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Submitted by
Robert Swinburne
a Cross Country Rider
from Brattleboro Vermont
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | out the back door | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | very light, super low bearing friction | | Weaknesses: | noisy rachet
| | Bike Setup: | Klein hardtail, xt v brakes | | Bottom Line: | I weigh 150 lbs. the wheels have several thousand miles on them and periodically need the ratchets in the rear hub cleaned. Otherwise they are super smooth and stay true. Sun Ringle acually sent me some extra!
the rims are getting worn and I can't seem to find replacement. This is the reason for 4 chilis | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Craig Smith
a Cross Country Rider
from Waxahachie, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: December 28, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Tyler State Park, Texas | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | Fitness in Motion, Dallas | | Strengths: | Stay true, even after abuse, very low friction, rear hub sound is great (like a card in the spokes!), strong in the corners. | | Weaknesses: | could weigh a little less, rims need degreasing after long rides to maximize brake efficiency (but what wheel does'nt?) | | Similar Products Used: | mavic | | Bike Setup: | Proflex 4000 1998, all XTR, V-Brakes | | Bottom Line: | Awesome wheel for the money!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ferran Verdu
a Racer
from Atlanta, GA
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Olympic in Conyers, GA | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$280.00 | | Purchased At: | SuperGo | | Strengths: | Great pair of wheels. Maintenance free for over 3 years. The rims are strait as an arrow and the hubs are in excellent shape. I have riden the hell out of this wheels. I have overhauled my bike two times and did not have to work or replace my wheels. I am overhauling my bike as we speak and found my rear freewheel internally damaged. I haven't been succesful in finding parts so I bought another pair of Sun Ringles. | | Weaknesses: | None, other than finding hub parts | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano | | Bike Setup: | Cross-Country Litespeed Obed bike with front Rock Shox SID, Race Face Cranks, Synchros components, front XTR deraileur, Grip Shift 9.0 SL, Avid brake sets, and Bontrager tires. | | Bottom Line: | Money well spent | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shawn Murphy
a Racer
from Austin, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Warda, Rockyhill Ranch | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came with Bike | | Strengths: | Absolutely BombProof!!! I ride pretty gnarly trails here in Austin with 2-3ft droppoffs, one after another, and these are still perfectly true. I have weighed 185-200 lbs since having the bike. | | Weaknesses: | None Found yet. Just came back from a 250 mile Hut to Hut ride Telluride to Moab, and still have had no problem with the rear hub as I have read some have. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic rims with Ringle hubs | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Schwinn Homegrown Factory Limited - 21" Frame, whole Bike @ 23lbs with a few heavy parts (rockshox seatpost, Downhill pedals) | | Bottom Line: | Although these came on the Bike I don't think I could have made a better choice for a wheelset. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Will
a Cross Country Rider
from Bay Area
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | AirBomb | | Strengths: | Relatively light, solid. | | Weaknesses: | Rear hub needs attention. | | Similar Products Used: | XTR/Mavic wheels | | Bike Setup: | S-Works FSR | | Bottom Line: | After 2 years of regular, hard riding in all kinds of weather, the rims are almost toast. But that's to be expected.
These are good, affordable wheels that can stand up to heavy use. Sun-Ringle definitely has some quality control issues, but my wheels were good out of the box and I haven't had to worry about spoke tension for almost 2 years of regular riding. Then again, I'm no Clydesdale. The only weakness is the rear hub. When properly maintained, it performs beautifully. But this is not a Shimano ride-it-and-forget-it type hub. You need to rebuild it -- or take it to your LBS and have the shop kids rebuild it -- at least once a season. The front hub seems much less tempermental. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve Eckardt
a Racer
from Huntington, IN, USA
