line: | A good rim. I have no idea what these other fools are talking about. Two years on the rear rim laced from the factory. I have beaten the ever loving CRAP out of this wheel. Only after two years of beating on this rim is it done. Many of the problems associated with rims is the person who built the wheels, and how often you have them tensioned. These rims ROCK | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric Alexander
a racer
from Denver, Co
Date Reviewed: January 3, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I had these rims for a year and a half. I taco'd the front one (my fault), but the rear one should have been fine. I took it off a couple of weeks ago, and it had several dents in it. Also, I had earlier sanded the rim down because the seam is not machined, and makes a clacking sound as you brake, and gets chunks of brake pad in it. I know these are cheap rims, but the seam must be machined, and they have to be stronger than that (i weigh 135lbs). | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cheese
a weekend warrior
from sydney, australia
Date Reviewed: December 28, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
man, these rims suck!!! i had them for about a week and they were already out of true. don't bother with them. they got dints in the rim, like 4mm dints from soft trials at about 50psi (i had just been on an XC ride) and even couple with my new XT hub, the spokes lost tesion rapidly in one 50km ride. 1 stayed tight, and ripped the spoke nipple and surrounding parts of the rim out
at least i've got tough nipples | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
erik
a cross-country rider
from slo, ca
Date Reviewed: December 8, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Well, one more bad reviews for these. i weigh 140 with a light riding style, which probably explains why the rear lasted me 1.5 two years. But it probably shouldn't have been on any bike for the last 7 month judging by the size of the cracks when i finally noticed. i'm not into cleaning my bike much, so i never looked closely at my rims, but let me tell you, this rim creaked from the beginning, i figured it was just spokes moving over eachother, and didn't really care about the noise. it was cracks propagating. i'm lucky i didn't injure myself, because spokes were going to start pulling though rim. The cracks caught my eye, big cracks, all over, that's how i noticed them. so while 1.5 years may seem reasonable for a rims to last for some, it was really trashed when i finally noticed, and no rims should destruct that fast unless your the incredible hulk. They came on my bike, and the front is still holding up cause it sees no torque, but it does make make some noise at the seam. so not to sacrifce the nice weight of these rims, i replaced them with Cane Creek WAMs. Amazing, the CC is silent. About 500 miles and no truing yet. Supposedly the first batch of the line had craking problems too, but word of mouth has said that that problem was fixed sometime before i got mine in July. BTW, CC uses Bonty rims, which have ever improving record. Sorry Mavic, you turn me off. i wonder if they tested these at all.in short these are a joke for the rear, and while they are working for the front i still don't trust them and would certainly not replace them with the same. nor even with mavic. mavic may be the industry leader (or something) for the road, but that label would be unduely given to them for the mountain market in my opinion. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mike
a racer
from carlisle, PA
Date Reviewed: October 19, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
don't buy unless you're a lightweight person, lightweight rider, AND THEN ONLY FOR THE FRONT!! These wheels were included in the component package on my Litespeed Obed, and after only 3 months, they're dented, constantly out of true, and the rear is out of round by 3mm! I'm babying the bike 'til I can buy new Mustangs (based on the rave reviews at this site). I would say they're OK for the front, but the wheel flexes so much during low-speed technical maneuvers and climbing (brake rub) that I can't recommend them for anything but wreath-making (and they just might fail from the stress of supporting pine, berries and pine cones on your front door). | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike West
a cross-country rider
from MD
Date Reviewed: October 16, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
You know...I wanted to believe that you guys were full of #*$&!, but a poorly timed bunny hop took out my brand new 220 last night. The details: 190lb rider + 2.1 Conti @ 65 PSI (road riding) + bad bunny hop = dead rim. I was definately at fault, but I have other rims that survived worse... It is light, though... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a racer
from Raleigh, NC
Date Reviewed: October 14, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
My wieght: 215 lbs
My bike: CDale F2000
MB philosophy: Better to ride over/through than to walk!If you weigh 150 lbs or less, or intend on only using this rim for a front wheel, then GREAT! Otherwise, these rims really suck. I thought they were pretty cool when they came with my CDale F2000, because they were so stinkin' lite! It didn't take all that long to change that opinion. I had to start trueing my rear wheel ever (EVERY) single time I rode. I had the wheel professionally rebuilt being that CDale does not have the best rep. for building wheels... that still did not help. They were out of true the very next time I rode them.And then they were done... After about a year of monkeying around with the stupid rear wheel... The spokes started pulling through. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rock Jock
a cross-country rider
from Eastern Canada
Date Reviewed: October 10, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
OK, these cool looking rims came stock on my 97 Kona Explosif. For some reason they were on the front AND rear. As a lightweight front rim, they arent too bad, but forget about these things on the rear.
