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Submitted by
senorspeedy
a Cross Country Rider
from edwardsville, il, usa
Date Reviewed: July 22, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | chubb | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | very strong, pretty colors in powder coat or anodized, tough side walls | | Weaknesses: | too narrow for am mtb to heavy for much else | | Similar Products Used: | alex rims, mavic | | Bike Setup: | Schwinn mesa gs, marzzochi marathon sl, this rim, panaracer fire xc | | Bottom Line: | These are tough to bend. Good bang for your buck rim as long as you don't have to worry about pinch flats do to the narrow profile. Would recommend this for cyclocross, commuters, hip fixies, and heavy road riders. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Amaury Garcia
a Cross Country Rider
from Poughkeepsie, NY USA
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | MTA Stewart "The Buffer" | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Online at Nashbar | | Strengths: | They hold true very well despite "dead on" hits. | | Weaknesses: | Sidewalls get dents and fold in on some areas causing pinch flats. Side walls have become concave on the braking surface. | | Bike Setup: | Gt Aggressor 1.0 ball burnished, Xt 8 spd. shifter/drive train/hubs, Race Face prodigy cranks, sram powerlink chain, Lx brake levers to avid brakes, Rock Shox duke xc uturn. Irc Mythos 1.95 | | Bottom Line: | I really like these rims because they are strong and look amazing in yellow. I've had them for slightly over three years and had to true them very few times. Unfortunately I've noticed that the braking surfaces and the rim seam, which appears to be separating, are not conducive to safe riding. I'm not sure how many miles i've put on them, I know its at least 1000 miles, but perhaps that has something to do with it. If those kinks could be worked out I would definately buy a new set. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
M Snow
a Cross Country Rider
from Mesa
Date Reviewed: November 13, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Pass Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Adventure Bike | | Strengths: | Tough Tough Tough, I tacoed French junk 'Mavic' replaced with better French junk Mavic. I bought Velocity VXC's These because of Dave's Wheels in Fountain Hills Reviews. He doesn't mfc anything, only assembles. There is a reason he stays with these Velocity's. I found out. These wheels have no wiggle, warp or wabble. | | Weaknesses: | There not made in France. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic | | Bike Setup: | Titus switchblade, Chris King Hubs, steel spokes, brass nipples, | | Bottom Line: | Buy these rims, I put a three body slams into these and never bent anything but my body around the top tube of my bike. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Seeker
a Cross Country Rider
from SC
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Offered in assymmetric rear rim model in 28,32,36 holes, front offered as symmetric, same drillings. Many colors available, anodize or powdercoat finish. Reasonable weight. Allows one to customize wheelset to user and conditions. | | Weaknesses: | Poor quality control. High percentage of rims defective at seam. Overall poor seam joint, poor seam alignment, builds into a wheel with a hump at the seam. Cracked eyelet during build (or came cracked and didn't notice it beforehand). | | Similar Products Used: | mavic, sun, wtb, araya, wolber | | Bike Setup: | NA | | Bottom Line: | This review is for the SYNERGY model. No significant use so far, will followup later. Comments based on buildup of rims into new wheelset only.
As stated above, very customizable wheel. Assym rear
builds into stronger wheel.
My gripe is the poor QC on this product. Bought 4 rims, 3 were somewhat defective. Worst seam connection/alignment of any rims i've used in years. Rim meets up crooked at seam, gaps in sidewalls at seam(not welded). Built wheels exhibit a hump in roundness at seam, either due to mismatch of rim ends or inadequate bending at rim ends prior to joining. Must tension the crap out of spokes at the seam area to take out the hump, and even then its still there.
I also found a split eyelet in one of the rims (not pulled out of rim, but split on interior side.
Two other rims I built at this time from another manufacturer (WTB) were flawless and built-up better. And these were significantly less expensive than the Velocity rims.
Sent worst rim back to Velocity, they replaced it under warranty ASAP, great CS. I spoke to two folks at Velocity about the rim seam issue, they were evasive in their responses, it appeared they were trying to hide a known quality issue. I'm surspect there's more out there in inventories.
