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Submitted by
j
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from austin
Date Reviewed: April 23, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | street | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | well, lets just say i hit a curb dead on front rim going about 35, went over the bars flew abotu 15 feet in the air haah... rim was fine. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Bottom Line: | i ride 24 bmxin the city and so i hit jumps and down stars etc onto concrete daily... rims are still like new and im 190lb. good value, ill keep using them for along time. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tyrel
a Weekend Warrior
from Coeur d alene, Idaho
Date Reviewed: December 9, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | URBAN | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | Atomlab website | | Strengths: | EXTREMELY STRONG! AWESOME LOOKS! NOTHING IS BETTER! | | Weaknesses: | NONE! Some people say HEAVY, Give me a break if you were going for light and industructable get real 710 grams isnt much for a wheel that you may never have to be trued. My 6.1 Dt Swiss's were 610 grams but for Urban riding cant take the abuse, they dent instead of going out of true!! | | Similar Products Used: | Dt swiss FR 6.1, mavic 729! | | Bike Setup: | Black Market Riot frame "Raw", Red Profile SE cranks, Profile Titanium spindal, Red Dangerboy pedale, Odyssey MDS 25t sprocket, KHE halflink chain, FSA Impact sealed Headset, Thomson X4 50mm stem, Ea70 high rise bars, Bmx Odi grips, Red lock ons, Dangerboy Skull caps, Juicy 7's with Red Dangerboy Shorty levers, Hope head doctor, Rock shox PIKE team, Profile Red seat collar, Thomson Post, Odyssey SR saddle, KHE Geisha Freecoaster hub 11t, Atomlab trailpimp 36h rims, Red Atomlab Torx nipples, Black DT swiss spokes, Atomlab Aircorp 20mm front hub, Maxxis Larson tt 2.35 tires, red shrader valve covers! SICK BIKE! | | Bottom Line: | I built with RED TorX nipples and their rad in 36 hole! I originally bought the Atomlab Triple butted spoked which I whould strongly recommend AGAINST, The colors are Plated on and will rub off when you touch them with your fingers. But DT SWISS SPOKES and never have a problem again!
The rims are the BEST rims I have ever owned, I am a person who likes lots of color, High end parts and LITTLE wieght! These are not the lightest but they are well worth the additional wieght! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason
a Weekend Warrior
from Tennessee
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | The Streets | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Absolutly indestructable. I've taken these things off of a 10' drop to flat and no flatspots or warps. It even fell of the bike rack at 55 mph and I was able to rebuild it back to straight. Atomic Labratories means what the rimstrip says. They are tough as hell. | | Weaknesses: | none at all | | Similar Products Used: | sun rhyno lytes | | Bike Setup: | Kona Ford edition blast, marzocchi dirt jumper 2, truvativ holzfeller crankset, crankbros 5050 X, atomlab aircorp hubs front and back. | | Bottom Line: | by far the best bang for your buck. 55 bucks for just a rim from their web site. and the 200 bucks for the whole wheelset was a steal. And anyone looking for some bad ass urban assault/dirt jumper rims best way to go. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Niklas
a Weekend Warrior
from Sweden
Date Reviewed: December 11, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Centrum | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$183.00 | | Purchased At: | Chainreactioncycles | | Strengths: | It's looks nice, it got tall walls (good in street) less flatspots.
Strong like hell.
And I got | | Weaknesses: | It got no eyelets. | | Similar Products Used: | Doublewide | | Bike Setup: | .243 sl -06, diabolus stem, dj2 -06 bla bla | | Bottom Line: | It's freakin' awesome.
Even if it's not got eyelets it's freakin' bombproof. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Blair
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from Banff, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 27, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Bikeroom.com (worst place ever) | | Strengths: | Strong. Pretty much the main thing you look for.
Then after that, you can get them in 24" and they're V-brake compatible. Me likes that. | | Weaknesses: | None. People say weight but it's really not that bad. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic ex729, bunch of cheaper rims | | Bike Setup: | was on my old dh/street hardtail, then on my next dh/street hardtail, then on my dh fully for a bit, now on my rigid skatepark bike.(they've been around the block a few times) | | Bottom Line: | I've been using these things for 3 full seasons now, they have been built on a few sets of hubs for different bikes, they were the first set of wheels I ever built myself. They have been hit hard riding downhill, landed on completely sideways riding street/park, and genrally abused as much as I'm going to abuse a wheel and somehow they're still fairly straight. I've trued them very minorly in 3 years.
They're pinned together, but you know what? It works. The seam hasn't split at all since I started riding them.
