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Submitted by
Dr Shepard Mclintock
a Downhiller
from uranus
Date Reviewed: December 13, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | thongs are on the floor next to the headphones that like to be sat on ur ears | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | taco bell | | Strengths: | fits on my bike, made of reinforced paper mache | | Weaknesses: | they dont speak english | | Similar Products Used: | internet, camel, mountain goat, | | Bike Setup: | the usb tht is sitting on the desk just farted in my face now the basement smells of poo ------ huffy slider | | Bottom Line: | i dont see a line---- where are u hiding it can u please tell me i want to eat it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel Elps
a Racer
from Charlotte, NC , USA
Date Reviewed: October 25, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Beatty or The Greenway | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Great Looks, Strong, Light | | Weaknesses: | No wear indicator on the rim if you use v-brakes (I use disc's though) | | Similar Products Used: | WTB Speedisc
WTB Dual Duty
Sun Rims Rhyno Lite's | | Bike Setup: | '05 Fisher Tassajara with WTB grips, tires and wheels, (trying to replace the bontrager stuff) | | Bottom Line: | WTB named these wheels correctly, they are as straight as Laserbeams, as fast as Laserbeams and only about 400 grams heavier than Laserbeams. I am not really a Mountian Biker but I am a semi-pro road racer so Im pretty used to light wheels and these wheels really have a low curb weight. Definetly worth the $. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Darrin
a Cross Country Rider
from Fairfield, OH
Date Reviewed: July 26, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came with bike on eBay, extra set. | | Strengths: | Light weight, strong, takes a beating. | | Bottom Line: | I have no trouble with changing tires. I ride as hard as I can and these have taken every rock, root, bridge, jump, and fall that I have given them. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jim
a Cross Country Rider
from mo
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Strengths: | Easy to build up, look tuff | | Weaknesses: | Severely dinged side wall, tuff to change tires | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic, sunn | | Bike Setup: | IRO Single Speed, rigid fork, surly 1X1 hubs, dt spokes, Moto raptor 2.4's | | Bottom Line: | They look burly and I read the previous mtbr reveiws and was excited about them. Unfortunatly the second time I took my new pride and joy out on the trail I put a SERIOUS ding in the side wall, the top of the rim bent in and the internal wall bowed out, pushing the brake serface out. I haven't been able to bend it smooth yet. To be fair I was riding a rocky trail, hopped a stream bed at about 18 mph, and landed on a small rock in the trail, no pinch flat (35psi),just a narly dent (FYI I'm 150 pounds).
Not a bad value, and sounds like alot of people get tons of miles out of them. I say check the rims, or wheel set before you buy as it seems quality control is spotty. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Weather expert
a Cross Country Rider
from iowa
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | very stiff. wear resistant, good braking. easy build. | | Weaknesses: | GODDAMN IMPOSSIBLE TO INSTALL/REMOVE TIRES FROM IT! | | Similar Products Used: | syncros lil snapper, bonty mustang, 221, 517, 519 | | Bike Setup: | it's a wtb momentum wheelset, momentum hubs and laserbeam 22mm. | | Bottom Line: | i have wasted at least 5 plastic tire levers on these rims. mounting a 2.1 is already hard enough, but once i had to use 1.25 slick on these. talk about bloody fingers.
but because of the tight fit, it might be a good candidate if ou plan to use stan's.
other than the tire mounting thing, this rims is pretty sweet. it built up pretty easily, it's held up for 3 years of riding, very rarely needed trueing and doesn't crack like 517. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Monty
a Cross Country Rider
from Richmond
Date Reviewed: February 29, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Sherando Lake Rec. | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Very strong. Has stayed relatively true for three years. | | Weaknesses: | Very, very difficult to put tires on. I have broke tire levers during tube changes. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic X517 | | Bike Setup: | Stock K2 Razorback Team - 2001 model. | | Bottom Line: | This is a very strong rim. I have had to adjust/tighten the rear spokes once in three years. I have not touched the front. Sadly, the difficulty in putting on a tire downgrades this rim greatly. I have spent upwards of twenty minutes attempting to put the tire back on after a flat. This hurts your time in a race. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nab
a Weekend Warrior
from Somerville, MA
Date Reviewed: January 4, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Light, tough and pretty. | | Weaknesses: | A little hard putting the tire on. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 7000, XT | | Bottom Line: | These rims are great. I think i got a good deal. $60 for the wheelset laced to Lx hubs. They're light and so far have remained true after a month and a few 2-3 foot drops. It's a little bit harder to put the tire on but it didn't take me 3 guys are 2 hours. I only used 1 plastic lever and that took me 10 mins. Usually i take 5 mins. So far, i've tried with Tioga psycho and Schwalbe Fast Fred with no problems. And they look good !!!!
