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Submitted by
bt
a Cross Country Rider
from mesa, az
Date Reviewed: December 7, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | mcdowell mountains | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | speedmaster name - sounds cool? | | Weaknesses: | very soft material. anything that brushes against the braking surface causes damage. | | Similar Products Used: | mavic | | Bike Setup: | 20 pound SS. | | Bottom Line: | i commonly ride trails with lose rocks. when rocks are kicked up and come into contact with these rims there is always a gouge to the extent that rim braking is impacted. this happens so often that i have taken to carrying a small file to repair the gouges so that I can complete the ride.
i have been riding the same trails for years with mavic rims and have never had similar problems. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
AJS
a Cross Country Rider
from Schenectady, NY
Date Reviewed: November 22, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Bikes Unlimited | | Similar Products Used: | Campy Shamal & Nucleon tubulars, Cane Creek WAM's, Mavic Open Pro and Velocity Aerohead customs. | | Bike Setup: | ~ 2003 K2 Enemy cyclocross, 105/Ultegra, Truvativ Elita crankset 48/39, Avid Shorty 4 brakes, Vredestein Campo tires. | | Bottom Line: | I can't speak about WTB's 650c MTB rims, but I've done some pretty radical off-roading with the Speedmaster 700c rims on my cyclocross rig.
I have a factory-built Speedmaster wheelset that came OEM on on my K2 Enemy CX bike (32H Speedmaster rims on 14/15ga DB spokes, WTB Speed FX hubs, 3X rear/radial front), and no problems after about 4 months now. I use Vredestein Campo 28c and 32c tires, and I weigh between 195-205 lbs, depending on the season.
WTB specs the 700c rims at 570 gm., but the Weight Weenies site lists them at 480 gm. "real" weight. They do seem as light in actual use as the Open Pro's and Aerohead's I've had.
If some of you crackheads wanna bomb down stairways and 3-4 foot drop-offs, you probably need a different rim. I know a lot of DH rims that wouldn't last long under that abuse.
But I can't complain about the Speedmaster's - they've done me right so far. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Cross Country Rider
from Norway
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Reasonbly light.
Good if you don't ever brake. | | Weaknesses: | Not strong enough.
Too soft?? My V-Brakes have eaten the braking surface. | | Bottom Line: | They didn't take long to show wear on the braking surface.
I ride hard and fast, so braking when needed is also hard.
My rims are getting chucked out today. I set up Shimano XT disc brakes on my bike yesterday and got my LBS to build me some new wheels with Mavic disc brake wheels and XT hubs.
As for strength ...... I came off once and the back rim had a little wobble in it and I had to get it straighted at my LBS. But OK, I wasn't surprised, the wheel landed sideways on a tree root or stump.
But I came off like a week after getting my rim straightened, and it bends again, and I'm pretty sure the wheel didn't hit very hard at all. I did it myself this time, getting the rim running straight.
My front rim didn't run straight anymore and I'm pretting sure I didn't hit anything with that. But maybe it from all the braking and the rims walls becoming thin. They are REALLY worn!!
Use these if you don't like braking or don't plan on hitting anything.
Otherwise, get something stronger. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Braxton
a
from Tucson, AZ
Date Reviewed: February 4, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Stock on a GT i-drive | | Strengths: | Strong, decently light, actually an outstanding Free Ride rim | | Weaknesses: | Braking surface is gone after 1yr | | Similar Products Used: | Varying degrees of Crap | | Bottom Line: | I have done nearly everything with this rim, from urban biking down long flights of 60* declined stairs, XC, downhill (no drops greater than 3' though), campus riding, asphault to school and back daily. Great rim, very strong, stays true (HANDBUILT WORKS, FACTORYBUILT DOESN'T). If you have trouble with these rims, check your head. My hubs are no-name crap (probably sun-poo) and my wheels stay true since I don't do crazy @#$! with them. Get them or Mavic F219s ;) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Phil
a Cross Country Rider
from Manchester, UK
Date Reviewed: December 18, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | OEM | | Weaknesses: | So weak it's like rim-tape. | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing this bad. | | Bottom Line: | My friend bought a new bike recently. These rims came standard on the wheels. We went cycling. After a 3 minute XCesque downhill, I had to true his back wheel. When we got home, I trued both of them. Next day, we went cycling again. He tried a 2" huck. We then walked home after the front wheels turned the shape of a Dorito. That was the second ride. When we got home, I replaced his front wheel with an incredibly old wheels of mine. (Shimano Exage Hub, no-name alloy rim) a wheel i keep for emergencies. He STILL hasn't killed it.