When I get another pair of rims for street after these crap out I'm getting the same again.
For how long they have lasted and how much faith I have in them they're getting the highest rating. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nathan bannerman
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from anacortes, wa, usa
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | way to many to list | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | dont remember | | Strengths: | they are ok on the front but will never run another on the rear!!!! | | Weaknesses: | they flat spot relly easly, side of rime folds in, heavy but im used to it, true them after every ride, they are just pure crap, and im a pritty smooth rider!! | | Similar Products Used: | single tracks, mavic rims, to many others to list | | Bike Setup: | 05 stp, 04 shiver sc, trailpimps on hadley front and rear, xtr shifter/derailer, avid bb7 brakes front and rear, its a dh/urban set up | | Bottom Line: | the rims are crap if you run them on the back of your bike, i use it for every thing from dh-urban-xc and even on xc rides they get messed up and i am a smooth rider for the most part and they are way to expensive!!!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alan
a
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Unbelievably strong | | Similar Products Used: | Sun BFR | | Bike Setup: | BMX Dirtjump cruiser | | Bottom Line: | I have been running these rims for almost 4 years. Taken everything I have and still came back for moe. All my bikes except for my 29'er run Aomlabs and it is for a reason - they are tough, they take whatever you put them through and they are dependable, at a good price too! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
james thomason
a Downhiller
from spartanburg, sc
Date Reviewed: October 22, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | friend's secret D.S. course... | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | ? - can't remember... | | Strengths: | STRONG!!!!!!!!!! Luv the name. Rim strips are COOL as Hell. | | Weaknesses: | WEIGHT - who cares if you're goin' down. I used 'em for X-cuntry too. | | Similar Products Used: | Singletrack, Rhyno XL | | Bike Setup: | Bullit - 5'th Element; WorldCup Boxxer/ Romic; Hope; King; Profile; RaceFace; XTR; Azonic | | Bottom Line: | Buy em if avail. in the USA @ that time, ride the $^*! out of 'em & be the envy of everyone left behind. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Travis
a Weekend Warrior
from Paradise, Newfoundland, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Street and Skate Parks | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | They look great and they stand up to what you put them through. | | Weaknesses: | The only one i can think of is that they are a bit heavy but i don't find it a big problem. | | Bike Setup: | Stock 2005 Norco 4 Hun | | Bottom Line: | These rims are strong and can hold you to whatever you want them to! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim
a Weekend Warrior
from Rutland, Vermont
Date Reviewed: October 15, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$249.00 | | Purchased At: | CBO | | Strengths: | Extra wide, slick looking | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, not as tough as they boast | | Similar Products Used: | Bombshell Fat Boy, Mavic CrossMax | | Bike Setup: | '03 Iron Horse SGS Team, Jr. T, 5th Element, Hayes, Azonic, North Shore DH Crank, MRP | | Bottom Line: | Great upgrade for many other rims and great looking. On my very first run with these, I took a rock garden and put two flat spot on the rear rim. They just don't hold up to thier name! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gary
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver B.C. , canada
Date Reviewed: January 29, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | urban riding | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | From friend | | Strengths: | Looks good, Lighter than double tracks, Strong. | | Weaknesses: | Doesnt say trail pimp on it. | | Similar Products Used: | Double tracks, dx 32, rhynolites. | | Bike Setup: | Norco drop | | Bottom Line: | I would like it way more if it just said trailpimp on it. I havent untrued it yet so its all good. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Derek Thomson
a Downhiller
from Park City, Utah, US
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | lithium, in jackson hole | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | go-ride | | Strengths: | looks cool. | | Weaknesses: | no weld at the seam. and kind of heavy | | Similar Products Used: | mavic 321 | | Bike Setup: | 04 small v-10 with sherman slider plus, 5th element, ti spring, floating brake, | | Bottom Line: | the wheel lasted for about 2 months, there is no weld at the seam so it started to split at the seam after a few stair gaps. and it dents easily. i would recommend arrow racing rims to anyone who likes to hit big stair gaps, drops, and jumps. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
craig
a Weekend Warrior
from Kitchener, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | wkr freeride trail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | pinkbike/buyandsell | | Strengths: | They are very strong rims and also very nice looking. | | Weaknesses: | none so far. | | Similar Products Used: | sun rims, doulble wides | | Bike Setup: | 26/24 24" with Arrow 2.75 tire. Oryx dd 33 with jr t's hayes HFX-HD disks, azonic love seat. The rest is stock. | | Bottom Line: | Nice rims, have not found weekness yet, very strong with nice tires. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Downhiller
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: January 2, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Stiff. Tough. Fairly wide for good tire profile. Tough Finish. Cheap. | | Weaknesses: | More prone to pinch flats. Tall sidewalls fold in. Very heavy. | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Doublewide, Sun Singletrack | | Bike Setup: | DH | | Bottom Line: | Even running recommended tire pressure, I folded the sidewall in on my front 26" Trailpimp while using a 2.7" DH tire with DH tube. The sidewall folded completely in so that at first it looked like I had lost that part of the wheel. With the same tires and tubes that I had run without a single flat on a doublewide last year, I experienced numerous flats. I bent the sidewall back out (it cracked where it had bent but stayed in place) and rode it the rest of the summer. The rim is still true and I'll keep riding it until it dies. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
levi porter
a Downhiller
from harbor springs
Date Reviewed: December 21, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | were the hucks have no names | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | jenson | | Strengths: | very sturdy | | Weaknesses: | heavy, dint bother me thouht | | Similar Products Used: | sun single traks | | Bike Setup: | banshee chap. firefly trialpimp/singletrrak | | Bottom Line: | i used this all summer long and i trued itm abye twice.