I should note that my two Cane Creeks use velocity rims (similar to Synergy model but no eyelets), and those are flawless. I guess they get the "first quality" rims.
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Submitted by
Billy
a Downhiller
from Puyallup, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 21, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Some of my homemade DH courses | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Bonney Lake Bicycle | | Strengths: | Great Rim! I bought one for my Ellsworth after I busted My Sun Ringle Singletrack. I rode up and down stairs seeing if I could knock it out of true. I can't. Great Rim and Cool looks, especially with maxxis high rollers. | | Weaknesses: | None yet! | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Ringle Singletrack | | Bike Setup: | Ellsworth Specialist, Junior T, Singletrack up front, Velocity in back, Hayes in back, avid up front, Race face Diabolus, Easton EA 50 bars, Primo Platforms, and XT drivetrain | | Bottom Line: | Great rim for agressive riders. I work at the shop I bought them from, so might be kinda pricey after a buildup. Way better than any rim I have seen. Check one out, and you'll see what I mean. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Greg
a Cross Country Rider
from NE Ohio
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Many | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Nice looks, very strong, and reliable. | | Weaknesses: | A tad heavy, but a small trade-off for durability and strength. Extra long valve stems make life easier. | | Similar Products Used: | Bontranger Mustang & Mavics | | Bike Setup: | I have cycle cross with Deep-Vs (700cc) & MB with Deep Vs (26"). | | Bottom Line: | At 230lbs weak wheels do not last. With these rims I have no problems. On both my cycle cross & mountain bike the rims have been very reliable, with no problems. They stay true for the longest time.
I'm currently building the Velocity Synergy Disc Asym Rims. At 434 grams these are much lighter and will have to see if they hold up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott K
a Downhiller
from CT
Date Reviewed: January 31, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Benidorm Bikes | | Strengths: | Strength
Looks | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | No other rim compares. | | Bike Setup: | Kona Stinky, Shiver SC, Hayes, King Hubs, Truvative Hussefelts, etc... | | Bottom Line: | As a follow up to an earlier post, I now have three different sets of velocity rims each for a different bike. They original set I have is holding up without a problem, after years of trials riding, including 6 - 7 foot drops to flat concrete. In response to anyone complaining about the 'weak' sidewalls. You are not running enough tire pressure- it is not Velocity's fault, it is your own fault. It happened to me once- I dropped a burly rock face, flatted and the rim bent in slightly. If I was running enough tire pressure i wouldn't have flatted in the first place (not to mention if i was running any other rim it would have been completely wasted, not just a tweaked sidewall). I put an adjustable wrench to the rim, straitened it out, and they have been running perfectly ever since. If you are looking for a strong rim buy a velocity. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Biker animal
a Downhiller
from bikerville
Date Reviewed: October 29, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | fort bill (offbeat Dh) | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | s/h | | Strengths: | Strong nice looks machined sidewalls cheep paid £130 for them laced onto 98 hope big uns with dt spokes | | Weaknesses: | sidewalls are too weak bent it inwards on the last step of a 15 stair jump (but to be fair anything except a d321 would do this) also me not having enough speed to carry through the jump and also pinch flats with 45 -55 psi in them i think this is due to there no to wide profile | | Similar Products Used: | mavic D521 cd 321 cd 521 ceramic sun ditchwitch fir ritchey rock ocr comp | | Bike Setup: | marin b17 manitou forks hope bigun hubs velocity rims middleburn cranks | | Bottom Line: | nice rims for freeriders looking for nice strong rims thet can take vee brakes but want to have a break from the norm (mavic) although its has been taking the street abuse i have given it 15 + stairs and with botched landing this rim is good and if they dont last me to long for the price i paid for rims and hubs the rims were a bonus i only wanted the hubs so im going to run this rim into the ground i prefer the non pinch flat wide d321 | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
