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Submitted by
Colin
a Cross Country Rider
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: July 8, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Just toooo many to choose from in NZ | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Strength | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 231... now that was a really good rim | | Bike Setup: | I think I was riding a giant 990 with XT/XTR | | Bottom Line: | These were soooo weak. They only lasted 4 off road rides before the rim side walls just flattened on me | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Greg Friedman
a Weekend Warrior
from merced,ca,usa
Date Reviewed: August 8, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | the road and fire trails | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | local bike store | | Strengths: | I have had no problem with these rims in over 5 years! I mostly use them on the road and around town. Curbs and cars give them no trouble. They rock! Solid as can be, and I never have to true them. | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F700 | | Bottom Line: | I know they don't make them anymore, but they are fairly cheap and very resilliant. I would definently buy them again if I could. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
roland cannon
a Cross Country Rider
from slc, ut
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | bike shop | | Strengths: | light | | Weaknesses: | Edges blow off after using them with "v" brakes. Honest to god, I wish this site allowed pictures. The edge of my rear rim exploded at less than 40 psi.Probably a 4 inch 'rip' from the edge of the rim. I dont think this rim was ever designed for v brake use. | | Bottom Line: | Very scary. I will not ride on them again. I basically ride slow offroat trails. I do not ride hard enough to damage a HUffy. Well, maybe a bit harder, but the rim is very poor. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kasperlcurtis
a
from Hochbrück
Date Reviewed: April 17, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | none? | | Weaknesses: | they bend easily!? | | Bike Setup: | hardtail | | Bottom Line: | they are crap. never stay true. just did a bunny hop up two stairs, and they bent inwards. it was right beside the joint, so probably this has been the problem.
perhaps good, if you don´t do any crosscountry and just ride along the streets, not riding off or on the sidewalk. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason Feng
a Cross Country Rider
from Bangor Maine U.S.A
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Light weight. Appears to be of good quality. | | Weaknesses: | Way over-rated. Bends too easily. | | Similar Products Used: | Sun CR-16 | | Bike Setup: | '92 Trek 950 w/ Suntour XC-Pro Microdrive | | Bottom Line: | These felt light and lively until I took a hard turn.
The rim just tacoed. Stay away from these. They can't be trusted. If I recall corectly, these were supposed to be heat treated. But from the way it bent too easily I'm sure the set I got didn't receive any heat treating. Anyway, I replaced these with Matrix's SingletrackPro and haven't had any problems since. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jensen Fong
a Weekend Warrior
from Hong Kong
Date Reviewed: February 21, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Tai Mo Shan in hk | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | came with my cannondale 97 superv1000 | | Strengths: | umm...it still worked after the bike fell into a 8 feet pit...but it dented(6 spots) and wont ever stay straight again even after truing | | Weaknesses: | can be dented easily
bent easily | | Similar Products Used: | mavic d321 on my new da bomb xlr8r | | Bike Setup: | cannondale 97 superv1000 with busted front and rear suspension....lx/xt parts and avid 25 v-brakes | | Bottom Line: | well if these rims are given to you then take it but otherwise dont waste your money on them, they bend and dent way too easily....
i got the first dent because my bike fell and the rim hit a really small rock and dented
the 5 other dents were from me crashing the bike jumped into a 8 feet pit | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Patrik Westerlund
a Cross Country Rider
from Stockholm, Sweden
Date Reviewed: October 6, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Cykel City | | Strengths: | They are light, stay true and look good | | Weaknesses: | Mavic don't make them any more.... | | Similar Products Used: | Sun CR 16, Mavic 217 SUP, Mavic 517 SUP | | Bike Setup: | Access Ti frame, RS SID sl -99, XTR drivetrain, Syncros headset, bar and post, Icon stem, Hope hubs | | Bottom Line: | These babies are alive and kicking. True weight 375 g all 4 of them! Compare that to all the false figures manufacturers use to promote light rims! Yes, I have 2 wheelsets, both with Hope hubs and DT 2,0/1,8 spokes and alu nipples. Now with the black spokes, yes, second build-up too....
Stay true during XC use. Haven't worked more with them than maybe 2 times a year and minor trueing adjustments only, just for the fun of making them millimeterexact. The best. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
al farrski
a Cross Country Rider
from deepest wales
Date Reviewed: February 14, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | anything with mud and sun | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | light, strong, easy to true up after malitious tuning exploits!! | | Weaknesses: | Why did they stop making them, will i have to buy Mavics new
Nonsense, might get some Sun XC O-Degrees | | Similar Products Used: | mavic 220's | | Bike Setup: | 96 Marin Indian Fire Trail, XT, Mazzochi Z2 Superflys | | Bottom Line: | Great rims for cross county, i've hit every thing from tree stumps to poodles, and theve trued up every time, theres probably a good 2000 miles left in these babies, i wouldn't mind some better looking Sunns for the money, but hey, for the moment Musseenntt GGrummmmBle! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
co
a Cross Country Rider
from Espoo, Finland
Date Reviewed: January 12, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Price, strength | | Weaknesses: | Somewhat tricky to keep clean | | Similar Products Used: | Weinmann ZAC 19, Araya something, Bontrager Mustang | | Bike Setup: | Cdale M2000 | | Bottom Line: | The rear one got trashed after some 4000 km in a huge drop which was acceptable, I think. But I still have the front one running, something like 6500 km on it and still going strong. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Racer
from Cambridge
Date Reviewed: August 4, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
Strong, light, true. | | Weaknesses: |
None. | | Similar Products Used: |
Wolber rims | | Bike Setup: |
Raleigh Dyna-tech MTB with LX/XT groupset. I use Specialised Turbo tyres/Panaracer Smokelites on the rims. | | Bottom Line: | I use my bike for commuting and occasionally off-road. The wheels have not needed significant truing over the past 3 years. | | Overall Rating: |
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