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Submitted by
matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Lala land, SoCal
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | sycamore loop, malibu | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | light, build up easily, looks | | Weaknesses: | quality control | | Similar Products Used: | oem junk | | Bike Setup: | KHS Alite 4000, Marzocchi Marathon, Easton bars, LX crank, Sram X.9 | | Bottom Line: | I absolutely love these rims. They come in great colors; gold, red, black, silver. I got mine new from ebay for $30 for both. They are very light, and build up well using wheelsmith 14g spokes and LX hubs. I've put maybe 150 miles on them so far and am very impressed. Only a little touch up truing since the spokes settled in and I built them myself. Braking surface is above reproach, and the gold anodized color is unique and just lovely on my bike. Tires go on just a little tough (you will never get these to come off / on without a tire lever), but that's ok with me. The braking surface at the weld is not perfectly even by eyeballing it, but I do not notice any issues with braking. As stated in the name, these are XC rims (meaning not intended for DH / FR) and I would probably not use them for extreme riding, but for serious XC riding, they perform flawlessly. Five stinky turds all around. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Derrick
a
from PDX
Date Reviewed: October 24, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Universal Cycles | | Strengths: | Strong, like He-Man | | Bike Setup: | It's a tank. | | Bottom Line: | First off, I'm a commuter not a mad mtb'er. What I lack in dishing abuse on my products I make up for in mileage. I had the wheelset handbuilt locally. So let's see...0 Degree XCs (32h)laced to WTB Speed XC hubs. I weigh about 185lbs, my bike weights about 30lbs (yes, it's a tank...like any good commuter), and I pack about 25lbs worth of stuff on my commute (all on the rear). Take all that weight and factor in 1,500 miles of hopin' curbs, pot holes, bunny hoping speed bumps, charity rides, etc. I'll tell ya they're just as true as the day they were built. They're welded and machined; what more could you ask for? Buy them and get them laced by a quality builder. You won't be sorry. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chalmer
a
from Bergen County, NJ
Date Reviewed: September 8, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Ringwood & Harthshorne | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | I think at Jenson or Bike Source | | Strengths: | Stays true after 3 years of abuse and fun. Side wall is fairly hard...I still use rim brakes. Cheap US made. Color - black. Decals and weight. | | Weaknesses: | NONE. Cousins are slowly disappearing. Had hard time looking for another set. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 517 and Araya Ceramic rims | | Bike Setup: | Kona Caldera SS convert. | | Bottom Line: | This is better than the Mavic 517 (freeride rim) that I had for only like a year. Side wall surface is hard and has a positive rim to pad contact. Sand, mud and dirt does not seem to bother this rim at all. I built a set myself and it stayed true until this very moment. This rim deserves a good rating. Found a good one again, Sun Singletack Disc rim. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ian bragg
a Cross Country Rider
from milford nh usa
Date Reviewed: April 21, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | may flower | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$189.00 | | Purchased At: | universal cycles | | Strengths: | light strong rims that aren't expensive | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | mavic 519, bontrager valiant and valiant osb | | Bike Setup: | scott w/ lx drive train race face bars easton stem avid brakes. | | Bottom Line: | if you dont have alot of money and want strong rims then the sun ringle 0degree xc's are the way to go | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Colorado Springs, CO USA
Date Reviewed: April 8, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Webcyclery | | Strengths: | Excellent all around XC rim: light, strong, AND cheap. No need to pick two. | | Weaknesses: | Changing flats is pretty difficult -- I often have to use two tire levers to get the tire bead unseated. This was never a problem with the Mavic rims I have used with the same tires.
| | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 221, 519 | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Chameleon Singlespeed
XT front hub, Surly rear | | Bottom Line: | A great deal for a great rim. Stay true even under my 180lb, poorly skilled ass, no doubt due in no small part to the excellent build from Web Cyclery. Hightly recommended. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian Koss
a Cross Country Rider
from Palo Alto, CA USA
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Porcupine rim | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Some defunct internet site | | Strengths: | Cheap, Built in the USA, Machine sidewall when that was not the norm | | Weaknesses: | wore through the side wall in 2 years riding. The machining at the weld joint left it thin. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic and Trek | | Bike Setup: | Trek 990 | | Bottom Line: | Rims have about a 1000 miles of cross country riding with some fairly hard downhills. They held up well from a truing standpoint and I lased them myself. I will use the spare I have to replace this wheel and if it craps out in 2 years I'll switch to the Mavics again. The origional trek wheels lasted 9 years and about 20000 miles half of that off road. Still have the original rim on the front. You trade off reliability for less weight. I think I got my moneys worth. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy
a Cross Country Rider
from Chicago, Il, USA
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | Light, good braking surface, fast wheels. Welded, eyeletted | | Weaknesses: | I had to de-burr the rear rim before building. The drilling process left some sharp al scraps behind in the second wall | | Similar Products Used: | Rhyno lites, ME-14a, CR-18, Venus, Mavic 217 | | Bike Setup: | 1x1, ti fork, paul hubs and neo-retros, kooka levers 270mm of seatpost showing | | Bottom Line: | They seem strong. I wouldn't recommend them for recreational 'let's drink beer and hop off of stuff' rims for guys my size (6'5", 210 lbs), but they make good race rims. Climb easy, go fast. I give them 5 flamin' chilis for surviving this long with one minor ding from hopping a curb that turned into a 2' drop, and for lasting through various terrain. 4 chilis for value, 'cause they are a bit pricey compared to other rims | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Wheelbuilder
a
from Richmond,VA
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | powhite | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$38.00 | | Purchased At: | Jensonusa.com | | Strengths: | Light strong and true. Nice machined sides for braking. | | Weaknesses: | Before you build these rims up ,check in the eyelet holes for little bits of drill chaff. I found several very sharp pieces of curly aluminum from the drilling process. Not really a weakness but you want to get that sheite out. | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager super stocks, Mavic 239(flexable at best). some low end sun L18 or somesuch. | | Bike Setup: | Full suspension XC rig. 100mm travel both ends. | | Bottom Line: | A very nice rim !I got the 0 degree XC and XC lite. They are both great rims. I laced them up to an XTR front hub(28 hole),and an XT rear(32). They have stayed strait and true with no adjustment at all! Its been at least 250 miles of off road bumps ,trails and jumps. They are very light weight and super strong. Very stiff and track great in nice tight singletrack. Great for anybody wanting a nice ride with out paying an arm and a leg for the 517. I would definitely buy them again.
five flaming frogs! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Temple,TX
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Sun/Ringle | | Strengths: | Stay True, pretty light, stop hard, look good, did I mention stay true | | Weaknesses: | With great spoke tension they look like they may stress, so do any mavics | | Similar Products Used: | Ryhno lites(tough, use to train on) | | Bike Setup: | Giant XTC SE, 0* XC/XT hubs/dt spokes, panaracer fire x/c, Manitou Mars | | Bottom Line: | I am not a little guy(190-200). I bashed these things at Flat Creek for 9 1/2 miles in a race, 13 miles preriding, and over a hundred at BLORA(it ain't smooth there) and have not had to do any major repairs. Can't say that for Mavic Cross Links. These guys are light and stay true. The sidewalls really stop hard. I ride Rhyno Lites mostly, but I am not scared to take these out if I don't feel like changing them. What kind of booger eatin' moron runs into a curb and doesn't think it should bend a rim. Learn to bunny hop or ride on trails. No rim is idiot proof. As for skinny and his 185 lbs., try building a wheel right and it will last. That helps alot. I really like these things, and the dude I talked to at Sun was super cool.