scott edgcumbe
a Downhiller
from edinburgh,scotland
Date Reviewed: August 31, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | fort william dh course | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$5.00 | | Purchased At: | raw marketing | | Strengths: | very strong rims.sidewalls are a bit week but nothing that a spanner cant bend back.cool coulors available. | | Weaknesses: | side walls.lack of steel eyelets. | | Similar Products Used: | mavic d521,all dh rims really! | | Bike Setup: | coyotedh1, manitou ,hope, velocity, paul, l&m ,etc. | | Bottom Line: | very good rim.i have used them for years now for downhilling and apart from denting the brake walls they still as true as when i built them 3 years ago. had no problems using disc brakes with them either evn with my mega powered hope enduro 4,s . all other rims ive used have died beacuse the pressure these brakes put on them.really cant go wrong with this rim.go on you know you want them 8-) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh
a Racer
from Stillwater, MN, USA
Date Reviewed: August 31, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | nashbar | | Strengths: | look awesome
cheap price
strong | | Weaknesses: | weight
need special tubes | | Similar Products Used: | stock generic junk rims | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose NX 7.1 | | Bottom Line: | I bought these rims because other people said they were strong and I thought they were really cool looking. I started building my own wheels a couple years ago, and have had great success. These were tricky to build for some reason, I think it had to do with the short length of the spokes compared to a normal rim and how deep the spoke nipples have to go. When I was done though they were awesome! I haven't bent them yet, which I think is because I hand built the wheels because my other wheels are also still unbent. The only thing I have against these rims is that I can't use a standard tube in them, only the ones with extra long valves. Which isn't a big deal, except that not all shops carry the longer ones.
In the end, anybody who wants a cool looking and strong set of wheels should buy these rims and learn to build their own wheels. It isn't hard, you can find instructions on the web.
If you have a thing against weight, well, don't buy these. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin
a Racer
from Bellevue, WA, US
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | all | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | nashbar | | Strengths: | bomb proof
| | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic, Sun/Ringle | | Bike Setup: | Yeti, XTR, Chris King, Marzocchi, Thomson | | Bottom Line: | Maybe Bob rides on land mines but my experience with these rims has been nothing but awsome. I weigh 225lbs and had these hand built using Chris King hubs. In six months of training and racing, I have never even had to have these trued. I've blown more rims than I can count but these babies just keep on going. If you want bomb proof rims that are better than Sun Rhyno lites, then this is the one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Racer
from Hanover, NH
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | The AT | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambriabike.com | | Strengths: | V-section, never out of true, strong. | | Weaknesses: | The sidwalls aren't rock solid. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavics are S H I T, bontragers(the mustangs are tops), spin, spinergy spox, tioga, azonic. | | Bike Setup: | Avalanche, marzocchi, velocity's | | Bottom Line: | These are solid rims. I race slalom, do lots of abusive riding, and these rims have yet to get knocked out of true! It's pretty impressive. I will say, in all honesty, that the sidewalls are not super solid. I have dinged them in a few times, but, and this is the cool part: I take an adjustable wrench, and bend the sidewall back out. Then, I don't notice any difference.
Plus, these things come in some sweet looking colors. The benefit of being able to run a very light spoke is nice. Plus, that v-section lets you run a shorter spoke as well.