I had one mild encounter with a granite boulder, putting force down directly vertical on the rim. However, the force wasn't even enough to pinch flat the tire!, but it screwed up the rim nicely. The rim was dented in about 3-4 mm.
If you are a good wheelbuilder (I like to think I am), then you can keep them relatively true, but BEWARE: dont go on an epic ride without first aid gear, because they will eventually fail you.
Here are the few good points:
- very light ~ 395 grams, and good for the road ;>
- eyelets make building and truing very slick.
- acceptable for a front wheel, when built right. Here are the bad points (versus a good rim like a bontrager mustang):
- Very flexy, even with very high spoke tension (and straight guage spokes).
- Weak sidewalls, get used to using the pliers to straighten them.
- machining is useless, you may get bumps on the rim, and later have to sand them off (but no problem after that)
- Very hard to get tires on and off because of the slightly larger radius than most rims.
- Expensive, these are the same price as 217's (x517's now), and are NOT worth it.
- Bad joint, simply pinned, which can fail, also grabs the brake pads every revolution. Go for wwelded and machined joints, like the x517 or much better the Bonrtarger rims - any of them!
- weak spoke holes, they will fail on you if you dont taco the wheel first. Next time you see one of these look for microcracks around the spoke holes
- marginal quality for the price, and a useless website.I pity anyone that would use one of these on the rear after reading all these reviews (unless you got it for free). NO VALUE!!!!!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
steve
a cross-country rider
from usa
Date Reviewed: September 6, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
These rims are made for LIGHT RIDERS ONLY!!! I have never seen a more inferior product from a top company in my life. I had these on a Marin, and the rear only lasted 2 months. Aluminum nipples and butted spokes. flexed all over, creaked out of true and finally failed in the spoke beds. Yes the Marin was light, and yes it felt lively with these light wheels, but what total trash. I don't like to sound too subjective, but this set of wheels was the biggest disappointment of owning this bike. And the Marin dealer would DO NOTHING for me. I don't know if it was a reflection of him or Marin (hopefully just him). I had the rear rebuilt with a 217 by an excellent local mechanic, I've ridden it for over a year and have only had to perform minor truing. I guess in that respect Mavic has regained some reputation in my eyes, but I still approach their products with caution. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jeff
a cross-country rider
from USA
Date Reviewed: September 4, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
if you want to learn to true wheels, these are the ones for you. they deserve no chili's. i miss some days of riding because my wheels are crap. do not buy these wheels unless you plan on buying another wheel a month later. they suck. when buying a bike, do yourself a favor and ask the shop person to switch the 220's for something more upscale. try rhyno sun rims. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Carl Costin
a cross-country rider
from Apollo Bay, AUSTRALIA
Date Reviewed: July 26, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
After my experience with these rims I can only say that they are crap, crappy and crappyier ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! They had to be trued after evey second ride as a rear wheel. Until one day I did a pathetic little jump and they died, taking my rear derailer, spokes, and chain with it. They don't even feel safe enough to put on the front now. Mavic aren't getting my money anymore.
The 220's as a rear rim are @#$%$#^ hopeless.
Go get yourself some Sun Rhyno's with DT spokes. They rock!!!!!
To give them 1 flaming chile is being generous. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
AZ
a weekend warrior
from Phoenix, AZ
Date Reviewed: July 3, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Just replaced the 220's from my bike after finding a crack, eyelet to eyelet on the rear rim. Rear rim had to be retrued only an average amount of times in the 15 months I had them. Front rims was still good and held true better than the rear due to being subjected to less weight and force I'd think. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Hwoarang
a weekend warrior
from Siam
Date Reviewed: May 4, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Light, handsome, affordable, durable and tough.