Keep the tires in the dirt. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh
a Cross Country Rider
from Fairfax, VA
Date Reviewed: March 16, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Light, strong, stays true, machined sides, looks sweet in red, Sun/Ringle customer service is A-1. Dirt cheap if you buy them from Sun/Ringle "factory outlet" | | Similar Products Used: | too many to list | | Bike Setup: | Spicer custom aluminum, Mega-9 XT/XTR drivetrain, Manitou SXRTDS fork, Bontrager Crowbar, King HS, Sun Rhyno Lites and 0 degrees (depending on where I'm riding), XTR and Ringle hubs | | Bottom Line: | Got these rims and some Rhyno Lites from Sunrims.com, sun/Ringle's website. They have a section called the "outlet" or something like that that sells product that supposedly has scratches or dings or whatever. I have ordered about 10 things from this "outlet" and have yet to find even the smallest scratch, ding, or defect in any of them! The prices are ridiculously cheap - like $20-$30 for rims that usually cost $60-$100. Check it out.
This is not the first set of these rims I've bought - they are the 5th - for my other bike and for some friends who also have no complaints about them. They're not THE lightest, but are pretty damn light. Strong, and keep their true just fine. The sides are machined for smooth braking (I don't think the 0 degree lite has machined edges, though) Besides that, they look good in red, black, yellow, or silver (the colors that are available). Can't beat the value or performance.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dirk
a Cross Country Rider
from Belgium
Date Reviewed: November 4, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | strong, reliable, easy to build, stays true, good looks | | Weaknesses: | weight is not as advertized: 412 gr advertized, in reality 448, 442, 435 | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic Crossride | | Bottom Line: | Fine rim which is easy to build and stays true. I'd suggest to buy a new scale at Sun | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob Michaels
a Cross Country Rider
from Apopka FL
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | tomorrow's | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Sun Web Site | | Strengths: | stay true, bulletproof, low price | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | many rims from Mavic, Bontrager, Weiman, Specialized, Richey and others | | Bike Setup: | '98 Bianchi BOSS single speed, Pauls hubs, DT 14/15 spokes, various tires | | Bottom Line: | These rims haven't needed truing since I built them up a year ago. They're on a rigid single speed and I'm a 220 lb. basher. Light, cheap and stay round and true; you can't ask for anything else in a rim. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
erik
a Cross Country Rider
from corte madera
Date Reviewed: August 4, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | it's a nice light rim. | | Weaknesses: | not durable enough for some over 180 lbs. | | Similar Products Used: | cane creek,bontrager, mavic | | Bike Setup: | an old M2 with a sid xc. | | Bottom Line: | they are probably a good rim, but if you weigh 180 or more lbs go with a different rim. one ride down mt tam and i just about ripped to rim in half. a pinched flat which bent the rim to the point of pulling it off my bike. i weighed 185ish when this happened. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob
a Weekend Warrior
from Davis, CA
Date Reviewed: May 21, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | 2nd Divide | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Light, Strong, WIDE | | Weaknesses: | None yet | | Similar Products Used: | Bonty, Mavic Rims | | Bottom Line: | These are a great rim. The big width makes tire changes a cakewalk, even with really big tires. They've held up to six months of all-around abuse, but are still light enough to get used for XC racing. I'm quite pleased. In my experience, Mavic rims are crummy, Bonty's are good, but these are better because of the extra width. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ralph McNall
a Cross Country Rider
from Claremont, CA
Date Reviewed: January 26, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Bottom Line: | I've been riding them hard for a year and haven't had to true them once. Nothing else needs to be said. They great - case closed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kgg
a Cross Country Rider
from slc, ut
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | holds spokes in place, looks OK | | Weaknesses: | weak, not tire-change friendly | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey OCR, Mavic 217, Specialized | | Bottom Line: | This rim dented in a big way going over a curb edge. I didn't even pinch flat, but it suffered. This was on a 36 spoke rear. I'm not light (200 lbs) and I imagine these rims will work well for lots of folks, but my experience was less than great. If you can get it cheap and you aren't very heavy it's probably worth a try. It's also very tough to change tires on these rims. Finally, this wheel was supposedly hand-built by people at Sun — if so, it must have been the first wheel this person ever built. The dish was so far off (1/2-3/4" perhaps) that I had to spend a couple hours working on it before I could ride on it. I wouldn't buy them again, nor would I buy a wheel that was built by Sun. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Heather
a Downhiller
from Bonney Lake, WA
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | 19th hole, Squamish BC | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Nice and light, yet pretty durable. | | Weaknesses: | Gets a little out of true when doing 3-4 foot drops and you're abusing them a bit. | | Similar Products Used: | cheap stuff | | Bike Setup: | totally modified Specialized A1 rockhopper comp:freeride setup | | Bottom Line: | These rims are a good strong rim for light freeriding. Anything over about 4' and they are going to get way out of true. I've put them through a beating up to 4' jumps and stunts and they've held up good. Have to tweak them a bit sometimes. Buy if your not going to go over 4' drops and you still want a very nice XC rim these are ones to buy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kenneth P.