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Submitted by
Rob T
a Cross Country Rider
from San Jose CA
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | WTB quality,build into a good strong wheel(not perfect as with Mavic),nice and wide | | Weaknesses: | Almost impossible to remove "ANY"tire with plastic levers on the trail | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic,Bontrager,Sun,Campagnolo | | Bike Setup: | C.K.ISO hubs,DT d.b. spokes,NO Tubes system,Conti,Specialized,Hutchinson and Scwalbe tires tried | | Bottom Line: | Good rims until you have to remove a tire.I tore a sidewall.I broke 4 plastic levers trying to get the tire off this rim.It took 3 guys about 20 minutes wrestling to get the tire on and off.I also was dealing with No Tubes so the mess complicated things even more.We all had sore hands when we were done.When I got home I bought metal tire levers.Still tough,just didn't break any levers.I tried all the different tires above to no avail.I can fix a flat normally in less than 5 minutes,maybe a little more with the No Tubes.Every other rim/tire combo I've used never had these problems except an old Sun rim mated to a Conti XC tire.Needless to say the rim is now replaced and taking up space on my garage floor.I put on a Mavic 519 rim.The wheel built up perfectly true,tensioned and round.it's held up great under alot of pounding and big hits.WTB makes good stuff,its a shame that this rim is simply unreliable due to its imcompatibility with ANY tires and the fact that its nearly impossible to remove a tire by yourself.With 'good rims' No Tubes is a great product. The flat free traits and performance of No Tubes equipped tires easily outweighs the mess of tire repairs out on the trail.The only time I've had to do repairs on the trail was when I tore a sidewall and No Tubes won't seal a rip. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob T
a Cross Country Rider
from San Jose,CA
Date Reviewed: May 12, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Henry Coe State park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria | | Strengths: | nice and wide(FR version)build up ok | | Weaknesses: | incredibly hard to mount tires(Conti Verticals) | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 317,517,217,117,Open,MA40 | | Bike Setup: | Turner,built on ISO disc hubs,DT db spokes.........Stans No Tubes System | | Bottom Line: | I bought these mainly because they're not French and they were the widest I could find at a decent weight.I probably won't use another if all tires are hard to mount.They built into a nice wheel,not as straight as Mavics though.I'll review again soon. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
D
a Cross Country Rider
from NZ
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Strengths: | tall braking surface, strong for compression and laterally | | Weaknesses: | sidewall supereasy to ding, tall braking surface | | Similar Products Used: | mavic, alex, sun, lots... | | Bike Setup: | Reaper | | Bottom Line: | Seem super easy to ding the sidewalls and put bumps in them. Dinged it first week of riding quite bad without even pinchflatting. Pretty poor. Managed to bend/bash out the bumps enough to be bearable with v brakes but still.... Probably wouldn't be so much of a big deal running discs. Also, these rims are the hardest rims I've ever had for changing tyres. Had to go out and buy steel tyre levers (which are munting the rim's surface) and have to use them to get nearly all tyres off and some back on which I have never ever had to do in the past with other rims. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fish
a Cross Country Rider
from Atlanta
Date Reviewed: December 13, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Bike shop in Asheville NC | | Strengths: | Strength & abitlity to stay true. | | Weaknesses: | Weight is a bit on the heavy side | | Bike Setup: | Hardtail and now on my curent full suspension XC rig | | Bottom Line: | I have had these rims for 1 year plus and have loved them. They are very strong. I have had them trued once or twice, really not noticable, my mechanic clued me in. I ride 1 too 2 days a week average, I weigh 200 lbs and beat the crap out of these things and they are in great shape. I run a disk brake up front and V brake in the back. I ride all over the southeast, some rocky steep burly stuff and some casual trails like Tsali in NC. I would buy them again and recomend them to evryone I know. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Loi Nguyen
a Weekend Warrior
from Los Angeles, CA
Date Reviewed: November 22, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Light, Sweet Looking, Strong | | Weaknesses: | None really | | Bike Setup: | 2001 GT XCR1000 I-Drive | | Bottom Line: | Great rims, stays true even after 4-5 foot drops and riding through ruts and rocks.