Weak, So incredibly weak. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cal Cotter
a Weekend Warrior
from Glen innes,NSW, Australia
Date Reviewed: September 5, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | sandpits TSR | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Light, strong, forgiving | | Similar Products Used: | Weinmanns | | Bike Setup: | aluminium hardtail, tyre IRC mythos XC | | Bottom Line: | Don't mind anyone who says these suck.. they are a superb rim. Thewheel is very forgiving. I describe it as softness where you can alloy the wheel to grip the surface you are on. I actually belieive these wheels saved my life at about 40 through a dip and landing on a sidehill. they worked real hard and held on... thank you WTB | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rupert
a Cross Country Rider
from Fargo, ND, USA
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | weight | | Weaknesses: | weak as in the whole rim | | Bike Setup: | GT agressor 1.0 | | Bottom Line: | These rims lasted about 6 months. Its kind of patheatic, last night I ended up with a gigantic flat spot after about a 6 in bunny hop. I toasted the front rim on a bad landing, it was about 2 inches off center. These rims really won't serve you well, and they went out of true just a few days out of the shop. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Peggy
a Weekend Warrior
from Osceola IN USA
Date Reviewed: May 20, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | muddier the better | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Light for the money
Strong | | Weaknesses: | graphics are OKAY | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing this great | | Bike Setup: | K2 zed team, lx hubs, XT drivetrain, manitou fork, WTB tires, titec | | Bottom Line: | I am a fairly hard rider, while building my bike I ran short of funds at the point of purchasing rims..found a good deal on these. Read some decent reviews. I have been impressed. As of tonight I am completely sold wheels...unloaded my bike from back of van, propped front tire against rear of van (van is in the garage at this point). Well you get the picture...being a natural blonde it was only expected that I would close the garage door at this point. So much for the wheel I thought. Let me tell you this is as true as it started. I am sold on WTB....great wheels,cannot beat the price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ed hu
a Weekend Warrior
from orange
Date Reviewed: December 8, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | lynn woods | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | strength, durability | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | sun rpm lites | | Bike Setup: | DBR v.link 2.1, xtr all around, grip shifts, x-vert air, panaracers | | Bottom Line: | had these rims for 3 years now. came with the bike. started as a cross country rider...then technical trail riding and now starting to freeride a bit. nothing over 4 feet yet..but will get there. so far this wheelset has held up greeeat. a bit outta true this year..but nothing a spoke wrench couldn't fix. very happy with these wheels. going to get another set of WTB's after these when i upgrade to disc. forget mavic and sun! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Sydney
Date Reviewed: October 5, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Builds easily, nice width, eyeletted, triple-box construction | | Weaknesses: | Not ultra light, but I didnt expect it to be. | | Similar Products Used: | Syncros XLT and XLR, Bontrager Blue Label, Bontrager Red Label | | Bike Setup: | Alloy Hardtail with Atom Bomb | | Bottom Line: | This rim went great guns for a bit over a year, almost 1.5 years. But I build with moderately high spoke tension to make a super stiff wheel, and the other week a few spokes pulled through the rim (cracking it) when riding. The sidewalls wore pretty quickly too. I think they wouldve split within a few months. So they're a good general rim, but I wanted a stiff wheel for competitive riding, plus I ride offroad a lot. I should've gone with something a bit stiffer, and possibly with a cermaic coating. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dimitris
a Cross Country Rider
from Athens,Greece
Date Reviewed: July 12, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | all | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Frederik | | Strengths: | -Light
-Stiff
| | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4500,WTB Speedmaster/LX Hubs,Marzocchi bomber Z4,deore drivetrain ,michelin tires | | Bottom Line: | these rims are really good.my old vuelta airlines 1 look like crap in comparison to these rims,my rear rim had some problems but that doesn't seem to affect my ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Barney
a Cross Country Rider
from MD
Date Reviewed: March 10, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Strength, period. Anyone whining about these being weak rims have either a poorly built set of wheels, or are sloppy untalented riders with zero finesse. I have ridden the hell out of these laced to Paul SS Hubs for about two years...i think i have trued them once. Stop b*tching. | | Weaknesses: | None, fair product for the $.
