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Submitted by
D W
a Weekend Warrior
from London
Date Reviewed: May 20, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Karrimor,Wales | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Very robust and reliable.Wheels came as standard on bike. Nearly 4 years later with thousands of miles under the saddle including many multi- day epics, they have been absolutely trouble free. Haven't suffered from pinch flats or losing shape, only minor truing of wheels needed occasionally | | Weaknesses: | None ....so far - Walls are starting to show signs of wear now, but this is hardly surprising given the life they've had. They have served me well - would definately consider using them again. | | Similar Products Used: | none needed | | Bike Setup: | '99 Rockhopper A1 FS Comp: LX/XT bits, MXComp forks,XCR seatpost,WTB saddle etc. etc. | | Bottom Line: | Have had to replace various bits through natural (and unnatural) wear and tear, upgraded other bits to improve performance, but have never had to worry about these wheels. If and when they finally go I will probably be upgrading to discs. They owe me nothing and really have done the business. 5/5 on both counts. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James Deatherage
a Cross Country Rider
from Everett, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: March 13, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Southridge (Corvallis, OR) | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | CYCLOTOPIA | | Strengths: | very strong rim, I have hammered on these guys and yes Im a pretty light guy (180lbs) I still ride hard...and these babys have held up | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | mavics (low end) and your basic wheelsets | | Bike Setup: | Large F3000SI, Nothing is stock on this bike so maybe thats why my review is a satisfied one...I have a XT bottom bracket w/ Richey WCS crankset, XTR shifters and derailers w/ Goretex cables and housings (cause I live in the wet Pac NW), Hope C2 disc brakes (thats right a closed system and I love em') Richey OCR Disc specific wheelset that I've made tubeless (that really rocks!!) And the rest is pretty common stuff like a Terry Fly saddle and Titec straight bar w/ richey wcs bar ends... | | Bottom Line: | I recently turned these wheels into tubeless by using Stans www.notubes.com magic liquid....and I havn't looked back since...no flats in three months and counting!!!!....I would recommend these to riders who have problems bending ordinary rimms cause these badboys are tuff! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Troy
a Cross Country Rider
from SLC
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Wasatch Crest | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | OEM | | Strengths: | Dollar for Dollar, about as good as you can get! | | Weaknesses: | They are not $800 Mavics | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, Tioga, Cheap Mavics | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Rockhopper Comp, Raceface crank/chainrings, Cane Creek S-2, Avid Arch Rivals. | | Bottom Line: | At 205 lbs, I have absolutely hammered on these wheels. In six months I have put nearly 1000 miles on my poor Rockhopper. There are some sweeeet trails here in the SLC area and trust me, I ride them as hard as anybody! I have had only a handfull of pinch flats. I have not broken any spokes, and my wheels are still relatively true. I'm going to retire the Hopper next year in favor of a Jumper, I only hope the OEM Mavic X225's serve me as well as my Ritcheys have. Five Flamers for Value and 4 for Overall because I know they are not the greatest wheels on the planet! | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh
a Cross Country Rider
from Centreville,VA
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | the ones with dirt! | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | got off ebay | | Strengths: | they look good and are disc | | Weaknesses: | a little heavy but deal with | | Similar Products Used: | none like these | | Bike Setup: | a compelet custom cannondale werth about 3500 | | Bottom Line: | try them,they are different, take some getting used to though | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Biker d00d
a Downhiller
from scotland
Date Reviewed: March 12, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | came with bike, Can be straightened with one good kick in the offending spot to get me home | | Weaknesses: | i Think the weakness of these wheels were the fact that the wheel builder was crap cos this is my second set of these and my first set were on a hard tail but ive now got them on a full sus and they are buckling and thank good for the disks or the would have been off ages ago oh and the fact that they only made the top of the rim yellow and not the sidewalls of the rim | | Similar Products Used: | ritchey ocrs, cheepo steel rim (good) mavic 521 and ditch witch | | Bike Setup: | marin b17 with hopes and identity halo combat s | | Bottom Line: | These rims could be good wheels if they had been built by a good wheel builder but as it is one good kick and they are staight enough to ride home with and then a few good tweeks with the spoke key and im off bak up the hill they get there chillis for there straightenaABILLITY
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Submitted by
RCIH
a Cross Country Rider
from FLORIDA
Date Reviewed: November 18, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | MARKAM PK | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | NO FLATS,TRUE,LITE,OEM ON BIKE | | Weaknesses: | DONT COME IN YELLOW | | Similar Products Used: | WEINMAN ZAK 17, CRAP FROM TOYS R UR | | Bike Setup: | 2000 AI FS ROCKHOPPER COMP,MARS C LX CRANK,SPLINE BB | | Bottom Line: | I THINK I LOOK FOR PARTS TO CHANGE ON MY BIKE AS A HOBBY,I JUST CANT FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONVINCE MYSELF THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS WHEELSET! OK, IT IS ABOUT 2MM OUT OF TRUE AFTER POUNDING IT ON ROOTS FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS,SO I GUESS I'LL TRY LITE TUBES AND TIRES THAT WILL HOLD ME OFF FOR A WHILE. I DONT KNOW THE EXACT WEIGHT SO IF THEY ARE ON THE HEAVY SIDE ITS... OH HERE WE GO | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ryan
a Racer
from macon,ga
Date Reviewed: July 8, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Light and good for the price. | | Weaknesses: | Won't stay trued for more then one good ride. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 217 | | Bike Setup: | Rockhopper Comp FS,Mars Fork,and Ritchey Wheels | | Bottom Line: | Good wheelset that came with my bike,did upgrade to Mavic wheelset but while i had the Ritchey O C R rims worked pretty good while it was trued. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
byron
a
from cross-country rider
Date Reviewed: January 4, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
this wheel sucks It get a ton of flats with it I have bent it a few times and hae had it fixed for $30 bucks. I have broken two spokes It came with my bike but runs 325 can a total waist of money | Overall Rating: |
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