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | right now? Gillespie Gulch | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | price, finish, USA made | | Weaknesses: | brake track wear | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic | | Bike Setup: | GT hardtail w/Z2 Atom Bomb, XT hubs, butted spokes, alloy nipples | | Bottom Line: | I've gone through so many Mavic rims. Finally switched to the Suns. They seem strong to me. Like any wheel you gotta keep the spokes properly tensioned and these hardly ever need tweaking. Seems like a good sign. The ultimate test came the other day when I (stupidly) ran over the front wheel with the car. Completely munched the skewer, but the wheel was only out of true a couple of millimeters!
The only reason I worry about brake track wear is that the brakes leave lots of gray aluminum residue after wet rides.
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Submitted by
Chris Keller
a Racer
from Englewood
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Mathews, Falcon, or Apex | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | My whole bike team races this rim except for some rich freaks that run DeeMax.These are really light, strong, and look pretty damn cool!Even though their XC, I always do downhill on all my bikes that have these rims on 'em.I may only be 15, but I thrash my equipment every day and it seams like I've had these things forever.These rock! | | Weaknesses: | Ummmmm..... On my first pair, I cased them really bad at a race and it got a HUGE dent in the brake wall.2 weeks after that did the same thing on a street ride and the wall totally colapsed.Not as bad as it sounds. | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey,Cane Creek,Mavic,Azonic. | | Bike Setup: | Custome frame,Monster-T, Sunn 0 XC(of coarse),Shirmano 636 DX,FSA pro carbon cranks,Race face Ti BB,Hayes hydro,Sram 9.0sl, half pipe for the rear der, and '99 plazma for the front der.Panaracer DH wheels,Spot hubs.Thats just some. | | Bottom Line: | These rims rock! The kick hard ass at DH,DS,and are really light and strong for the $money$.When I turn 18, I'm goin' to Vegas and getting married to these rims!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Racer
from Voutour
Date Reviewed: October 19, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
any single track | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Light, strong. | | Weaknesses: |
Break track wore so thin they eveloped cracks. | | Similar Products Used: |
Mavic, Ritchy | | Bike Setup: |
Schwin Homegrown XT Full XT, Judy etc. | | Bottom Line: | The rim performed well, would of liked to got a little more time than one season. I am a big rider and am hard on equip. Finally toasted the thing tonight on a night ride. Off the drop on the stump ah la square wheel but hey no pinch flat and finished the ride to my and my clubs surpize. The rim was actually seprating the box was coming off the brake track two thirds the way arond the hoop and I still finished. Ill buy them again. I'd give them 5 but for the premature sidewall failure. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
eric
a Cross-Country Rider
from n.cal
Date Reviewed: September 26, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
stays true after i'm done with it
light, though not the lightest
inexpensive
nice color scheme | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Bike Setup: |
rigid single speed
paul hubs | | Bottom Line: | these rims rock. i weight over 200 lbs. and ride very bumpy and rocky trails and these rims haven't gone out of true yet, even when they were laced wrong and didn't even notice that for the first month. they were about half the other rims of same weight and quality. will definitely get these again. maybe even the 0deg. lites, by then i should be under 200 and will have a little more confidence in those. absolutly 5 chilies | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rudedog
a Cross-Country Rider
from Portland, OR
Date Reviewed: August 13, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Pretty strong,
Beat back round relatively well,
relatively light | | Weaknesses: |
Neewded to beaten back to round | | Similar Products Used: |
Blah blah blah | | Bike Setup: |
DeKerf Team SL w/Judy XC | | Bottom Line: | 32 hole DT 14/15 for two years on XT F&R (oh, well) and I'm ~145 lbs. (205 lbs. loaded for camping) and have had pretty good luck, overall. They track well, handle drops (up to 4 ft. w/pack) and bumps pretty well. The other day, I dropped ~3.5 ft., dodged a bottle at trashhole (Hagg lake) and slammed a rock and tacoed the F. (In the wheels defense, a friend told me a 2 ft. dia. rock went flying across the trail as I ate). A couple of slams on a log, some work with the spoke wrench, and I was able to ride back to base (~3 mi.) w/no major prob's, but not true. Another 2 mi. on another, mellow, flat ride and they don't look so good. Time to rebuild - either Sun Mammoth or Bontrager Mustang or Valiant. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
russellbobrowski
a Racer
from thunder bay ,ont
Date Reviewed: June 23, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
