Submitted by
Mav
a Weekend Warrior
from Berlin Date Reviewed: August 10, 2009
Favorite Trail:
everywhere
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$150.00
Purchased At:
Ebay
Strengths:
- very good bearings,
- stayed true since buying
- no problems with blade-spokes (24 front and rear) and no problems with radial spokes (Straight pull spokes)
- very good freewheel-drive (fts-x) - gets a little bit louder after the first 100 km
- good breaking efficency because of ub-control
- looking good
- you can even do little jumps with them and they stay true
Weaknesses:
- frontwheel not super stiff if the terrain is very rough
- if a stone hits the spokes they are loosing the black color
Similar Products Used:
rigida zac 2000 disc, a few no name wheels with shimano hubs
Bike Setup:
100mm marzocchi mx pro eta front
hardtail
Bottom Line:
I use the wheels for trailriding on my 100m hardtail with avid single digit VBRAKE an they doing a good job. because of the UB Control there is no rubbing if you breaking very strong. My Weight is 80kg (no problem for the wheelset) and i use them now for 6 months and i purchased them for 150 at Ebay.
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