I did tweak it a little, but it was partially my fault, landed off camber on a stair jump 4 foot high, tires rolled off rim (slightly low on pressure)and the rim took the impact. However, the whole incident only gave me a small hop, but the rim remains true.
I would buy this rim again... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bmxr
a
from Miami
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Markham | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | oem on bike | | Strengths: | I'm thinking . . . | | Weaknesses: | Weakness is the weakness. POS. | | Bike Setup: | These were oem rims on my 2001 GT Ruckus. | | Bottom Line: | These rims don't hold up AT ALL. They are terrible, and I was dissapointed in GT for putting them on something that is supposed to be really strong (of course we all know now thatthey had bigger problem!) Avoid these rims if you are a freerider, or anything but an XC racer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Knut Hellan
a Weekend Warrior
from Trondheim, Norway
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Bymarka | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Sport Extreme | | Strengths: | Gives confidence. Strong for normal situations. | | Weaknesses: | My rear rim got a bump. I think I took a side hit, but I am not sure. Anyway, the rim should have handled this!
Heavy! | | Similar Products Used: | Coda and various Mavic | | Bike Setup: | GT steel hardtail, SRAM 9.0, LX, Hutchinson Alligator tires | | Bottom Line: | I have used WTB laserbeam 25mm first on a Cannondale Super V 1000 Freeride (stole) and now on my hardtail. While my CODA rear rim was bent on the first spring ride on the 'dale, the WTB was took an enormous amount of beating. I am the only one who has entered my LBS asking for a new front axle as the old one got bent!
The rear rim on my hardtail got a bump, probably from a side hit. This could be a QA slip.
I will WTB rims again if I have a choice. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a
from San Francisco
Date Reviewed: March 26, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | hidden stuff | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Strengths: | Strong, relatively light weight. | | Weaknesses: | A 29-30mm version would be nice. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic, other WTB | | Bike Setup: | Switchblade, Psylo SL, Mutanoraptor 2.4s, Hugi 240s | | Bottom Line: | Good strong xc rim for full suspension bikes. Took alot of hits before I got a flat spot (urban riding- not the rims fault). Ill be switching to Rhyno Lites because I want a wider rim (29mm). As a technical xc racing rim, Id give these 5 chili's, but theyre billed as freeride rims, so 4 chillis as they could be wider. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Frank
a Weekend Warrior
from Tucson, AZ, USA
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Durability
Low Maintenance (i.e., very little trueing needed) | | Weaknesses: | quality control (i.e., slag rattle) | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 517 | | Bike Setup: | Ellsworth (Aeon) Isis, Marzocchi Z3 long travel fork, XT drive train, Chris King Headset | | Bottom Line: | I would have to give these rims four stars: five for endurance and three for quality control. After two years and 4,000 miles of aggressive abusive, it's finally time to retire them due to flat spots. On the plus side, these rims were low maintenance - they seldom required trueing even after innumerable pinch flats. On the negative side, the quality control could be improved upon. Both the front and the rear were subject to slag rattle - nothing major, just an annoyance. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jordan Lambert
a Cross Country Rider
from Hanwell, NB Canada
Date Reviewed: September 4, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Dana's, Whitetail | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Airbomb | | Strengths: | Strong, light, fast, stay true, low maintenance, GG Hubs rule | | Weaknesses: | Nothing major | | Similar Products Used: | Weiman, Mavic | | Bike Setup: | GT alum with all XT drive, WTB & Titec parts, Atom Bombs | | Bottom Line: | The guys at Airbomb build them right with Swiss DB black spokes, and WTB hubs! These rims have taken a lot of rocks and roots, ladders, and a few drop offs and stayed straight & no pinch flats. Did have to file off the rough edges inside rim and clera the filings before mounting tubes/tires. Only needed spoke tightening & truing once. Well worth the money!