mt everst | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
-strong
-light(for the strength)
-nice price (staff discount-ha,ha). | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Similar Products Used: |
mavic's,sun ryno light | | Bike Setup: |
brodie nuculas judy-englunds, xt,king, sun wheelset,white bros. ti bar | | Bottom Line: | strongest rim for the weight come in a multitude of pimpin coulers, they roll nice on my king hubs-ha,ha | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
person
a Racer
from everywhere
Date Reviewed: May 2, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
I'm sorry did i miss something, they have good qualites | | Weaknesses: |
Im got better stuff to do than sit here for a couple hours listing the weaknesses | | Bottom Line: | This product sucks.. ..nothing else to say but i pitty anyone who already owns these rims or is going to. Don't listen to the man on your shoulder, put down that gun and don't buy these rims. Do something sensible with your money!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
no name
a Weekend Warrior
from somewhere
Date Reviewed: May 2, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
easy to shape into shapes other than a circle, and you can make bracelets out of the spokes | | Weaknesses: |
if you like braclets (like superman ) none | | Similar Products Used: |
none compare to the crappiness of them | | Bottom Line: | The Bottom Line, the little man is evil, he is out to destroy, to listen to him is to throw your soul away into a bottomless pit and have it fall very far to have it hit no bottom leaving you in deep dispair think whatever you have done. What have you done, no Jimmy, NO!!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
SUPERMAN
a Cross-Country Rider
from KRYPTON 3
Date Reviewed: May 2, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
they are stronger than my irony muscles... | | Weaknesses: |
they attract to much attention for supermans liking | | Similar Products Used: |
none compare | | Bike Setup: |
fsr bomber Z1 | | Bottom Line: | sweet sweet ... buy some... listen to the man on your shoulder.. trust me
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Submitted by
J.
a Weekend Warrior
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: March 17, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Spin well, excellent construction | | Weaknesses: |
Price | | Similar Products Used: |
Ritchey OCR | | Bike Setup: |
98 A1 FS Stumpy,
97 FS-Ti | | Bottom Line: | One of the best cycling products ever made. They are U.S. made (God loves the soot over S. Chicago/Indiana) and have an awesome rep out here. I bought these because I found a good deal. Laced up w/ DT 14/15, brassies, (fr.) White Ind. Tracker and XT rear. Too bad most U.S. made rear hubs cost more than books for college. LIVE AND LEARN! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matt
a racer
from fl
Date Reviewed: January 16, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I bought a pair of wheels that were made by sun rims. They were 28 hole front and 32 hole rear with white tracker hubs and dt revolution spokes. Tipping the scales at the same weight as crossmax these wheels were superb. I use these for training and racing, and never true them . That is a pretty good feat seeing as how i weigh 185 lbs. They even endured the treachors of beginner catagory races ten times and held their true. For $250 bucks you can't go wrong with these wheels. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a weekend warrior
from Wyoming
Date Reviewed: December 20, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Officially through with my first season on a set of wheels built with these hubs. I have beatent the crap out of these things, and usually run pretty low (35 psi) tire pressure, and have never even had to true them. Unlike the piece of shi* Mavice 217's I was running. Plus they are about half the price and made in America. Best rim out there. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pablo Montoya
a cross-country rider
from Venezuela
Date Reviewed: October 23, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
This rims are to strong for their weight, I didn't know 24 grms of material could make such a difference in reliability, this hoops can take anything/anyone, your weight doesn't matter they just don't change their original shape, and they are super inexpensive too!!, anyway MAVIC SUCKS, this rims have all of the mavic goodies (UB,SUP) plus they don't charge for the color(red or black), like mavic does. The difference in tire weights can make up for the minimal extra weight, why do you want a 400 grm rim you have to true monthly if you are using a 600+ tire (...raptors, Ritchey Z-max, or whatever it is that you are ridding), just save the extra money to buy a new set of light/durable tires (like GEAX or Mythos to name a few) this could save you up to 100 grms. PER WHEEL, so you'll end up with much stronger wheels, less rotational weight and a new pair of tires!! Just a thought.... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel M.