it would only go slitly out of true after racing and droping 10 foot drops amd such. thiswas aproblem though, the spokes would get loss, but since the rim was so strong it would go out of ture, and the spokes would pop my tubs. so be sure and manuly cheek the spokes for need of truing, i learned this after 3 flats in a day. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Manimal
a Downhiller
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: December 5, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Whislter Bike Park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Go-Ride.com | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Rims appear to be made of cheese and are waaaay too expensive for what you get. Pinned rims are low rent. | | Similar Products Used: | Original equipment-WTB Laserdiscs. 2nd replacement set Sun Doubletracks. | | Bike Setup: | Ironhorse SGS, Shiver, 5th Element, Sun Doubletracks, Michelin comp 32's. | | Bottom Line: | I had heard SOOOO many good things about these rims that I ordered a set when I finally destroyed my rear Laserdisc off the A-line rock drop. Those WTB Laserdisc rims lasted me almost 2 full summers of regular weekend trips to Whistler so, I wanted something at least as good. The lip service on their rim strips say "Atomic Laboratories-Tough as hell" and they have to be talking about the rim strips because the rims sure aren't. The first indication that they were gonna be lame rims was the fact that they are pinned and NOT welded on the seam. WTF? Then, the ride confirmed how lame they are. Every rock and square edge at Whistler had these rims clanging like a garbage can getting kicked down some stairs. I could not believe how beat they were after ONE weekend up at Whistler! The edges of both rims were bent over like a burrito (without ever pinch flatting) and the spokes were chronically loosening. They would loosen up after half a day. I took a hammer to the edges to make em straight again and tried to tighten the spokes to get the wheels true enough to last a few more wknds but, I was just plain disappointed since the original WTB Laserdisc wheelset lasted two summers.
Now, if my personal Trailpimp experience makes any of you people angry, that's YOUR problem. Nowhere in this review did I state that I'm some badazz and I only weigh 170 lbs so, it sure isn't my fault. I never pinch flatted a tire even once so, the inner tubes are tougher than the rims?Bottom line: these rims blow chunks.
Do yourself a favor, go to Universal Cycles and pick up a set of SUN DOUBLETRACKS instead (same as Intense Mag 30's). They're on sale right now for abt $31 per rim. Yep, that's about half the price of being "pimped". Everybody knows Sun makes rims that really are "tough as hell" and it isn't just a cool sounding slogan to go on a rim strip. Heck, even if they last half as long as the Trailpimps, I'll still be happy. I won't buy rims from this company ever again. Waste of money! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Anthony
a Downhiller
from Montreal
Date Reviewed: October 26, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | INSANITY RIM on the front i dont know about the rear but on the front nothing can be sicker then the trail pimp i jumped a 13 foot wall landing on stairs and the rim didnt even twist a lil its alot better then the mag 30 and looks much crazyer | | Weaknesses: | TO good to break | | Similar Products Used: | mag 30, mammoth, alex | | Bottom Line: | THIS IS THE best rim ever for any true rider who ever wrote this rim sucked can kiss my a** this is the best rim yet so dont lie to try and act like a tough rider casue ur just a poser | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tyler
a Downhiller
from SLC, Utah, U.S
Date Reviewed: October 12, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | rattlesnake | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | go-ride | | Strengths: | burly. it is solid | | Weaknesses: | dented the rim in some spots, now the seam is splitting. go-ride says its okay, but i don't think so. this occured 2 weeks after owning it. now i've had it a month and it's getting worse. perhaps i beat up real good, or the build was bad, i had spokes continuously come loose after 20 minutes of riding. i think this is why it's splitting. either way go-ride isn't helpful. they'll stik you every time. i won't complain about weight, because its more solid then anything else i've tried | | Similar Products Used: | aircorp (great) mavic 321 | | Bike Setup: | foes tube-shiver-hayes | | Bottom Line: | it's a solid wheel, i really like it, i feel as though i got a bunk wheel to begin with. no wheel should come apart in two weeks, and spokes come loose after/during every ride. we'll see how warranty goes at atomic.