So, go ahead, buy these rims. They're awesome. Have somebody good build them up, and you'll love them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rik
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, Australia
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Bottom Line: | jerome wrote "Not offered in "disc-only" version"
the reason is, i found this out: after many months, maybe years, the rim wears out drastically. on 2 of mine, all these little cracks formed around the spoke holes, the cracks became worse, went all the way to the braking surface. having discs would speed things up dramatically (braking force travels through spokes to rims), and yeh, would be bad news, very bad! | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jerome
a
from Montreal, CANADA
Date Reviewed: June 29, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Montagne des Roches | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | • Strength
• Not too expensive
• Look
• Choice of colors
| | Weaknesses: | • "V" shape
• Not offered in "disc-only" version | | Similar Products Used: | A lot | | Bike Setup: | 98' FSR Elite with many custom parts and travel upgrades | | Bottom Line: | I saw these rims for the first time in a bike shop (which has since became my LBS) and was amazed, at first, by their look. The Deep-V shape was awesome to the eye, plus the rims were available in red (to match the color of my bike). So, I eagerly read the reviews here and, since they were mostly very positive, I opted for these rims (my other choice at the time being the Rhyno Lites). At first, they felt heavy (I was used to Mavics 517 that are almost 1/4 lb lighter...) but got used to the weight. Once the spokes settled in, the rims never ever showed any trueing problem whatsoever. I never had to touch them (or, in that case, to bring them to my LBS). The only problem I met was to find appropriate tubes for them. Michelin, Schwalbe and IRC, among others, make long (Presta) valve tubes... but they're harder to find in thicker DH type. Anyway, since then, I did some downhilling with these rims and putting a 2.5 tire in the front was no problem, even though they're quite narrow. The plus is that the V-Shape helps reduce the inner diameter of the wheels, making them stronger (I use a 3-cross patern with 14-gauge spokes). So, for now, I'm pretty satisfied with the Deep-Vs and would recommend them to anyone looking for great-looking, durable, versatile rims (light enough for cross-country but strong enough for light DH). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Cross Country Rider
from Pittsburgh
Date Reviewed: June 12, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | any one my bike is on | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | scholl's | | Strengths: | stay true | | Weaknesses: | Sidewalls are CRAP. Heavy as all hell. Inflating can be a pain in the ass. | | Similar Products Used: | Matrix Swami | | Bike Setup: | Trek 8000 | | Bottom Line: | DO NOT BUY THESE RIMS. Nothing can make up for the sidewalls folding on you. The first time I hit anything even remotely hard, it bent them, and it was unfortunately on the seam, where it conveniently split the rim. I contacted the company and they said it was my fault. The shop would not back it up either. I had to buy a new one, and within a week there was another dent in the sidewall.
Also, getting air into them with the deep rim can be a pain in the rear. I need to use a shrader adapter to give most pumps enough to grip onto. And if you get frustrated, and don't get enough air in them...say goodbye to your sidewalls, guaranteed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Cross Country Rider
from Pittsburgh
Date Reviewed: June 12, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | any one my bike is on | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | scholl's | | Strengths: | stay true | | Weaknesses: | Sidewalls are CRAP. Heavy as all hell. Inflating can be a pain in the ass. | | Similar Products Used: | Matrix Swami | | Bike Setup: | Trek 8000 | | Bottom Line: | DO NOT BUY THESE RIMS. Nothing can make up for the sidewalls folding on you. The first time I hit anything even remotely hard, it bent them, and it was unfortunately on the seam, where it conveniently split the rim. I contacted the company and they said it was my fault. The shop would not back it up either. I had to buy a new one, and within a week there was another dent in the sidewall.