| | Similar Products Used: | Mavic, other crap | | Bike Setup: | Voodoo Nzumbi, meh... | | Bottom Line: | As a mechanic, I'd recommend them to anyone. Nice strong rim for the money. Light, they're not 517 light, but you didn't pay for 517s did you? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jeferbeest
a Weekend Warrior
from alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | swollen ass | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | relatively light xc wheels, would make a good winter set | | Weaknesses: | I hit one big tree root about a month after i got them, and it folded like a two dollar lawn chair.(front rim) | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | hartail | | Bottom Line: | not a bad rim, just make sure they're built properly, and use them for xc as they were intended. my back rim has lasted me a good 6 months and no troubles, have taken it off 4 foot drops and was still straight. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ed
a Cross Country Rider
from mi
Date Reviewed: February 14, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | light (400-410 gm.)
strong
eyelets | | Weaknesses: | no welded seam
crappy decals | | Similar Products Used: | Mustangs
oem crap
crosslinks | | Bike Setup: | Cuda Comp
all XTR
Easton Carbon
Judy Sl | | Bottom Line: | I think those who have had problems with these rims have cheaply made wheelsets. When I first got the wheelset that had these rims the spokes were severly undertension. This led to some problems. BUt I re-adjusted the tensions and since then I have not had to true the front wheel in over a year and have trued the rear wheel about two or three times. Considering that I weigh 230 and put in about 20 hours a week, I can truely say these are great rims. However, I still prefer Mustangs because I thing they look better and have a better braking surface. Also, the decals on these rims look like they were put on by a crackhead. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a Cross Country Rider
from Dallas
Date Reviewed: February 2, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | sand trails | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | airbomb.com | | Strengths: | looks, bad ass name, don't dish | | Weaknesses: | my ten year old sister probably couldn't keep these in true | | Similar Products Used: | crap, and mavic 221, and bontrager | | Bike Setup: | moab 3 with Z2 bam and Xt package | | Bottom Line: | these suck
they bend after a week even after a fresh truing/tensioning they still bent to unrideable
tried three kinds of brake pads(aztec, kool stop, and avid) and I still couldn't stop good with my avids
DONT BUY THESE FOR ANY REASON THEY SUCK HARD
P.O.S.'s | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Otts
a Cross Country Rider
from Alaska
Date Reviewed: December 7, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambriabike | | Strengths: | Light weight, strong (triple box construction) and inexpensive. | | Weaknesses: | Side walls not machined. Rim joint bonded not welded. | | Similar Products Used: | Velocity (a good, Australian made product), Matrix (Trek brand road bike wheels), Ritchey and Specialized (both were cheaper models without eyelets). | | Bike Setup: | Aluminum Hardtail. | | Bottom Line: | I bought the rim and used it to build up a new wheel using 15 gauge spokes and a rear hub. Its been a darned good wheel. I havn't had to true it in two years riding, even though the spokes did need tightened at least once during that time. I once hit a rock very hard with the rim. It put a nice little ding on the edge, but failed to knock it out of true. I have had good luck with this wheel, and after 2 years I don't think there are any "suprises" awaiting me. Eventually it will wear thin and be replaced... Until then I plan to ride it with confidence. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael Asmussen
a Weekend Warrior
from TN
Date Reviewed: November 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Franklin state forest | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$79.00 | | Purchased At: | Airbomb.com | | Strengths: | Price, weight, reputation, hopefully strength | | Weaknesses: | haven't found out yet | | Similar Products Used: | LX/ mavic | | Bike Setup: | '97 Schwinn (yeti era) Homegrown Suspension, Manitou SX-R, LX mix componentry | | Bottom Line: | Oh joy, these are on their way to me right now. Paid $79 for them built up on black WTB speed hubs, with black Wheelsmith SG spokes, Ritchey Speedmax tires, tubes, and WTB skewers! yes read it and weep. I am getting the WTB speed wheelset, I can't wait. Five flaming Chihuahuas for price, lust factor, and airbomb service. Here's to hoping they live up to it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from San Francisco, CA
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Weaknesses: | Not so light, yet not so strong either. | | Bike Setup: | Bianchi SuperBee | | Bottom Line: | I've only had my bike for a few weeks, and have already bent my rear SpeedMaster rim twice. Admittedly, I hit a rock pretty hard both times... but jeez, I didn't even pinch the tire either time and I only weigh 160 lbs.