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Submitted by
Anthony
a Weekend Warrior
from Halifax, NS, Canada
Date Reviewed: October 12, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Street riding at the bowl | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Cyclesmith | | Strengths: | Tought as Hell | | Weaknesses: | None found | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Ryno Lites, Sun Big Mammoth Fats | | Bike Setup: | Banshee Scratch, Kona DJ ridgid fork,24 inch Atomic Atomlab Trailpimps rims laced with XT Hubs, Wrapped with Kenda Krad 2.3 tires, Seshin Proto-type 3 piece BMX Crankset, E13 Bashguard, Kona Jack Sh!t pedals, Bontrager Crow Bar, Kona Klump 50mm stem. | | Bottom Line: | I had race DH on my Kona Chute for 3 years and couldn't find the perfect wheel, I would knock the wheel out of true or have some nasty flat spots on the rims. About a year ago I bought these rims and fell in love.
... These rims are good for DH, DJing, or street riding
I could care less about the weight of the rims, just as long as they hold up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jared
a
from san diego, ca
Date Reviewed: October 6, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | urban | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$115.00 | | Purchased At: | discovery | | Strengths: | indestructable!
pimp sh#t
| | Weaknesses: | weight | | Similar Products Used: | singletrack | | Bike Setup: | .243, 24" trailpimp, 04 flick, avid mech 6", hussefelt cockpit, haro cranx, hookworm | | Bottom Line: | This rim has this name for a reason- so sick! Pieced this bike together over a couple months, thought I would die from impatience- so worth it! My wheelset is so insane (heavy but fuc@k it!). The guys down at Discovery (P.B., San Diego) laced my sh&t up so tight! Trailpimp + Hookworm= THE SH*IT!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gabe Hamilton
a Weekend Warrior
from Ladysmith, bc, canada
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | our own trail, not named yet | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | www.bikeroom.com | | Strengths: | the rim is super strong. looks great. | | Weaknesses: | ummm weight, nah. nothing | | Similar Products Used: | nothing like this | | Bike Setup: | 01 norco 250, 03 dj 3s | | Bottom Line: | the strongest rim i have ever ridin. i have dont like 5 foot drops to flat cement over and over on these rims. i have beet the crap out of them at mt. washington. and there is not even a wobble in them. perfectly straight. if ur thinking about buy these, dont hesitate you wont have to buy another rim in your life. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
calvin
a Weekend Warrior
from oxford
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | new england style | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | cbo | | Strengths: | havent flatted in two seasons! | | Weaknesses: | heavy | | Similar Products Used: | mavic | | Bike Setup: | 02 stinky primo, super T 26" trailpimps, 2.35's maxxi dh tubes 2.5 xt hubs | | Bottom Line: | I weigh over 200 and about 6' and do 7-8' drops with my old z1 single crown and have never pinchflatted. I used to go through 10 tubes a year and 2 or 3 tires, not much truing required. As for scratches, ITS A RIM! The sidewalls do dent, but no problems because of it. I'm not going back to mavic anytime soon, I hate buying new wheelsets every year.