Also, getting air into them with the deep rim can be a pain in the rear. I need to use a shrader adapter to give most pumps enough to grip onto. And if you get frustrated, and don't get enough air in them...say goodbye to your sidewalls, guaranteed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben Lyon
a Racer
from Hanover, New Hampshire
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Nothing legal... | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar.com | | Strengths: | Strong, and a little aero advantage! Plus, the colors are totally bomber! | | Weaknesses: | I suppose the sidewalls aren't the best. But, they bend back easily! Just make sure you don't whack 'em too hard and you're okay. The "V" section is extremely solid though. | | Similar Products Used: | All sorts of stuff, Mavic, Spin, Bontrager, Rolf $hit. | | Bike Setup: | GT Avalanche, Z.1 MCR, Velocity's, xt... | | Bottom Line: | These rims are AWESOME. They will take a BEATING. Granted, you should always make sure you're running enough air in your tires, because the sidewalls don't like sharp rocks. These things are strong and fabulously stiff. Lace them with double butted spokes. Tell the weight weenies to go take a flying leap, because obviously they don't ride hard enough to deserve these. If you want a bit lighter, go with the Aeroheat. Velocity products are excellent. In all, these get 5 flaming dog poops because they are strong, and get the job done, all while looking(and going) fast. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rik
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, Australia
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | woodford-glenbrook | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Cheap, many colours, looks awesome... holds up if you ride lightly. | | Weaknesses: | Sidewalls dent like nothing else, easily buckled, once you ride it hard it will literally fold on you, i've gone through 4 of them now | | Similar Products Used: | velocity aeroheat (even weaker) | | Bike Setup: | GT Tequesta, various bits n stuff | | Bottom Line: | great for town riding, looks the stuff, but as soon as you hit some bumps the sidewalls dent, then the rim will buckle drastically, i had one come apart at the seam and the rest just collapse | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt Seredine
a Weekend Warrior
from Port Colborne Ont. canada
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Gnarly hardwood hills | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Nashbar online | | Strengths: | looking cool strong with a strong hub these rims are the sh!t | | Weaknesses: | Some what weak sidewalls but not to weak | | Similar Products Used: | Mavics many models and some sun rims | | Bike Setup: | Land Gear 9600 Frame velocity Deep V rims with Ringle sealed cartridge bearings LX back XT front derailler RST 381 TL 3.5" long travel fork truvative Fire x crank and richey clipless | | Bottom Line: | these rims are one of the strongest rims out there and if your smart and put a good hub on them you souldnt have any problems with the setup | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tatey
a
from UK
Date Reviewed: December 12, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1000000.00 | | Strengths: | dont untruu them selves | | Weaknesses: | the side walls are like paper , tissue paper infact (i didnt like this) im not heavy and the first det of steps i go down i split the side wall pinch flatt n all i canot tell u how pissed of i was bar tatey umm | | Similar Products Used: | Fir snowflaked DX wheel ahs lasted years like 7 done well
umm mavic item has done alright so far
umm mavic heap of .... rims have died a death
| | Bike Setup: | marin B17 esc type thang judy xlc (s.it) n stuff | | Bottom Line: | religated to roady setup want happy wi pareriness of sidewalls
flamin chillys may be harsh but kinda just to bring the average down justified i recons | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MAT DH/DS/XC
a
from GEELONG/VIC
Date Reviewed: November 10, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | ANIKE DH | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | GEELONG MTB&TRI CENTER | | Strengths: | DOESN'T BUCKLE AS EASY AS NORMAL RIMS | | Weaknesses: | KINKS EASLY ON RIM WALLS | | Similar Products Used: | SUN RINGLE & | | Bike Setup: | CRAFTWORKS FRAME, VELOCITY RIMS MARZOCCHI Z5 QR20, XTR FRONT AND REAR DERALIAR, AVID SPEED DIAL 2.0L LEAVRS AND ARCH RIVAL 50 BREAKS. | | Bottom Line: | THESE RIMS ARE GREAT BUT COULD GO ONE FURTHER IN WALL STRENGTH | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
FIL
a Cross Country Rider
from St Louis, MO USA
Date Reviewed: October 10, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | online (find them yourself!) | | Strengths: | They look awesome! I ride really stupid, I bent my last rims when I fell off and stepped on the rear one. These you really can't BEND!!! They just f-cking don't break, I DARE you to try to. | | Weaknesses: | All those panzies out there think that they are heavy. Buy some King Disco Hubs and that will solve your problem. | | Similar Products Used: | old crappy rims | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Killer V, Sid XC, Full XT. Marwi spokes and nipples. | | Bottom Line: | These are the best g-d damn rims in the world. They are made of super aussie outer space materials taken off a crashed UFO in the outback. Super man couldn't bend these, they feel super solid. I first laced these myself and rode them not properly tighted, laced 2-cross when the spokes I had were meant for 3 cross with some spokes missing, I REALLY REALLY f_cked up setup and the rims were SOOOO damn strong that it still felt smooth. The heavy rims place the weight at the outside of the wheel giving you slightly weaker acceleration but AWESOME momentum, they really fly, great crusing. Next time you are out on a trail and you see a really mean ass log lying there, you can stare it down and say, bite my b_tch and run right over it with you deep V's. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
josh
a Weekend Warrior
from Fayetteville, AR,
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | strong as hell, and looks cool!!!!!! | | Weaknesses: | heavy, but if you can't break em, who cares about the weight.. | | Similar Products Used: | weinmann, rolf | | Bike Setup: | Barracuda frame, all XT, Kore, and Bontrager | | Bottom Line: | I ran through two other rear rims in two months. the first one i taco'd on a jump, and the other one i just caved in(that was NOT cool). But after i put a deep V on the back of my bike, i haven't had any problems at all. i've cleared some stuff that i was sure would tear them to bits, but they are still up and running.