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Submitted by
chris
a cross-country rider
from Rhode Island
Date Reviewed: May 3, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I have gone through two sets of these rims -- along with the 221's. They are fine if you just stay on the land but once you start catchin air and trialing they get all out of whack. Gonna have to spend the $$$$ to get a good set. Oh well!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Keith
a weekend warrior
from Bowling Green, OH
Date Reviewed: April 19, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
These rims came on my 97 Homegrown XT. I've only had it since January and
so far I love these rims. I am only 165 lbs so I don't have to worry about
my weight killing my rims. The machined walls are the best! They stop soo
fast. They do eat up the brake shoes, but thats a trade off I'm willing to
make for the stopping power that now I have. I can afford spending $10 a few
times a year for new pads. I hope I don't have the problems that some of you
others are having. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
HTmaniac
a cross-country rider
from Taiwan
Date Reviewed: April 12, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Have 3 sets of wheel with Mavic 220 because they are light, my weight is 140 pounds.
The oldest set of wheels has 4000 km of realy bad mudy wet condition ride and are of course dead (rim wall worn out ), I had to true them a couple of time (mostly after riding staircases...), experience no cracks like some of the other post are reporting, however they do start to bulge at the eyelet... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shawn
a cross-country rider
from Milwaukee
Date Reviewed: March 28, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I've had these rims for about 1 1/2 years. They are ok. I've had to true
the rear quite a few times in that span. I've also had problems with the
rear seam coming apart on me and tearing up my brake pads. Can't say I'd ever buy them again and I don't recommend them. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew Gray
a weekend warrior
from Penticton, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 5, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Like several reviews below, I have only had my 220 rims for a short time and with low mileage and now there is cracking around the eyelets on the rear wheel. I just called the LBS to lodge a complaint and we'll see what happens, but it does not speak well of the durability of this rim, particularly for rear use. I was happy with them until this, but they are definitely a sub-standard product. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
spiff
a cross-country rider
from longisland,ny
Date Reviewed: March 5, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
They are really light...and fast.
They seem strong...only had em on for a month.
I needed a true within one week, I know that.
But they are solid and I'm hoping for the best.
They look real killer with the dark color on my chrome beast.
Mavics are really good and I think you should buy a pair....it will make that old bike happy. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ren
a weekend warrior
from California
Date Reviewed: February 11, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I got a set of 220s and laced 'em 3X to White Industries hubs. I just passed 1500 miles and have yet to true them I weigh 180 pounds and use them on a hardtail. I was concerned about their strength when i laced them up, but they have worked just fine. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tim
a weekend warrior
from Sydney
Date Reviewed: February 8, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
In my opinion this rim is just not strong enough to use on the back. After every ride I had to true the wheel, and after 3 months it finally failed on a tiny drop-off (and I'm really light). It's OK as a front rim with suspension forks, but unless you're a weight weenie don't put one on the rear. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Spencer
a racer
from Hell
Date Reviewed: January 22, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Never rode a 220 meself but oy got me a 217 which is bulletproof
And very sexy works well and hasn't tacoed yet buy a 217
ye haw. Works well on t rear cause it's light an durable ifn ye
wanna geta new rim or wheel get a good won wit a 217 did i say ye haw yet?
Well then, ye haw. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Harry
a cross-country rider
from South Africa
Date Reviewed: January 22, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Excellent rim. Connect it to a full suspension bike and you cannot beat it. It is stiff and with the correct tensioning of the spokes you can even use it on a downhill track. It does however eat XT brake pads like it`s going out of fasion. It is worth it though. You can stop on a dime and still have change.I recommend this rim. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bryan
a cross-country rider
from berkeley, california
Date Reviewed: December 15, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
these rims are too light/weak for rear wheel durability. my rim failed after 4 months of use, every eyelet had cracks running form it. i took a 1' drop on concrete and taco away after 4 nipples pulled the eyelets out of the rim.
good for suspension front wheel, bad for back at all. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
steve
a cross-country rider
from
Date Reviewed: May 10, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Many of the big bike companies are using this rim front and rear. I think it is suited only for the front of bikes with suspension for light riders. I had less than 200 miles on mine and the inner rim surface began stress fracturing around the spoke eyelets. I heard creaking that I was attributing to new wheels and spokes seating or something. Bad assupmtion. They were built with butted spokes and alloy nipples. I've noticed that a few manufacturers spec 220 front/221 rear and that seems like a good idea. The 220 seems to be the light weight equal of the old 230. Hopefully the 221 is close in strength to the old 231. I ran a 231 rear with a Bontrager BCX2 front for nearly 3 years without any problem. | | Overall Rating: |
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(sponsored by Maxxis)
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Enter here
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$ 49.95