Great XC racing rim and good for technical stuff too. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Padre
a Cross Country Rider
from SF,CA, USA
Date Reviewed: February 15, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Tam | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Universal | | Strengths: | Lite-ish, stiff, WTB reputation, well-machined, takes hits like a punching bag. If you taco 25mm, you should not have survived. | | Weaknesses: | None for the product- the 25mm is bomber. Advice: Weak = Rollo-s who skip over this rim and buy something else to be like "just" like their friends. Be different, be smarter. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic-Tacos or is that 517? (Organic Soft Tofu) 217, 221 (Cheap Supreme Tofu delight if your not a Clyde) Ritchey Rock (The Turkey Jerky) Rhyno-Lite (The Beef Jerky) | | Bike Setup: | Brag-not,long live Buddha. (Ibis, Thompson Post and Zoke Bomb should clue you in to the basics...) | | Bottom Line: | True out of the box, true after the Fall, true after the Winter... Light and ROCK Solid- great acceleration. Maybe not the eye candy, but sweet enough to savor like a giant gobstopper. I'd rather be on top bumpin and grindin than on the ground staring at how sexy my wheeels and rig are... wouldn't you?
Check out Universal's deals on the WTB Lazer w/ Mavic X601 hubs (yes hubs...those who don't know about these- should do some investigating- light, strong, easy to service cartridge, sealed, don't break).
Summary: You won't get a stronger build, lighter hubs, a better deal, nor happier tires. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
woe
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Cruz
Date Reviewed: October 13, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | UCSC | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Light | | Weaknesses: | Easily bent. Poor quality control. | | Similar Products Used: | Valiant. | | Bike Setup: | Dean Duke. WTB Paradigm wheelset. | | Bottom Line: | I bought a Paradigm wheelset with these rims. I bent both of them. One was my fault, but the front bent JRA. I replaced the front with a new Laserbeam which destroyed my tire with a sharp bead of aluminum in the rim lip. The damned tire cost more than the rim! What crummy quality control. The other rim got replaced with a Valiant. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Terry McMillan
a Cross Country Rider
from Phoenix
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | The River Trail, Lawrence, KS | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Good Looks except for gawd awful ugly decals. Whatever happened to understatement anyway? | | Weaknesses: | Heavy. Real Heavy. Too damned Heavy. After reading other reviews that may not translate into "strong." | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic, Bontragers | | Bike Setup: | Ibis Mojo w/Full XTR | | Bottom Line: | I bought these to build up the "ultimate light weight, but rebuildable wheelset" using Chris King Hubs and Black DT Revolutions (front) and 14/15 (rear) and DT alloy nipples.
Advertised rim weight is 380-390 grams. Actual weight on each rim was 456 grams for one 458 grams for the other. Needless to say I was shocked and dissapointed. A 20% increase in weight. Pretty sloppy quality control.
I called WTB sales and their response was not very confidence inspiring. "...rim weights vary, first batch had some production bugs, didn't machine enough material off sidewalls..." Their product guru is supposed to call me back. Still waiting on that call. Pretty unimpressed. I am going back to Mavics. I have a pair of 217's built with DT 14/15 rear and 15/16 front with good 'ol XT hubs. They have been trued once in three years after a rock flipped up and broke a spoke. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Spinebender
a
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | dirt variety | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | the machined sidewalls that my disk brakes don't use..
might be ok for XC | | Weaknesses: | Large gobs of alloy slag rattling around inside the rim, I had to get old scissors to gradually wear the hunks of metal down to the point where they could fall out of the spoke holes. Each is about the size of the touchtone buttons on your phone, I have them in a bag...