I've been riding my cyclocross bike for years with nary a bend (and it's a junker!), so I'm more than a bit skeptical of WTB's ability to stick it out off-road. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Rochester, Minnesota
Date Reviewed: September 5, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Dirt. | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Strong. A little wider. Good price. Durable. Decent weight. | | Weaknesses: | Haven't found any. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 217, 220, 221, Ritchey Rock | | Bike Setup: | Got em on a single speed and a schwinn moab | | Bottom Line: | Damn good rims. I do beleive that the people that are complaining about the rims bending or being flexy have poorly built wheels. No rim will seem very good if the wheels aren't built well. I built one up with an XT rear hub and 1X1 hubs front and rear. I trued them all once after I rode them in for a while and haven't touched them since and they're all perfectly true. I'm 180 lbs. and have ridden them hard. I have a mavic 217 wheelset too and they don't feel as solid and need to be trued every now and then. (I built them as well, the build quality is the same as the others.) I also like that the speedmasters are a little wider than any of the mavics I've had. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
BeastMaster
a Downhiller
from Mills River, NC USA
Date Reviewed: June 12, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Little Hickory ( Bent Creek ) | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | None that I am aware of.... | | Weaknesses: | Sidewall of my WTB Speedmaster blew-out while inflating with my footpump. At around 60 lb. of pressure it blew-out, and the sidewalls weren't worn very much. In other words, they weren't paper thin. WTB ignores my emails to this day.... I will NEVER own anything with their damn name on it...... | | Similar Products Used: | Araya, Sun SUB4 | | Bike Setup: | ProFlex Beast w/ 5" travel, Magura Hydraulic brakes, etc. | | Bottom Line: | If a company doesn't stand behind their product, then TO HELL WITH THEM ....... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
allen macaulay
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto, ON
Date Reviewed: May 29, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Very strong for an XC rim
Only trued it once when the wheel was settling in
Nice tall machined braking surface | | Weaknesses: | Labels weren't stuck down very well, nothing a little super glue won't solve. | | Similar Products Used: | many Mavic, Ritchey and Sun rims. | | Bike Setup: | Prototype Rocky Mountain 853 Frame, full XT, Manitou SXR | | Bottom Line: | I needed a relatively light rim that could stand up to weekly urban assault riding. Built them up on XT hubs with DT Competition spokes. So far, no damage, even after I crashed off a North Shore type stunt and had my bike tumble end over end down a steep slope. The only other rim that's as good is the Sun 0 Degree Lite. Oh, I should also point out that my front wheel weighs only 50 grams more than a Mavic Crossmax thanks to the use of Revolution spokes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
heffalump
a Weekend Warrior
from Rutland, VT
Date Reviewed: March 31, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | the one right over there.... | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | strong, strong, strong. | | Weaknesses: | still none! | | Similar Products Used: | Various and sundry | | Bike Setup: | Same as post a few below, but got Rhyno Lites w/XT disk hubs now. | | Bottom Line: | Bottom line is simple.....I got the new wheelset because I wanted to get disk brakes, went with the Rhyno's this time, but I took the ol' reliable Speedmasters and put them on my singlespeed. Still can't kill them!
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Submitted by
Jason
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: March 31, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Nice black finish | | Weaknesses: | Can't take a hit and get up | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 222, 238 | | Bike Setup: | 7005 Frame, XT drivetrain, sweet Avid V's, Bomber Z3 | | Bottom Line: | On only my second ride on my new bike I was like a dog going for a drive in the car- excited as hell. After about an hour, I caught some loose mud, then an average sized root. I got up as this rim quietly stuck its finger down its throat. At my local shop the rim was pronounced DOA.
I had heard that WTB made great rims. This was my first, and last. I've had much cheaper rims that have taken huge hits and still bounced back. I still have one on the back but it's being replaced, SOON. I don't want another ride cut short because of a wonky donut.
It's alright for those just doing pretty mild trails but for anyone who likes speed and takes the occasional spill, I would strongly recommend going with a different rim. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fox
a Cross Country Rider
from Vernon Hills, IL
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Kettle Morraine | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Tough, reasonably priced | | Weaknesses: | A tad heavy | | Similar Products Used: | infinite number of different Mavics, Bontrager Race Lite | | Bottom Line: | Had these wheels for a full season and they performed perfectly. Last summer I fell into the trap of buying an zooty, expensive custom wheelset which shall remain nameless (see above). It lasted three rides before it was dead, dead, dead. Put my trusty SpeedMaster/XT/DT wheels back on, rode without hassle for the rest of the season. Serves me right for being trendy instead of going with a tried-and-true performer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
robson
a Downhiller
from hell
Date Reviewed: October 13, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
just the good ones, thanks | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Pretty good at taking hits vertically
Not 420g stated (22x11.8) more like 450 after a solid years use | | Weaknesses: |
Very weak laterally
Where's the eyelets?