Date Reviewed: January 15, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Franke Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$190.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Very light - good quality hubs - decent rims - the right price | | Weaknesses: | Bonded rims? | | Similar Products Used: | Nuke Proof Bombshell/Campagnolo Stheno - Shimano LX/Mavic X222 | | Bike Setup: | Giant aluminum hardtail-Manitou fork-SRAM 9.0 drivetrain-Avid brakes-RaceFace bb-Truvativ crank & headset-flite Ti saddle | | Bottom Line: | This is actually the RPM lite wheelset; I bought it for $189+S&H from JensonUSA. I have not ridden these wheels yet; this is just an initial review. I'll post another one later this summer/fall. Overall the quality is pretty good. I've heard good things about Ringle hubs and these seem to be put together nice & solid. The rear hub on this set is the 439 lite with alloy cassette body (I checked it with a magnet to make sure). The front hub is the Son Of Bubba. The O Degree lite rims look to be bonded, but I had a set of bonded Campy's years ago and they held up pretty well. The wheels seem to be built up OK, we will see how well in a couple of months. Jenson and Sun/Ringle advertise this wheelset at 1670 grams. I weighed it on a digital scale at work and got 1696 grams, that's only about a 1.5% difference which is pretty darn close. One of my riding partners uses the regular 439 hub w/O Deg lite rim (3X) and says they are bulletproof. He is an expert class racer so I'm pretty confident the rear should hold up, even though this one is laced 2X. From visual inspection and weight, this seems to be a decent set of wheels. We'll know more towards the end of the season. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ville Lekholm
a Cross Country Rider
from Sweden
Date Reviewed: August 5, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | Velodrom Stockholm | | Strengths: | Light weight, impressive strength | | Weaknesses: | 2-crossed rear wheel requires uncommon spoke-length, bearings not quite suited for Swedish conditions. | | Similar Products Used: | XT/DT comp/X217 ceramic, Mavic Crossride | | Bike Setup: | F2000 '98 | | Bottom Line: | Great Wheels at a good price. Rear hub makes a lovely metallic noise. Hubs could have been lighter, but they're light enough. Exceptionally built! These wheels require no truing at all unless you have a wajor misshap. Even then the wheels seem unusually tough. Revolution spokes on the drive-side of the rear wheel make the it flex a bit. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
J H
a Weekend Warrior
from LETHBRIDGE
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | too many | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | second hand 1month old | | Strengths: | nicly light, make sound of a machine doing somthing durable I can fix or replace the parts without confusing the shop while asking for parts. Price | | Weaknesses: | front has flex. If I put my thumb to side of the front wheel it only takes about 20 pounds of force to get the rim to touch the brake. | | Similar Products Used: | lots of traditional wheels built to be light. No other compleat systems. | | Bike Setup: | Dekerf s.t. bomber,low riser, magura rim brake, race face crank and head set. | | Bottom Line: | I like these wheels. My first real trip with them was to a ski hill to ride the lifts-no truing-. Aswell as several basic cross country rides-still no truing-. last week I went wide on a corner doing 30k + hit a burm the front wheel took the hit for the bike and my collar bone took the hit for me. result -wheel no truing-me cant find tools to fix broken collar bone-.The front wheel does flex but with only 20 spokes it probably should my bikes not light but with these wheels it feels light when pedaling and thats what counts. And for what they retail for you just cant go wrong. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ken Fong
a Cross Country Rider
from SF, CA
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Anywhere | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$230.00 | | Purchased At: | SuperGo | | Strengths: | Light | | Weaknesses: | The company needs to answer their phones or respond to multiple emails. | | Similar Products Used: | Super Bubbas, Deore XT | | Bottom Line: | Going to have to put Sun-Ringle on the suck wall.
The cassette flange has a lot of play and a piece cracked off. So I've been hearing about this recall. Yes, if I can get a hold of them to warranty this thing. Left emails and voice messages without any response. Bike is in its 2nd week of being down.
Had very good experience in the past with Ringle hubs. Looks like what was then doesn't apply to now.
Can't be of any value if I can't ride.
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Submitted by
Matthew
a Cross Country Rider
from Lake Charles LA
Date Reviewed: January 28, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$230.00 | | Purchased At: | Super GO | | Strengths: | Great price, light weight. | | Weaknesses: | Come out of true for the first few rides then they are great. If you plan to buy this wheelset in the future make sure to have the rear hub rebuilt. There is a "recall" on the hub. Once mine is fixed it should be a great ride. | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Rim on avillo hubs(heavy) | | Bike Setup: | Ionic w\ XT Chris King, Race face, THomson, Selle, oury, | | Bottom Line: | Get the rear hub rebuilt, and be patient for the first 20-30 miles. After that ride like hell. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
SCOTT
a Cross Country Rider
from NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA
Date Reviewed: January 6, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | ARCHERS ALLEY | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | INCLINE SPORTS | | Strengths: | LIGHT & STRONG | | Weaknesses: | MY REAR FREEHUB SLIPS AFTER EVERY STREAM CROSSING!? | | Similar Products Used: | LX/221's | | Bike Setup: | ZASKAR FRAME, X-FLY, MONKEY LITE, NEXT LP SPLINED COMING | | Bottom Line: | STAY TRUE, LIGHT & SWEET LOOKING.