Sidewalls ding and flat easily. | | Similar Products Used: | mavic 238
mavic 221
mavic 217
mavic 517x
sunn cr17
sunn cr18
| | Bike Setup: | Kona Chute with Hayes brakes. | | Bottom Line: | These came with my bike and in 1.5 months the rear is almost toast from the dents. I was a bike messenger for 2.5 years and have owned many rims, these seem to be easier to dent than any combo I've ever tried including ones that were subjected to the heavy bag full of trips I had each day going hopping countless curbs and steps. I ride with some degree of finesse for a freak, proper tire pressure too, but these dent like magic *presto*.
I say that somewhere between the lumps of slag rattling in both f/r rims and the many dents that this was either a bad production batch or that this rim is sad-sack. I'm going to the store and getting a Mavic laced to the rear. Hmmm, maybe if the xtra grams of wasted alloy slag was in the sidewalls the rim would have fared better! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron
a
from Tempe AZ
Date Reviewed: April 23, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Light weight, good looks | | Weaknesses: | light weight, wont take too much abuse | | Similar Products Used: | bontrager mustang and maverick, vaious others | | Bike Setup: | GT LTS XTR Grip Shift, Ringle, Azonic, Kujo 2.35 | | Bottom Line: | these rims are light and seem strong, but i dinged both front and rear on the first ride- without a pinch flat. granted i run dh tubes and kujo 2.35's at about 20psi...
get them for cc only, no freeriding here. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill
a Cross Country Rider
from San Leandro, Ca.
Date Reviewed: April 13, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Leadville, Co. | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Strong, machined sidewalls, eyelets, lite weight | | Weaknesses: | None Yet | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 217, 517 (spoke beds cracked on both sets of Mavics) Ritchey Rock Rims (good rim) | | Bike Setup: | Litespeed Ti F/S bike. King headset, full XT, RockShox SID XC, WTB Laserbeams with NukeProof hubs. Thompson post, etc. | | Bottom Line: | I had Airbomb build these wheels for me. I highly recommend them. I got WTB Laserbeam rims, D/B spokes, alloy nipples, and Airbomb hubs made by NukeProof for $189.00 These wheels are lite & strong. Expertly built by Jon at Airbomb. Try them you will be happy you did!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Racer
from KS
Date Reviewed: January 14, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Best rim out there. Light, strong, stay true with the I-beam | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 517, Bontrager Valiant,Mustang | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz S-light, XTR, RS SID, Fox Air RC | | Bottom Line: | This rim won many races and take massive abuse with no failure. Exceed the quality of Mavic 517. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron
a Cross-Country Rider
from Seattle,WA
Date Reviewed: October 1, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
epic | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
easy to build up
Beefy | | Weaknesses: |
slight dip at rim seam weld | | Similar Products Used: |
mavic, powerbeam, bontrager mustang | | Bike Setup: |
hardtail | | Bottom Line: | Just got one for the rear and built it up.
Only one complaint so far, the weld at the seam dips down, same as the powerbeam's did.
Will submit another report in a few months.
If they can survive me building them then they must be alright.
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Submitted by
Chip
a Cross-Country Rider
from Charlotte, NC
Date Reviewed: July 9, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
It's a secret | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Strong
Good Looking
Well Built | | Weaknesses: |
None | | Similar Products Used: |
Mavic's | | Bike Setup: |
22mm front / 25mm rear (black)
DT db 14/15 spokes (black)
Momentum hubs (black)
Brass nipples | | Bottom Line: | These rims rock! Strong, light and durable. Got mine real cheap at Sportslink. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross-Country Rider
from N. Bennington, VT
Date Reviewed: June 18, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
finish, weight, strength | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Similar Products Used: |
Mavic, Ritchey, Sun | | Bike Setup: |
hardtail | | Bottom Line: | Outstanding quality rim at a great price (through Sportslink). Finish is second to none. I have these radially laced on the front of my hardtail and they are absolutely amazing. Stiff, strong, and beautiful. | | Overall Rating: |
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