the only thing is the weight. i wouldn't use it as a front wheel, because you just don't need the heavy a wheel in the front, but for a rear wheel(were all the pounding goes on), i wouldn't use anything else.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aussie
a Cross Country Rider
from Australia
Date Reviewed: September 8, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Anywhere | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Strong
AUSSIE MADE
Cheap
AUSSIE MADE
Good Variety of colors
AUSSIE MADE
And they are made here in OZ | | Weaknesses: | Have weak sidewalls
| | Similar Products Used: | Jap Crap | | Bike Setup: | Craftworks Slalom Pro, with RST Alfalfas, Hayes Discs, Velocitys, all that | | Bottom Line: | The price is good here in Aus. Velocity bends over backwards to help you. I got mine without the machined sidewalls so they are all blue and looks brilliant.
Umm the sidewalls are a little weak, as when you hit a curb and the tires are slightly deflated (Your own stupid fault) then the sidewall can depress inwards.
But other then that, we build them for everybody (EVERYBODY) in the shop I work in, and well we just don't get any back.
Well I bow down to Velocity. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from Michigan
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Holdridge | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | Strong Strong Strong!!!! You can't hurt these wheels! Also inexpensive. | | Weaknesses: | Funny to lace cause the spoke nipples are hard to get thru the thick cross section. | | Similar Products Used: | Cheapo rims that I broke all the time. | | Bike Setup: | K2 5000, Deep V's on XT hubs. | | Bottom Line: | F***ing bombproof. I have ridden hard on busted spokes and the wheels hardly go out of true.
Some people b!tch that these wheels are too heavy. They are pu$$ies. The wheels don't weight that much more for the durability gained.
If you need a strong rim and aren't a weight weenie, this is it! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Downhiller
from CT
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | anywhere with drops | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Strong as hell, these rims are the strongest i have ever seen. Plus the good looks of these rims (in a variety of colors) will make any bike look better. | | Weaknesses: | Weight, but if you are concerned enough of wheel strength to truely make use of a velocity you won't care about weight. | | Similar Products Used: | none, nothing i have seen has ever matched up to a deep-v | | Bike Setup: | Kona Chute, Deep-V's, Marzocchi Z.3 QR20, etc.. | | Bottom Line: | These rims are thes strongest, and most true of anything i have ever seen or tried. Working at a bike shop i sell them to many people in search of a stronger wheel after many destroyed rims, and have yet to see one come back bent. Plus they look better than any rim i have seen as well. Get them handbuilt and you will never have wheel problems again. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rick Tolfa
a Cross Country Rider
from Muskego WI. U.S.A.
