Submitted by
Al
a Weekend Warrior
from BrisVegas, Aus Date Reviewed: November 6, 2007
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$350.00
Purchased At:
Chain Reaction Cycles
Strengths:
Stiffness, brand support (see below), build
Weaknesses:
Hub (see below)
Similar Products Used:
Mavic 717's on Cerits
Bike Setup:
Santa Cruz Blur Classic, Reba SL's @ 110mm, XT Hydro's and shifters, Evolve cranks, stem, bar and Next LP seatpost.
Bottom Line:
I managed to cross thread the hub when installing my rotors (Hint: install the carrier - which comes off hub - on the rotor first), but after emailing Kore they sorted out for a replacement hub (at cost) to be sent out to me. Pity Trickbits weren't up to the task. THIS WAS MY STUFFUP, but be careful. Now had them on for about 6 rides (15-35km off road ea), and am finding them to be stiff as by old 32 spoke, love the rear hub, and they are just about to go in and get a post build tension and true (the rear wheel ended up being shop built). So far I can not fault them. Would recommend for people after a light - medium duty XC wheels without breaking the bank. They would have got 4-5 if I hadn't of screwed the rear hub, that did tarnish it a bit for me. Al..
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Submitted by
edwin widianto
a Cross Country Rider
from Jakarta - Indonesia Date Reviewed: August 6, 2007
Favorite Trail:
xc
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$277.00
Purchased At:
Formula Bike
Strengths:
- Fast rolling - nice looking - suitable w/ shimano rotor and international standard brake rotor - strong - Sandvik spokes
Weaknesses:
- little bit heavier than other products with the same price.eq : shimano wh 775 (xt 2008) - rim sticker fit not so well - some spokes fit not so tight. - not popular
Similar Products Used:
Shimano XT WH 765, FSA 300.
Bike Setup:
Kona Kula Primo frame, XT 2007 - 2008 Groupset, Reba Race, handle bar fsa os 190 , stem fsa fc os 150 and headset fsa orbit mx, KORE xcd 26 wheelset, odi grip, wtb rocket v, ritchey wcs seatpost
Bottom Line:
I was not confident to buy this product before, but since I read the the feature from the catalog, the wheelset probably cheaper than other wheelset with 4 bearing. At the other hand, the wheel easy to modified or exchange the component like hub and spokes. I am satisfies with this wheel because it is rolling faster than my old wheel, (Mavic 117, XT hub)
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