set it and forget it! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Downhiller
from grand forks b.c. canada
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | wheel chair | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | wild ways | | Strengths: | im 6'5" and 200 pounds and i've cased a jump with a flat tire and it still held up. it's a nice wheel. | | Weaknesses: | rim hand built. small twitch first off. soon solved and have had no problems since | | Similar Products Used: | sun ditch wiches
ryhno lites alex 28s | | Bike Setup: | rim laced to xt hub
2001 brodie devo with upgrades | | Bottom Line: | i recomend this product if you can get the rim hand built by someone with skill. the other reviews where they say the rim had problems from the factory can be eliminated if rim is handbuilt by someone you know. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
qwerty
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from brussels, belgium
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | secret | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | factory itself | | Strengths: | strenght, looks, could be mounted on a tank | | Weaknesses: | absolutely none,it's weight isn't so important considering it's purpose | | Similar Products Used: | / | | Bike Setup: | evil bikes imperial,lots of other posh stuff | | Bottom Line: | handles crashes like no others do, suitable for all types of extreme riding. Purshased it straight from the factory,overseas shipping was fine ,not a scratch on them | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Spencer Finkbohner
a
from Anacortes, WA
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Cultus/Galbraith | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | fairhaven bike shop | | Strengths: | Let's see, where can I start, Maybe the fact that they are bulletproof, the strongest rim on the market, not too heavy, pinch flat proof, Maitainence free (never come untrued), or the greatest rim to ever be created. | | Weaknesses: | Uhhhh.... nope | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Ringle, Mavic, Etc. (all ended up looking like a taco.) | | Bike Setup: | Burly, trailpimps Front + Rear | | Bottom Line: | Okay, if you want the bottom line, read the last two lines, but if your interested in my rambling, keep reading. Okay, here's the deal. I weigh 245lbs. for a good reason too, because I'm 6'3. Anyway, at my weight you wouldn't expect rims to hold up to 10' to flat, but they do. my frame died before them, my fork has bent under my frame only to be beaten out of my frame w/ a hammer, I have ripped my love seat off, bending the rails and bending the post, while running into a tree. Still they hold, not even needing to be trued. I've heard awe inspiring stories of local downhill races being won on a flat, and the rim wasn't even harmed. I now swear by these and will put them on any bike I get. I will know no other rim. These are tall, and/or fat kid friendly. I have never had a flat with these rims. The bottom line is that if you want the strongest most indestructable mountain bike rim on the planet, go trailpimp. You will never own another rim. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jamie
a Downhiller
from CO
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | mail order | | Strengths: | stayed super true after a full season | | Weaknesses: | more dings than your girlfriend's thighs. Pinch flatted through an intense FRO 2.7 with DH tubes at 35 psi more than once. heavy. | | Similar Products Used: | doublewides (crap) double tracks (getting closer) | | Bike Setup: | V10-888 and a lot of parts | | Bottom Line: | I switched to mavic 823 tubeless and will never own another tube. My bike is 6 lbs. less than with trailpimps and tubes. Pimps are great for park or dirt jumping but poop for dh. they are super strong but if you are hitting rocks and roots going really fast they are shaped in a way that they will pinch through anything | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
don
a Downhiller
from redwoodcity
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | ive pounded on these,they have barely tweeked, i fixed myself, and im no wheelman! very strong | | Weaknesses: | not yet | | Similar Products Used: | rhynolites | | Bike Setup: | bullit with all the trimmings | | Bottom Line: | these rims are great, I know there are a lot of good ones out there. these are real tuff and strong Ive packed them on rocks where I thought they were f*cked,and they were fine. I would get them again, and recommend them to my buds.
no regrets! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff B.
a Downhiller
from San Jose, CA
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Dogbone, Northstar | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Strengths: | Indestructable, ive cased my rear wheel hard many times, and it has never gone even slightly out of true. Looks sick. | | Weaknesses: | A bit heavy for serrious DH racing, but not too bad. | | Similar Products Used: | many | | Bike Setup: | SC Bullit, WB DH2, Hayes, King, Azonic, Race Face... | | Bottom Line: | An awesome DH/FR rim. If you ever bend this rim, you most likely will be in the hospital too. Great rim if you are more concerned with strength than weight. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Phil
a
from Seattle, WA
Date Reviewed: December 23, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Strengths: | Cheapish, Overbuilt, Black? | | Weaknesses: | Sidewalls dent easily/too tall, Could drop a lot of weight by using eyelets, Overbuilt, Not the easiest wheel build | | Similar Products Used: | D321, D521, Singlewide, Singletrack, Rhynolite, D121 | | Bike Setup: | '02 Bullit/Avy, '99 Monster. M4 | | Bottom Line: | I built a wheel up and dented the rear wheel at whistler on the first run with normal tire pressure. Both sidewalls folded inward by 5mm. I was in a crunch for a new rim and decided to try a trailpimp. Ok rim for the money, I'll stick with D321s or maybe try the DHR. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JOHN PUCKETT
a Weekend Warrior
from Ft Mead, MD
Date Reviewed: November 22, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Urban | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | Unrealcycles.com | | Strengths: | I can't kill this rim, it is the super rim. | | Weaknesses: | It is kind of heavy, but it is indestructable, hmm, I will just deal with it | | Similar Products Used: | Some so called "tough" suns, mavic's | | Bike Setup:< |
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