DON'T GET 'EM WET. I'M GOING TO CALL SUN TO FIND OUT WHAT
TO DO. WOULD BE A 5 BUT WE CROSS A LOTA STREAMS ON THE EAST COAST! I WOULD RECOMEND THESE TO ANYONE AS A MAVIC ALTERNATIVE. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
BBC
a Cross Country Rider
from Ithaca, NY
Date Reviewed: December 17, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$320.00 | | Strengths: | Light, stiff, stealth | | Weaknesses: | Hubs | | Similar Products Used: | LX hub, Mavic rim, DT spokes | | Bike Setup: | DBR Axis: Sid XC, SRAM 9.0/Shimano XT, Avid levers, XTR brakes
| | Bottom Line: | I've finally been riding these wheels for long enough to write a real review. I love these wheels! They're super light, super stiff, and a great deal.
Two downsides: I weigh 135 lbs. and ride the RPM Lite. The Lite may be too light for riders over 160 lbs. If you meet this criterion, go with the regular RPMs; they have more spokes. I've had some issues with the hubs. The front hub squeeked a bit for about a week after I had been riding dusty northern California trails for a month and then the noise went away. Also, they free hub occasionaly slips before engaging (very rarely, about once a month). I expected a bit more from Ringle.
Dispite this, these wheels are great and I give them five thingies. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Greig
a Weekend Warrior
from Greenville SC
Date Reviewed: October 21, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Any think in Pisgah NC | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Friend | | Strengths: | Light , low cost, easy to mantain. easy spoke replacement. strong. No truing needed. | | Weaknesses: | Rear hub. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic wheel sets. | | Bike Setup: | Heckler, Z1 alloy. Kooka, Ringle post, avid arch rival 50's. | | Bottom Line: | Over 1 year of hard riding and 2 races and countless crashes and the rear wheel finaly died. Rear rim cracked all the way around, wierd. Rear hub is busted inside. Worn out. The rear hub needs to be stronger, I've seen too many of these Rear hubs go bad too quick. I've seen new ones broken on the 1st ride. The front wheel has been trued once in 1.6 years. Over all I'm 200+lbs and ride hard and crash hard. Damn Good looking wheels but if you dont get lucky and get a good rear hub your "F"d up. If the price is right buy them! You might get lucky. I would give a 5 but 3-4 might be in line. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Racer
from Madison, WI
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Blackhawk Ski Hill | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Very Light, especially compared to my old Superstocks
Fast rolling hubset
Acceleration/Power transfer
| | Weaknesses: | Some may find the ratcheting rear hub a little annoying but I like it | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager Superstock | | Bike Setup: | Y2k Trek 7000, Yellow, Race Face (BB, Stem, Seatpost, Crankset), XT (Cassette,both derraileurs), Bontrager Jones AC tires, Time ATAC pedals, Selle Italia Flite Gel Ti saddle, Avid Arch Rival 40 brakes. | | Bottom Line: | Sweet wheelset. Much lighter than my Superstocks, found them at a really good price ($220 at Supergo) Definitely a good upgrade, actually out of necessity...I dented my other wheelset rather nicely bunnyhopping a log in a race. Did my first race with the new wheelset THis Sunday and what a difference! If it's on your list of possibilities, get it. 'nuff said | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
K2Kid
a Cross Country Rider
from Roseville
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Dyke 8 (Folsom Point) | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo.com | | Strengths: | Light weight and fast rolling! | | Weaknesses: | Three big ugly stickers "Sun Ringle R.P.M. Light". Who needs that? | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Sub IV, Ritchy | | Bike Setup: | K2 3000 - XTR Brakes/Drive Train, Race Face cranks, Monkey light bars and now the Sun Ringle R.P.M. Lights | | Bottom Line: | This is a great wheel set. I am a 200 lbs rider who races XC and loves to DH whenever I have a chance. These wheels/hubs roll very fast and as an added bonus look great. It is always nice to get a solid product and builds confidence with performance that also looks cool. As for the noisy rear hub it works as a perfect horn on tight single track for slow rider, joggers, and walkers just fly up on them and let it rip. Long story short I have already put over 100 miles of single track and down hill on this wheel set and have improved time on all my rides, you have to like that! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete
a
from P'tree City
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Strong rims and smooth hubs | | Weaknesses: | freehub bearings | | Similar Products Used: | see earlier review | | Bike Setup: | Haro XCS(Intense Tracer)Groovy baby. | | Bottom Line: | Noticed some slop in the cassette which LBS found to be blown out bearing races in the freehub. LBS got tired of waiting on Sun so they ordered new Enduro bearings and got me back out. LBS lent me a rear wheel while I waited. Try that with mail order. I finished the last mile of a race on a flat rear tire and it didn't even need to be trued. Great product but crappy support. LBS came through. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug
a Cross Country Rider
from Conifer,CO
Date Reviewed: May 25, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Buffalo Creek - all of it | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Cheap
Loud Rear Hub
light and strong | | Weaknesses: | Out of the box they suck!