a
from New York City
Date Reviewed: October 5, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Great rim! It replaced an Specialized Z-21. I rebuilt the wheel with the old STX Hub, 15g Stainless Steel spokes and Nips. Because of the eyelets and great quality-I built up the wheel with higher overall tension than I normally do. After a few hundred miles on some nasty trails, this setup has hardly gone out of true. The welded rim and machined surface makes for great braking-its smooth and powerful-plus it looks kickass. These things are confidence inspiring, just don't let your rear PSI get too low or you risk denting the sidewalls (several of these on my old Z-21 sent it to the junkpile)-although the rim looks like it could withstand quite a whack. For 40bucks mailorder-I don't think you can get a better rim for the money. Its not the lightest rim available, but I probably has the best strength to weight per dollar ratio around. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Larry
a weekend warrior
from Indiana
Date Reviewed: September 25, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
these rims are great. i have always liked sun rims because...well, because
Mavic sucks. There, it's out. I can't stand those smug french bastards
talking about how superior to us they are while they're building rims that
caused NED to flat out of 1st place. My 138's suffered from the usual (for
Mavic) brake thump because their rims are crap and don't line up when they're
pinned together. Buy SUN. F..K Mavic. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
keith
a cross-country rider
from LI, NY
Date Reviewed: August 19, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
These wheels are real tough. I have put numerous dings in the side wall and they still roll in a perfectly trued circle. I have them set up with DT db spokes and XTR hubs. I abuse the hell out of my bike and these rims will not give up, In the past I have tacoed rims less than a month old. The are not on the light side but I would not call them heavy either. You can not go wrong! They get four chilis. I have ye | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a racer
from Atlanta
Date Reviewed: August 17, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
These rims are heavy so I though they'd be strong. I was racing Cross-country a few weeks ago and just after the finnish line there was a 2 or 3 foot jump. After the second lap I came cruising through and hit the jump. I landed it perfectly and there shouls have been no problem but these rims flatenned out. Stupid rims. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mIKUs
a cross-country rider
from All of the United States of America
Date Reviewed: July 9, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Sun 0 degree XC's are the atom bizzomb...no foolin...these are the best rims I've owned yet in my 6 years of MTBing...or maybe it's just the db DT spokes mated perfectly to XT hubs via BikeShopBills.....anyhow, I love these babies....they are purty as all heck to look at, and they roll straight and true as anything I've tried....I don't think you can beat em for the price, or even 50$ more....got mine for the lolo sum of $150 couple months ago....seeya at mah groovin website--http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/3334 | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Éric
a cross-country rider
from Canada, Québec
Date Reviewed: June 30, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Great, great, great rims!!! I really like the o° XC, they are light, got a very good breaking surface et they are very though for there weight. Good stuff. I used them both on dry and wet surfaces and with my V brake they gived me a lot of power breaking. Buy it if you need to change your wheels and you won't be dissapointed!!! | | Overall Rating: |
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