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | none | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | very strong and cool looking too! have not tweaked them once yet! | | Weaknesses: | their 9 million pounds and the paint chips easy. | | Similar Products Used: | mavic's | | Bike Setup: | moab 2,velocity deep-v's,answer body-shock,lx/xtr,profile composite bars, | | Bottom Line: | I think that people who are hard on rims will be very happy with the deep-v's.The weight is a small price to pay for such a solid,dependable wheel.a little touch-up paint keeps these rims looking good a long time. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tim Link
a Cross Country Rider
from Eugene, OR
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Castle Rock | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Extremely strong. Stays very true even after what I would normally consider abusive riding. Great looks! Comes in a variety of colors. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy. Although, a little is made up for by shorter spoke lengths. If you're building the wheels yourself, installing spoke nipples is a bit tedious. Limited availability of needed shorter spokes. | | Similar Products Used: | None. I've never had a rim anything like this. My last rims were Sun CR-17s. | | Bike Setup: | 98 Norco Team Issue. RST Mozo Pro W fork. Sachs Quartz components exept XTR rear hub, Deore crankset, & a few other odds & ends. | | Bottom Line: | A whole lot of heat treated aluminum. If you're tired of bent rims, and can tolerate adding a little weight to your bike, these babies are a dream come true. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Dan
a Downhiller
from Bridgnorth UK
Date Reviewed: May 6, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Strong as hell | | Weaknesses: | heavey as hell | | Bike Setup: | DH rig | | Bottom Line: | I had these rims for just over a year (until some one nicked my bike), and I never bent it at all, I went through rims like mad, but the deep-v's stayed true as ever. I hope to get some more on my new bike, as I have bent my new rims all ready!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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sniper
a
from wi
Date Reviewed: April 5, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | EMA CARLIN | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | THIS IS THE STRONGEST RIM I HAVE EVER SEEN OR USED. I WORK AT A BIKE SHOP AND I SEE LOTS OF BENT RIMS, NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER BEEN A VELOCITY!! | | Weaknesses: | I RIDE XC AND THESE MAY BE THE STRONEST AND MOST SOLID RIMS EVER BUT DAMN ARE THEY HEAVY | | Similar Products Used: | MAVI 223 DISC | | Bike Setup: | CUSTOM HOMEGROWN IN BASS SOAT BLUE XT - XTR | | Bottom Line: | IF WEIGHT IS NOT AN ISSUE OR YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE MOST SOLID RIMS OUT THERE YOU CANT GO WRONG | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Mike
a Downhiller
from Knoxville, TN
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Sugar Mtn | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Strong so far-VELOCITY 24" TIAPAN | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic321 26"=strong | | Bike Setup: | Marin B-17 monster t HOPE 04's HOPe Big un hubs-3"rear wheel/tire | | Bottom Line: | Just built it up and is strong as shi- so far....28mmwidth just makes a 3"rear Sefras fit on a B-17. Got some air still true.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Walter Ford
a
from Sacramento
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything in Marin, what's left anyway!! | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Light, strong, slick looking | | Weaknesses: | Shorter presta valves are an issue but Schwinn and Specialized tubes work well | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic, Sun | | Bike Setup: | '99 Homegrown frame, SID80mm XC, Nukeproof hubs, XT gruppo, Tru-vativ Cranks | | Bottom Line: | Bottom line... highly recommended I weigh 230lbs and guess wha? I haven't bent them yet.. a true miracle for sure..... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Greg
a Cross Country Rider
from Oz
Date Reviewed: February 2, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | great! strong but not infallable. Heaps better than the gallic mavic 221 (Merde!) | | Weaknesses: | Ocassional tweaking | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 221 (they are not ooh la la) | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale f1000 | | Bottom Line: | I'm glad australian technology is up there! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Edward
a downhiller
from Adelaide Australia
Date Reviewed: October 30, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I have just got a new rear Deep V, and had it laced up with my Formula Hud and 14 guage spokes. I ride and race dual Slalom, and ride dh. I do it on a hardtial, and I have gone through many rims. My latest, a Sun Rhyno, I fully dented, and Snap after a month. This Deep V works great. I have took it every where over the last month, from DH, XC, rocky fireroad, and BMX jumps, as well as some other big jumps. Yet the rim has stayed true. Nothing like a rim like that. I was going to get a Mammoth, but friends have had problems. If you get the Deep V get the 14 guage spokes. | | Overall Rating: |
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