Company doesn't have good service | | Similar Products Used: | XT/517
LX/217 | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale CAAD3
Marz Z2 A Bomb | | Bottom Line: | I took these rims to replace my blown out xt/517. Road them once and had to true the rear. Road them again. Had to true the rear again. Spoke tension was terrible. Express shipped the rear rim back. Costs alot to express ship. It sat on their docks for 3 days!! They rebuilt the rear rim on the same hub and sent it back. I have ridden them about 300 miles of single track since then and I have not gotten near them with a spoke wrench. I am not even sure where my truing stand is anymore. I am a big guy and ride almost every day the weather will allow and haven't had any problems with the hubs or rims since getting them back from Sun/Ringle. Great wheelset if you don't mind sending them back once. 1 chili off for frustration with them out of the box.
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Submitted by
Pete Waldeck
a Cross Country Rider
from P'tree City Ga
Date Reviewed: January 17, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Fontana NC | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | light for the price,very smooth bearings,loud freewheel gets people out of the way during a race, black goes with everything | | Weaknesses: | didn't come with Hooters girl or Intense Uzzi | | Similar Products Used: | XT hubs/Bontrager Mustangs | | Bike Setup: | Spankondale caaaad3,sx-r fork,King headset, shimano xtr,xt,lx stuff | | Bottom Line: | slap some greenlites and pythons on these and hang on for dear life. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
PJ
a Cross-Country Rider
from Vermont
Date Reviewed: December 12, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Strong
Looks Great
Priced Right
Loud Rear Hub | | Weaknesses: |
Loud Rear Hub | | Similar Products Used: |
XT/217 | | Bike Setup: |
Dean Scout,9.0SL,Syncros | | Bottom Line: | Had these for a year. Ridden in Moab, Colorado, Vt. Stood up to very aggressive riding, have not had to true them yet. I've taken some serious falls which would have tacoed any mavics. Bottom line: Best value factory wheelset around. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Racer
from Greenfield, IN
Date Reviewed: November 29, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Kokopelli | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Responsive
Light
Durable - Stayed true | | Weaknesses: |
Slight front wheel flex | | Similar Products Used: |
Sun CR18/LX Hubs
Weinmann Rims/Fisher, LX Hubs | | Bike Setup: |
'97 C'dale F1000, Fatty70 HeadShok | | Bottom Line: | Impressive wheels for the price. They feel light and nimble, climb and accellerate very well. Stayed true out of the box on entire Kokopelli trail even though I pinch flatted and ripped a hole in my tire. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mootzila
a Racer
from Texas
Date Reviewed: November 23, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Good looks, good weight, good price | | Weaknesses: |
NONE | | Similar Products Used: |
several, including Rolf, Mavic, and White Industries | | Bike Setup: |
Used with a Marin hardtail in '98 and a Trek 8900 in '99 | | Bottom Line: | Super cool wheelset! Rode hard 2 seasons and never had to use a spoke wrench! Look good and the price is right | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul Arlinghaus
a Cross-Country Rider
from Indianapolis, IN
Date Reviewed: November 13, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Props Run | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Great combination of weight, stiffness, cost, and servicability | | Weaknesses: |
I would like to see higher spoke tension out of the box | | Similar Products Used: |
XT hubs/sun rims | | Bike Setup: |
Schwinn Homegrown, Manitou SXTI Carbon, XTR | | Bottom Line: | I like a stiff wheelset. I had a 98 rpm wheelset with rev spokes, but thought it had too much flex. I added tension to the spokes for my 99 rpm wheelset (14/15 gauge spokes), and never looked back. Now with a whole season of abuse they are still true, but I have dented the rear rim. Because they use traditional spokes and rims, I can easily rebuild the wheels with new rims. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
goldilocks
a Weekend Warrior
from long island, ny
Date Reviewed: November 13, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
case mtn ct. | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
great deal even at the $300 i paid.