Everyone has em
And silver's boring (getting personal) | | Similar Products Used: |
Arayas, 221s, d521's | | Bike Setup: |
Giant atx890 commuter/funbike | | Bottom Line: | Most people like em, I personally detest the pieces of faeces. Rot in hell I say, not just my opinion but my experience! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Heffalump
a Weekend Warrior
from Rutland, VT
Date Reviewed: September 20, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Strong, reasonably light, great all around rim | | Weaknesses: |
none so far! | | Similar Products Used: |
Varied and crappy....with the exception of the Rhyno Lites my friend rides | | Bike Setup: |
Iron Horse frame, XT drivetrain, Manitou Spyder R fork, blah blah
And I have a seat, too | | Bottom Line: | Top notch in my book....been riding them hard for a year, havent had to true them yet! My wife's new Mongoose came with Weinmann ZAC-19 department store rims....I'm gonna replace her wheelset with the same as mine....Speedmaster rims, Velociraptor Kevlars, and XT hubs. Well worth the bucks! I'd give it enough chilies to keep YOUR wife awake at night, but they only give me five, so there you go.... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Racer
from Washington, DC
Date Reviewed: August 28, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Strong as sh*t
don't look too bad | | Weaknesses: |
I'm sorry, wtb is a sketch company
kind of heavy | | Similar Products Used: |
mavic 517
mustang | | Bike Setup: |
haro a4 race, xtr, judy englund, sram plasma hubs. | | Bottom Line: | this wheelset will take ANYTHING you give it. They are not 517 light but that is not why I bought them. I bought them as fun wheels that I could ride hard and would not have to re-true after every ride, and that's why I'm giving them a five. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Weekend Warrior
from Cincinnati, OH
Date Reviewed: August 8, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Ceasar Creek | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Strong and True | | Bottom Line: | All I can say is that these are some strong rims. Im 6'3 and weigh about 230 lbs. Last summer I crashed while doing about 30 or so mph jumping some street stuff coming back from a local trail. I broke my collar bone, split my helmet in two, severely bruised my hip and everything else on the right side of my body and ended up spending about two weeks immobile on the couch. My rims were still true and ready to ride while I was whimpering on the couch. Any rim that can take a nose dive into the pavement like this one did and survive is one helluva rim in my book, much less stay true! So far I've spent a total of 15 minutes doin a lil minor truing since I've had these rims, about a yr and a half. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mark
a Cross-Country Rider
from las vegas
Date Reviewed: April 16, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
dead horse loop (cotten wood cove) | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
very strong, light | | Weaknesses: |
????? | | Bike Setup: |
Marin hard tail w/ Rock shox indy c | | Bottom Line: | have put over 1200 miles on these wheels and I love them they are strong have only had to have them trued twice. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Xavery M.
a cross-country rider
from PL
Date Reviewed: January 8, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
Well, great rim - light,durable,quite stiff. There's only one problem - they
are 32 hole and my new rear hub is 36. DAMN! I'd have to replace them, and
buy some cheap scum (Rigida or something worse), cause of the lack of funds.
Overall - great rim (holds up well for over 1.5 season, and only once trued
after snapping half of spokes).
Good job WTB! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dave larson
a cross-country rider
from minneapolis, mn
Date Reviewed: December 12, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
these rims are tough for any rider. no, i wouldn't build them for a downhill rider, but they are not a downhill rim. they stay true even for big guys that are tough on their gear and don't understand what finesse means. i'm light and don't budge these out of true. i would choose the powerbeam over speedmaster, but that is due to being light. great rim and great company. check out their frames if you believe steel is still real in this world of disposable aluminum toothpicks. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
roo
a cross-country rider
from NoCal
Date Reviewed: November 13, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Admitedly, I am a huge fan of all things WTB, and the Speedmaster rims ain't no exception. I have been running a pair for the whole season which has included everything from hardcore racing to exploration to backcountry to extreme XC and everything in between. My body is bruised and battered, but my wheels are true and solid. 32hole front and rear, 2cross front, 3 cross rear. WTB New Paradigm hubs, and 15/16 spokeage. The sidewalls are holding up extremely well. Look forward to a whole 'nother season, including winter. Bring on La Nina!!!! WTB rules! ' nuff said. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a cross-country rider
from Chicago
Date Reviewed: November 11, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I love these rims. I'm 6'1, 185, former messenger, hard rider. After folding 3 217's last year (oh, that hurt the old wallet) I went with Bike Source's XT/Speedmaster/DB combo. A whole season and they're still as true as the day I got them, even after two gnarley spills - wish I could say the same for my separated shoulder! | | Overall Rating: |
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