very true/solid rims
best hubs ive ever owned | | Weaknesses: |
out of box needed trueing and tensioning
(slightly) | | Similar Products Used: |
c.kingw/bontrager bcx 1 fr
xtr w/bontrager bcx2 rlx/mavic 222 | | Bike Setup: |
proflex 757 noleen/girvin fork | | Bottom Line: | long term wheelset! went out of true only one time in over a year of 240lb rider abuse. wider rim gives nice profile if you run 2.1 or bigger tires
hub mechanism hooks up smoothly and solidly excellent strength to weight ratio
very rigid laterally
can't say enough good about them -best upgrade on any bike i've ever owned | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JC
a Cross-Country Rider
from NY
Date Reviewed: October 17, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Porcupine rim | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
True as the day I bought them
Low cost
Cool style
Cool sound | | Weaknesses: |
None | | Similar Products Used: |
XT/Mavic 217s | | Bike Setup: |
Dean Scout, GS 9.0sl, XTR, Synchros | | Bottom Line: | These are a great buy. I've ridden them in Moab, Colorado, and all over the east coast. I tend to be a very aggressive, technically oriented rider, and have had a fair number of hard crashes. No need to true these yet, even with V-brakes set up close to the rims. I cant believe how strong these are. Coupled with the $250 pricetag at velosports, these are one of the best buys yet. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Forrest Arakawa
a Downhiller
from Oakland CA
Date Reviewed: October 11, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Big Trees | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Lightweight.
Cost.
Finish.
Workmanship. | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Similar Products Used: |
Crossmax, 217's 517's specialized. | | Bike Setup: |
WTB Ti Phoenix, Manitou SX Ti | | Bottom Line: | I use a hartail for my bmx/cross and DH bike, so it really gets abused. The trails around my house consist rocky drop-offs, dirt jumps, log jumps, rocky root sections and fast singletrack. These wheels have taken a few trees straight on at full speed and stayed tru. I have managed to whack them pretty good but they always come back. You will be hard pressd to find a better wheel for the price. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric Przepierski
a Cross-Country Rider
from Erie, PA
Date Reviewed: September 14, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Ringle built mine very strong, especially for a 28 x 28 laced, with 14/15 guage spokes, and O degree lite rims. | | Weaknesses: |
Front flexes a tad, but remains straight. | | Similar Products Used: |
Crossmax, and specialized own wheels | | Bike Setup: |
Specialized stumpjumper with 99 SX ti | | Bottom Line: | These wheels are great deal for the price, Crossmax lied about the weight of there wheels and the R.P.M. s why about 50 grams more in the front, and 80 in the back. Quite a steaconsidering crossmax's cost 700, and I only payed 300. Very strong, very fast, but loud, the noise the rear makes is pretty coo. They have held up in the rockiest of terrain, and lasted over crashes and XC races. They are still straight to this day. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Cross-Country Rider
from PA
Date Reviewed: August 31, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Kennerdell | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Nice rolling, Light wheelset from Sun. No problems out of the box, running smooth after beating the hell out of them. Freewheel has an old school BMX whir. | | Weaknesses: |
How do you true a radial laced front wheel? | | Similar Products Used: |
Xt hubset with Swami matrix rims. | | Bike Setup: |
manitou Mach sx Ti on an aluminum Trek 8500. | | Bottom Line: | great buy for 250 beans. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Cross-Country Rider
from Maryland
Date Reviewed: August 9, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
reasonable weight
price ($250 at airbomb.com)
cool looks and sound
quick engagement
silky smooth hubs | | Weaknesses: |
Rear went our of true after a rock gashed the rim (first ride out, of course). Weight could trimmed. | | Similar Products Used: |
stock LX/221 | | Bike Setup: |
1998 Cannondale Super V 1000
Fox Alps 5R, XT upgrades | | Bottom Line: | After reading the posts, I went with these for the reasonable weight and price. I had my LBS pro check spoke tension after shipping. The front is still true, but the rear was slightly off. A $5 add-on to the price of the wheel (still a steal over Crosslinks). So far, the wheels have been super smooth...a huge improvement over my old LX/221's. They've stayed true after some hard riding (I weight 195). I would recommend these to anyone looking for a good value and reasonable eight. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Drew
a Cross-Country Rider
from Boston
Date Reviewed: July 26, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
bow ridge/lynn woods | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Bottom Line: | This is an ammendment to my earlier entry. I had the rims re-tentioned and have since beat the piss out of them --- and they've stay reasonably true. More than I can say for the cross-links. I'll give 'em 4 chilis.... -1 for being a headache out-of-the |
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$ 350.00
